Big problem of wetting the bed at the age 18?

I had that problem at maybe around age 10ish. I never took any sort of pills for it, nor did I use goodnites or anything. I know this sounds childish, but seriously, make sure you pee before bed. Even if you don’t feel like you need to. Also, a lot of the time, this could be a result of stress OR not using the washroom during the day when you need to. Holding it in causes your bladder to overreact. Cut back on highly acidic foods and beverages (orange juice, lemonade…)

Yogurt is a natural medicine for this. Yogurt does a lot for your body, it provides your body with a certain good bacteria that your body needs and as a plus it even prevents bad breath! I don’t like yogurt but because of the fact it is my fill of dairy for the day and it’s other health benefits, I make sure to have a cup a day.

The more you stress about it, the harder it will be to stop. Don’t think too much on it. When you go to bed pretend like it’s not even going to be an issue. ALSO, this could be a result of not getting enough sleep. If you don’t get enough sleep your body goes into a deeper sleep when you do sleep and your body doesn’t get the “Hey, I needa go pee!” signal. It just goes. So make sure your sleep patterns are normal!

Hope this helps! Good luck!

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Have you discussed this with your doctor and had a urine test done? Nocturnal Enuresis is a recognized sleep disorder in some people. For most of us, during sleep the brain reduces the manufacture of urine so that our bladders can cope without being stressed. In some people the concentration of urine does not happen during sleep and this can result in loss of bladder control..i.e. nocturnal enuresis.

Limiting liquids before sleep has been proven to have very little/no effect in reducing or resolving this problem. You should first speak to your GP. If they are not prepared to investigate further ask for referral to a sleep centre.

Using a diaper type of continence garment will help you feel more secure but this problem can, in a great many cases be resolved. FIrst you need to know that your urinary system has no mechanical or infective problem then you need to see a sleep specialist.

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Don’t drink any water after about 7 pm. Try sleeping with lots of blankets on. I was a bed wetter in elementary school, and for some reason, being really warm at night helped me get over it.

Also, you might want to talk to a doctor, maybe you have some bladder control problem that he could prescribe something for.

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I can empathize with you here. Enuresis is just a drag, especially as an adult. It mucks up the social life, is morbidly embarassing, and depressing to say the least.

I am sad to say the treatment options are limited. After aged eighteen, the rate of cure for enuresis is minimal at best. 0.5% to 1% of all adults still wet the bed, and the statistics are not that great for cures.

This doesn’t mean it can not be done, only that the difficulties are much more than for younger children.

Here is my advice. I would venture a guess that you have tried some of this, but I am going to try to be as thorough as I can.

First, make sure your bed has some sort of protection on it. Protective sheets these days are much nicer than before, it is no longer the smelly, crinkly vinyl sheet. Some are pillow-top, and a few are unnoticeable. This will help keep the bed dry.

Use some sort of adult diaper or bedwetting diapers for older children to contain the urine at night. This is a suggestion, but it is better than having to change the sheets in the middle of the night.

You can use a bedwetting alarm. The purpose of these is to wake you when you begin to wet. At first, you may still wet and then wake up. This will be frustrating, but remember their purpose is to train you to wake up when you need to go. Over time, your mind can be trained to awaken to these right away; and eventually, your mind will learn to wake before you wet.

Likewise, you can set a regular alarm clock to go off every couple of hours to wake you up. The goal here would be to wake up to go to the toilet before you wet the bed. Eventually, the goal is to learn to wake without the alarm clock when you have to pee.

These are behavior modification techniques, and they do take time to work. I’m talking months, possibly, so give them time to work.

There are some medications, such as DDAVP, that may help with wetting; but all medications have their risks. This is something to speak about with your doctor.

Speaking of your doctor, you should set an appointment to see him. Not so much as an office visit for an exam, but a “strategy building” session. The outcome should be the selection of some specialist doctors to visit (i.e. Urologist, Neurologist, Psychologist, etc). In medicine, when something is elusive and difficult, we call in several experts that may be able to help. Investigations are done (medical tests) to try to find the cause (enuresis is a symptom, not so much a disease, and likewise has a cause. Find and correct the cause, correct the symptom).

As for fluid intake, you should try to restrict fluids. This will help, of course (less in, less out); but you need to avoid being thirsty. Thirst is your body saying it needs fluid; but instead of drinking a large glass every time, consider drinking only a cup or half of a cup. If still thirsty in ten minutes, have another half a cup. Granted, this is tough, but it will help limit the water coming in (and thus the water going out).

As for your social life, it is tough; but you can manage it. I can attest to the ability to sleep in a room with three other people and having none of them know, or staying with friends, or traveling across continents. It can be done, but discretion and tactics are a must. Be careful and take care, you can develop the skill to live a more normal life with your enuresis.

Under no circumstance should you let this hamper or slow down your life. Seriously, this is not something that can’t be managed; and it would be better to try to enjoy life now rather than squander it away out of fear of being discovered.

That said, you should know that at your age, about one to two percent of us still have enuresis. There are support groups you can look into online. These are places you can connect with people who have enuresis, learn ways to manage, or possible treatments.

Finally, about one-half to one percent of all children who are bedwetters reach adulthood as bedwetters. After age eighteen, most people with enuresis continue to have enuresis through adulthood. The cure rate is very low past this point. Not to try to drag you down, but you should make sure you exhaust all options for diagnosis and treatment now. Also, you should try to think about how to come to terms if you don’t concur this problem. It can be done, this I promise; but you need to come to terms and develop a way to manage it.

Cheers and good health!

I going to give it to you straight son, this is a big issue. It’s a sign of premature aging. You see, normal people have bladder control issues at a very young age and at a very old age. You, on the other hand, have bypassed the stage in between. Any day now you could wake up bald, wrinkly, and frail. I’m sorry, but you’re in trouble.

umm i think u should go c a sycietrist i think thats how u spell it, sorry im rubbish at spelling! but i think that will be better than going to the doctor, cos ull get through it a natural way. but if it doest work out go c the docter. but dont worry im sure everything will turn out fine. 🙂

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my fiance still has problem i would use depends they hold a lot and are not horrible expensive 9.97 at wal mart

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You need to go to the dr. they can give you pills for that. seriously. My son went to the dr. and they gave him pills to take for it.