Night time trips to the loo!

Franbern has it right, you need to keep fluid intake up, preferably with water to keep bladder healthy. You could get awful problems by denying yourself fluid intake for what must be over 12 hours, have a good pee just before bedtime and only get up if you really feel you must, it'll help retrain your bladder into not needing a trip to the bathroom for a minimal amount of urine. I get up every night but am so used to it I can virtually get to the loo and back without waking fully. I drink water before I go to sleep and if I wake during night as have very dry mouth, thanks to good fluid intake I'm lucky to not get UTIs which often result from denying oneself fluid in the evenings. Hoping things will improve for you.

I'm obviously in the minority as I very very rarely need a wee in the night although sadly I do wake for other reasons. I'm now wondering if I'm abnormal!

If I wake up I have to go to the bathroom - so annoying, as I try to tell myself I don't want to. If I sleep through I am never in any rush to go to the loo waking up at 7.30 or 8 - so it must be a psychological thing that pushes me out of bed in the cold dark early hours around 3 or 4 a.m.

I used to get to every two hours and always needing a loo in the day. I gave up caffeine and now have decaf tea and coffee. I try not to drink in the evening. Also I try not to go to the loo the minute I need to ( training!). It’s taken a while but I’m now so much better and mostly only get up once in the night and can go shopping without having to always find a toilet.

I seem to wake nearly every 2 hours, and trip to the loo, the bladder says go!
though many a time I don`t pass much.

gp`s gave me low codeine, useless, practice nurse fitted 3 different things to push bladder up, none would stay in

if I sleep for 3 hours, that is fantastic..
I am 83! but does the amount of years really make that much difference.

I was on tablets that made me sleep all night (not sleeping tablets) so I rarely got up until recently when I came off them, now I get up at least twice to three times every night, it drives me mad because then I want a drink....the dog then wants to go out etc . I did mention this to my doctor the last time I saw him but he just said it was normal to get a ‘sensitive bladder’ as you get older, limit drinks in evening which I can’t do as I get thirsty if I do that so I just suppose it’s the norm as we age along with the lumps, bumps, eyesite and everything else! That did make me laugh V3ra, I might try that on my husband as he often wakes me with his sleep talking and snoring ?

How often I go in the night and when or indeed if I go in the night seems to go through phases and doesn't seem to have any correlation to how much I drink in the evening.

I complained to my GP about having trips to the loo at night. He told me that it is because your kidneys work better while you are laying down , so should be expected, so I don't understand how you can "train your bladder" without causing problems!

I don’t go to sleep til about 2am and am up at 6.30 ish so no night time loo trips for me but my poor husband is up almost every hour due to medication he takes.

Double voiding is a good one to try, as has been mentioned above. Our pelvic organs sag with age, and the bladder often doesn't empty itself efficiently, meaning you can return to bed with it already half full

I agree with Franberg. My father and mother both used to restrict fluid intake deliberately to avoid trips to the toilet and became confused and forgetful because of dehydration. Quite dangerous and to be avoided

I am 63 and for the past few years I get up 2 and sometimes 3 times in the night to wee. I also have a bit of bladder weakness and need to wear a pad in bed or else when I get up with a full bladder I dribble. :-( Extremely unsexy. :-(

Hetty is right to point out that it's very likely that your sleep quality has changed. I would say a couple of visits is par for the course, but see the GP if worried. Research studies on sleep in 'older' people indicate that wakeful periods increase in number and duration, and if you are awake, you will naturally think of needing a visit to the loo. Discomfort and pain due to conditions such as arthritis, plays a part in the likelihood of waking. It's something that exercises me (literally): it's not to solely to pee though. I have suffered from IBS since my early teens and have at least 4 visits to the loo every night, sometimes many more. It's exhausting! However, all has been investigated and nothing sinister found, so I just put up with it. Added to that, I have hip pain which stops me from getting back to sleep. Not for wimps, this ageing business, but better than the alternative!

Thanks, everyone.
I do appreciate your responses.
Seems I’m quite normal..... whatever that means ( to quote Prince Charles).

2 or 3 times a night. I don't remember the last time I slept a full 7 or 8 hours without getting up. I know I shouldn't drink anything after 6 or so but am always so thirsty I can't seem to help it!

www.nhs.uk/conditions/sleep-apnoea/

It can be the other way around. If you don't sleep deeply, you're more aware of needing to go. It's worth having an overnight sleep monitor check.

I go 2 or 3 times every night which is why I don't sleep well.

Like most older people, my bladder control is far less than when I was young. It now amazes me how long my teenage g.children can go between the need to 'wee' when we are out. And, this occurs during the night also.
Yes, I am up three or four times most nights - must say, having an en-suite becomes far more of an imperative with ageing.
However, I really would warn people NOT to restrict their fluid intake to try to prevent these night time trips.
The bladder can be damaged if there is not enough fluid and that will often lead to nasty, painful Urinary Tract Infection (UTI's).
t really is important to drink a good amount of fluid (preferably water) throughout the time you are up - and even remember to have a drink at the same time as a loo visit at night.
It will not help much to restrict fluid intake in the evening with regard to needing to 'go' during the night - but could have a big impact on the more concentrated urine leading to one of these horrible infections,.

I get up regularly during the night but, funnily, can hold it most of the daytime without needing the loo!

Always get up at least once - last night it was 3 times. Sometimes my cat wakes up to use her tray at the same time I don't put the light on as I have a loo light on the side of the toilet which is triggered by movement - its not enough to wake me up.

We have just had a holiday in India travelling there the day after the election. No more politics for weeks we hoped.

If we got up to go to the loo in the night and put the bathroom light on, the tv came on and it was BBC world news. The first time it came on we got Boris straight away! We never did figure out how to solve the problem.

I have just stayed at an HF hotel. The ensuite had a very low level blue light that was triggered by movement. Consequently going to the loo made this dim blue light come on and it woke me up less fully than the main light. It was brilliant. I want one!!

I wake several times as well but do need to go usually.
Love that story V3ra made me laugh

I have found that since having a prolapse repair, I rarely need to get up in the night now. Bliss.

This may be relevant to those who don't drink after a certain time at night, that your urine may become more concentrated, leading to the need to go for a wee.