Home > General Medicine > Overactive Bladder Get the Flash Player to see this player. Rate: (Click the stars to rate) Published on Feb 03, 2010 by Neil Baum, Views: 1150 Overactive Bladder is having a pressing in the bladder area and feeling the need to urinate frequently. The symptoms include frequency of urination, incontinence of urine, going to the bathroom with urgency, and getting up at night to urinate. The commmon causes are chronic urination tract infections, prolapse of the bladder, and prostate enlargement in men.