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Wetting day & night

Sorry about previous empty thread... i posted this before and the anon didnt work so i wanted to post it them edit it after realising it was anon... but i couldnt because i didnt realise it didnt know who actually posted... well anyway not i cant delete the other one :redface:

Hello, sorry to people if there has already been a post on this subject but...

I have been bed wetting for all of my life. It changes from being bad to worse depending on how things are going/how much im drinking/how much it bothers me etc. I have been going to the nurse at the local hospital to try and get something done about it. Me and mum have been going since i was about 10 <about 6 years> on and off. I have tried sooo many methods to try and control it: i now own a bed wetting alarm (it rarely wakes me at all.... mostly all the house wakes apart from me... im a deep sleeper)/i have used nasal sprays (caused serious constipation)/ i have used drugs... cant remeber the mane (caused me to become very dehydrated)/ cut down my drinking (did nothing) etc etc etc. I have recently stopped going to see the nurse because i didnt see the point... nothing was working and i always dreaded going... she was so patronising and i nearly always felt that it was my fault! Have any other people had experience of night-time bed wetting? It had never really bothered me because i would wear discreet pads at night if i was sleeping out/i never told my friends because i never felt it was too important.

But i have recently started wetting during the day too. It is normally if i need to go to the toilet quite badly (not bursting)... i just cant seem to hold it in for any longer that 60mins (which seems quite long but in real life it's not.... but i realise lots of people cant hold it for longer than 10mins). Thankfully, i have never wetted at school (only slightly.... not the whole way). But last night i went for a meal with my mum a bunch of her work colleagues. We were on our way home and i started laughing at what was being said and i just wet myself slightly. I then laughed again about 20 secs later and i wet myself completely. I didnt even need the toilet!! I had to take my thoodie/top thingy off and walk around with it around my waist and hang my handbag in front of the top of my legs to disguise it. I am sure that some of the people realised... i felt soooo embarrased. And this is not the first time.... it has happened about 3 times before on days/nights out. I dont understand it. Have other people had experience of this?? Please talk to me about it... i am really worried! I am unsure on what to do next.... i dont know if i should tell my mum this soon after leaving the clinic. I had to put my trousers and pants in the wash smelling bad but i couldnt take them downstairs to put them in the washing machine because we had guests. I ended leaving them in the wash pile in my bedroom and im sure she noticed. Btw i am quite close to my mum and coudl explain this i think but it would be a difficult situation for her because i am not sure if she would know what to do without embarrasing me.

I dont think i would be able to cope with wearing incontinence pants 24/7... they are so visible and this only happens once in a while.

Please help... this with my serious weight problem (overweight) is just another thing to worry about. :frown:

Reply 1

How about trying to tighten your pelvic floor muscles... might help you with the day problem. If ever I laugh so hard I think i need to pee, I just clench my pelvic floors and it's fine (obviously go to the loo asap though). Other than that, its not something i've ever experienced so can't be much help. I'm sorry you're experiencing this, and hope you can talk to your Mum and both get the help you need to deal with this. Could you do some sort of hypnotherapy or something? x

Reply 2

Yea I was going to say strengthen your pelvic floor muscles.
Also, there is some operation you can have to tighten everything up in there, usually after childbirth but maybe thats the problem? I saw it on City Hospital :cool:

Reply 3

Anonymous
Sorry about previous empty thread... i posted this before and the anon didnt work so i wanted to post it them edit it after realising it was anon... but i couldnt because i didnt realise it didnt know who actually posted... well anyway not i cant delete the other one :redface:

Hello, sorry to people if there has already been a post on this subject but...

I have been bed wetting for all of my life. It changes from being bad to worse depending on how things are going/how much im drinking/how much it bothers me etc. I have been going to the nurse at the local hospital to try and get something done about it. Me and mum have been going since i was about 10 <about 6 years> on and off. I have tried sooo many methods to try and control it: i now own a bed wetting alarm (it rarely wakes me at all.... mostly all the house wakes apart from me... im a deep sleeper)/i have used nasal sprays (caused serious constipation)/ i have used drugs... cant remeber the mane (caused me to become very dehydrated)/ cut down my drinking (did nothing) etc etc etc. I have recently stopped going to see the nurse because i didnt see the point... nothing was working and i always dreaded going... she was so patronising and i nearly always felt that it was my fault! Have any other people had experience of night-time bed wetting? It had never really bothered me because i would wear discreet pads at night if i was sleeping out/i never told my friends because i never felt it was too important.

But i have recently started wetting during the day too. It is normally if i need to go to the toilet quite badly (not bursting)... i just cant seem to hold it in for any longer that 60mins (which seems quite long but in real life it's not.... but i realise lots of people cant hold it for longer than 10mins). Thankfully, i have never wetted at school (only slightly.... not the whole way). But last night i went for a meal with my mum a bunch of her work colleagues. We were on our way home and i started laughing at what was being said and i just wet myself slightly. I then laughed again about 20 secs later and i wet myself completely. I didnt even need the toilet!! I had to take my thoodie/top thingy off and walk around with it around my waist and hang my handbag in front of the top of my legs to disguise it. I am sure that some of the people realised... i felt soooo embarrased. And this is not the first time.... it has happened about 3 times before on days/nights out. I dont understand it. Have other people had experience of this?? Please talk to me about it... i am really worried! I am unsure on what to do next.... i dont know if i should tell my mum this soon after leaving the clinic. I had to put my trousers and pants in the wash smelling bad but i couldnt take them downstairs to put them in the washing machine because we had guests. I ended leaving them in the wash pile in my bedroom and im sure she noticed. Btw i am quite close to my mum and coudl explain this i think but it would be a difficult situation for her because i am not sure if she would know what to do without embarrasing me.

I dont think i would be able to cope with wearing incontinence pants 24/7... they are so visible and this only happens once in a while.

Please help... this with my serious weight problem (overweight) is just another thing to worry about. :frown:


when you went to that night out, did you drink alot of alcohol? because alcohol is a stong diruretic. if this is the case don't drink alot of/any alcohol.

have you only seen nurses or have you consulted a doctor, becuase this maybe a case of your body not producing enough of anit-diuretic hormone, which will stop you from having control.

hope your problem sorts out soon!

Reply 4

I had only had 1 small bottle (200ml) of WKD blue and i have only just started drinking very moderately so that is not the problem. But thanks ayway,,, i should have made that clear. x

Reply 5

Ill check that ADh hormone thing out.... it might be helpful. Thanks:smile:

Reply 6

This is terrible. I'm stunned that your GP or the nurse has not referred you for surgical examination. I'm sure things can be done. Failing that, I presume that your problem is largely due to anxiety. You mention that it varies in severity depending upon ''how things are going, how much I worry about it''. It's inevitably playing on your mind. However, you need a solution. I advise you to forget being polite with your GP, nurse or whomever- demand some specialist help. Investigate the names, specialities of consultants in your area and request an apointment. We llive in Great Britain, take advantage of of Health Service, it's there for you.

I really hope you can resolve this problem.

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