The Student Room Group

Going to the toilet at night?

Please keep anon as, well, I know people on here and don't want them knowing about this :P

Basically, does anyone here wake up in the night and go to the toilet? I'm under the impression that it's not normal, however I often wake up in the night and really have to go, probably at least once if I'm sleeping a long time and having a lie in.

The problem is however that I am off to uni in a week and am sharing a room, which doesn't have an en suite. I'm really going to annoy my roomate by getting up and going out of the room and going to the toilet in the night... :frown:

Is getting up normal? If not, is there anything I can do to stop myself having to go in the night? I don't think I drink loads of water in the day, and just a glass of milk before I go to bed.
I reeeally don't want to have to get up when I'm at uni :frown: Although I guess it won't matter for the first week as I won't be getting much sleep then anyway... :P
Its quite normal if you drink mlk before you go to bed to wake up is expected.
I do all the time and so does everyone else in my house so stop worrying.
err stop drinking the glass of milk before you go to bed?
and make sure you empty yourself just before getting into bed.

doubt your roommates gonna care (or even know about it) though, someone could jump ontop of me when I'm sleeping and i wouldnt even notice
Reply 3
You sound like you'd be a good room mate. Don't worry about it too much getting up and going toilet is fine and if the door creaks WD-40 the hinges.
'T is normal, don't worry about it.
Reply 5
I wake up twice during the night to use the toilet.
Reply 6
Half my flat seems to be up at some point in the flat for the loo. Just don't let doors slam and be quiet and then they won't have a problem with it if you don't :smile:
Reply 7
Ahhh, thank you everyone! That has definitely reassured me :smile:

I'll try not having the glass of milk before bed this week and see if it makes a difference. Anyone know how long before I go to sleep I should not drink anything..? :s

Hopefully my room mate will be a heavy sleeper, and the toilet not far from our room lol!
I used to do this, just make sure you finish your last drink an hour before bed, go to the toilet jst before you go to bed then it should be fine.

I wake up in the morning bursting for the loo but usually if i havent drunk too much the day before then i can last all night if i go before bed. It is annoying waking up when its all cosy and warm haha
I get up at least twice to pee every night :dontknow:
omg you go to the toilet during the night

you are such a freak



seriously, like it matters, loads of people do it

dont drink before bed though
Reply 11
I do it, your body creates it while you sleep as it sorts your systems out. It's natural.
Reply 12
Do you need to go to the loo very often during the day, or does it come on fast and urgent? If so could be an issue, such as diabetes (are you a fatty? :biggrin: ) but of course if you've always been like that then it's unlikely - you have to consider your own baseline.
everyone goes through it sometimes.

i think your roommate would prefer you to go to toilet in the middle of the night, then for you to wet yourself in bed
as long as one of your flatmates doesn't sleep next to the toilet it will be fine.
You drink right before bed... and you wonder why you have to pee at night? Seriously?
If your room mate says anything, pee all over him.
Reply 17
Thank you everyone for reassurance! :smile: It's my dad mainly that has made me paranoid, saying that I shouldn't have to get up at all in the night at my age etc... :P
And I haven't noticed my friends getting up when we've been at sleepovers/ school trips but then again maybe I was just sleeping and didn't notice!

T-Dog
Do you need to go to the loo very often during the day, or does it come on fast and urgent? If so could be an issue, such as diabetes (are you a fatty? :biggrin: ) but of course if you've always been like that then it's unlikely - you have to consider your own baseline.


Nope nothing like that, and I'm not overweight lol :smile:
So I think i should be okay :smile:

Pink Bullets
You drink right before bed... and you wonder why you have to pee at night? Seriously?


Hahaha :P I say just before bed, I mean probably 2 or 3 hours before :smile:
Reply 18
My God your all going on about 2 times a night weeing. I am up every hour weeing.. Don't no what to do about it. A think its mind over matter. I wake up thinking I want a wee. then I say no you don't get to sleep.. But no it hunts me. so I have to get up and do one. till the next time. I use a wee bottle now not to wake my partner.. But some times I fill it to the top and get worried its going to spill over... Fed up with it all.. HELP.