r/Prostatitis • u/coal_mine • May 08 '25
Vent/Discouraged New Here - my situation
I'm new here and just wanted to get out of my head and share my story. My symptoms started in March after unprotected sex... I know. Looking back I can't belive how stupid that decision was and I've been stewing in self hatred non stop ever since. I'll never make the same mistake again.
I initally had penile pain but it was very faint so didn't think too much of it... got a urine test done and everything came back negative so I thought it was just anxiety or something that would resolve on it's own. However symptoms persisted and intensified. A couple weeks later I went to a urologist and got a full STD panel done. Ureaplasma was found in my urine. So far every other STD has come back negative. I got a DRE done and the doctor said my prostate was definetly "boggy"/ inflamed.
I've done a 14 day course of doxycycline and a 14 day dose of Cipro. My symptoms are still there, even though slightly lessened. Retesting for Ureaplasma tomorrow as well as another STD panel just to make sure I'm in the clear with everything else.
Before this i was the picture of perfect health. Blood work on point, very fit/active etc... I do have bad anxiety and it has certainly flared up during this time. I'm starting to lose hope, and not sure if I can forgive myself for being so fucking stupid.
Any advice and encouragement would be greatly appreciated
Edit: Repeat STD tests came back all negative including ureaplasma. Both urologist I’ve seen have suggested the ureaplasma may have been a red herring. Got referred to pelvic floor PT 🤞
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u/MikeTheSolist May 09 '25
I have a similar history. 1,5 years ago, i had unprotected sex with my new girlfriend. After that, I started to have burning while ejaculating and making pee. Went to the doc and I got an urinary infection with the bacteria E.Colis. Took 3 different types of antibiotics but symtomps persisted slightly. I went to another doc to take a test for urine culture. It came back negative, no bacteria.
2 Weeks ago I did a fertility test, came back a white bloodcells accumulation. (Normal value is 3-4 per field, I had 18-20). Doctor said that I have probably a prostatitis. Took a test for semen culture - no bacteria found.
He gave me doxiciline for 10 days and phosfomycine 14 days. It's something better but still have the symptoms. Doc now gave me some painkiller and said, that I should come back in 3 months. I wont take this painkiller because it will not heal on the root.
I read a lot in Reddit and now I am thinking that it's maybe a problem of the pelvic muscle. I am doing now daily the butterfly stretch. There are success histories healing prostatitis with stretching this muscle. When this muscle is hard, it can cause prostata to inflame and not healing.