Is this a problem for you? I suddenly have to go to the bathroom and a lot of times I don't make it, I always wear pads, I'm afraid not to. Is this MS or an age thing, I'm 64. Oh, that sounds so old.

I'm 54. I think it's age, MS and a twin birth. A terrible combination that makes me wear pads all the time.

The urinary incontinence is what made my PCP send me reluctantly to a Neurologist. I insisted it was neurological. It just felt that way.

A lot of it is age and having had children. The ligaments and muscles weaken and the bladder falls. Also, the uterus and/or the rectum can be affected.

I am 56 yo. i have the exact same thing. I shop at Costco for a bargain!

I want to blame MS. But who knows. I don't ask my friends about incontinence! We may be on intimate terms but not THAT intimate!!!

I don't have a problem with incontenence, YET, and I'm 70 yrs old (Youngster) with MS for over 40 yrs. I have had periods of it though, during an exacerbation or illness.

Since I started LDN, I haven't had the incontenence problem, but, I have a tendency to retain, causing UTIs, frequently. I must squeeze my bladder 'till empty, each time I go.

Retention also causes frequent trips to the potty. Have you ever finished, left the BR and had to go back, because you felt the urge? That's what happens when your bladder is retaining. Some have to cath but, I can get by, by squeezing my bladder dry.

For me- I have both issues: urgency to go and inability to not go when needed to go. I actually have to 'process/think' for numerous minutes just to get the urine to flow. It is getting worse the worse my body progresses. Frustrating. Turning on the sink to help does not work anymore. It is so bothering.

Like others have mentioned, it's probably a little of both.

I am a retainer but like Sally, during an illness or exacerbation, I leak.

I'm 55, and have urge and stress incontinence...I can go for 7 hours without feeling the need, and sometimes I feel the need 15 minutes after I've gone...
I had a prolapsed bladder due to 4 huge babies. Had that repaired last November, but still have stress and urge incontinence. The urogynecologist said the urge is from my bladder spasming (he stuck a camera up in the bladder and we watched the walls spasm-kind of cool!). the spasms are from MS. The stress incontinence he is still concerned about...I had urodynamics this week and will see him in a couple of weeks to talk things over. I don't want any more surgery...it interferes with life too much.
I do wear pads though, and sometimes I can soak through one just because once the urge is there, and I don't respond immediately, I can't stop...it's one of the most frustrating sxs I deal with

Try having the "other" kind of incontinence. After having my entire colon removed, and a pull-through known as a J-pouch instead of an ostomy, I suffer mostly night-time bowel incontinence. (And with no colon, stollis very loose.) I also suffer retention, which I am learning can also be caused by CNS disturbances, as well as just things like scar tissue, etc. I don't deal with it every day, and even have "remissions" where it becomes less of a problem. But on a bad day even climbing stairs is out, unless I don't care if I leak. There are days I am in the bathroom every 15-20 minutes or so. . . . If it is aggravated by worsening nerve involvement, it could eventually mean I have to go back to an ostomy . . . not my choice, as I developed terrible reactions to the adhesives and it leaked constantly.

I was sorry to hear MS can cause incontinence and retention issues, as no one should have to experience this. I have not slept through the night (for more than 4 hours at a stretch) in over 8 years.

Boy, I didn't know so many had a problem. Both my babies were C-sections, so my problem isn't because of having kids, this just started about 6 mos. ago and I really feel like it is MS. I try not to blame everything on MS but in this case, yes. I do have the problem of retention, it is so aggrevating.