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I always need to go to the wee during an exam! Help!

Well, as the exam period gets closer and closer, I get more and more worried about needing the loo during an exam. I have a terribly weak bladder anyway, but even moreso during exams. Does anybody know of any sure-fire ways of strengthening the bladder so that I don't lose concentration during an exam?

Reply 1

Take a bottle in with you.

Reply 2

Fly By

Lord Huntroyde

Take a bottle in with you.

an empty one, otherwise its gonna get messy..lol :biggrin:

Reply 3

_EMMA_

don't drink anything before.
and don't think about it, a lot of it is probably just in your head.

Reply 4

Fly By

_EMMA_

don't drink anything before.
and don't think about it, a lot of it is probably just in your head.

lol, hopefully its not..

Reply 5

ThunderCat8

Believe me, if I was allowed to take a bottle in with me, i would! I don't however think the school would approve of that :frown:

Shame.

Reply 6

_EMMA_

Fly By

lol, hopefully its not..

i didn't mean it literally :smile:

Reply 7

AlanD

Tory to concentrate on the exam. You are supposed to be allowed to got to the toilet during an exam though provided you are accompanied.

Reply 8

Fly By

_EMMA_

i didn't mean it literally :smile:

yeah i know! :biggrin:

Reply 9

_EMMA_

ThunderCat8

Believe me, if I was allowed to take a bottle in with me, i would! I don't however think the school would approve of that :frown:

Shame.

don't they have toilets in the examination room? they do at my school.

Reply 10

jammyd

_EMMA_

don't they have toilets in the examination room? they do at my school.

Exactly - just go out.

Reply 11

Xenon

I think that a lot of it is mental. At the beginning of my manufacturing exam, I felt like that, but the feeling soon went.

Reply 12

ThunderCat8

Last time I was in an exam and I needed the toilet, there was only one person invigilating (sp?) which meant they couldn't leave the classroom to get someone to come and take me to the toilet. Anyway, its extremely embarasing going to the toilet during an exam, everyone watches you in awe as though you're made of pure gold. I know as I had to go during a GCSE Geography exam...not something I want to go through again. Grrrr! Damn bladder. My mum and sisters are exactly the same as me. My friends are amazed how much I go to the wee. It's like I'm made of urine.

Reply 13

Fly By

hey thundercat i love your sig by the way!! :biggrin:

lol

Reply 14

ThunderCat8

Fly By

hey thundercat i love your sig by the way!! :biggrin:

lol

Wow! Someone with good taste. Horses are my friends :biggrin:

Reply 15

_EMMA_

ThunderCat8

It's like I'm made of urine.

maybe you should take it literally Fly By :tongue:

seriousley though try to concentrate on the exam.

Reply 16

Fly By

ThunderCat8

Wow! Someone with good taste. Horses are my friends :biggrin:

hehe yep!! chris moyles always take the piss out of it on his show :biggrin:

Reply 17

Fly By

_EMMA_

maybe you should take it literally Fly By :tongue:

seriousley though try to concentrate on the exam.

lol, i told ya! :biggrin:

Reply 18

PoisonJam

I dread that feeling although most of it is all in the head due to nerves. You start to panic and end up thinking about needing the loo badly when your mind just makes things seem a thousand times worse than they really are.

There's no shame in asking to use the loo in an exam and the examiner will usually wait outside and not watch you while you do it! It's a basic human right after all and it's not like they'd expect you to stay in there and wet yourself.

My advice is not to drink before the exam (or eat salty snacks if you have the feeling coming on) but bring a clear bottle of water (or Red Bull if you're doing history haha) with those lids you have to pull up and suck on. That way if you spill it it won't leak everywhere.