How to stop pee-ing so often!

As someone who was grabbed violently by the menopause ...pesterpause as I call it! ... when I was 42 - I'm now 59 - I find I have to keep getting up to wee in the night. At one point I was up a whopping 11 times from about 10:30pm to about 2am and I had to start another work shift at 6am to 6pm! I was utterly exhausted already!

Other nights it's just once or twice!

Im on Migabegron 50mg. It has been life changing for me. Before I couldnt walk for 10 mins without needing the loo and was up 4 times a night. Now, I can walk for an hour and get up maximum once a night.

Have you been tested for Obstructive Sleep Apnea? If you are overweight and a snorer, this is a possible cause.

I seem to wake needing the loo 5am -ish each day and then cannot get back to sleep. Don't have a drink after around 8pm but a few nights ago I was desperate for a cuppa at about 10pm and thought blow it, I'll be up around 5am anyway I'll have a drink and wouldn't you know it I slept right through until after 7am!! Thinking of trying this again.

Ask your GP about oxybutynin. I'm on it to reduce sweating but it is actually prescribed for overactive bladder. I only wee about 3 times a day now.

Alison09

Im on Migabegron 50mg. It has been life changing for me. Before I couldnt walk for 10 mins without needing the loo and was up 4 times a night. Now, I can walk for an hour and get up maximum once a night.

Yes I am on Mirabegron too. Initially it worked well but seems to be losing its effectiveness.

I have had about 16 pelvic floor operations so I am rather disordered down there but also have a 295ml capacity and an unstable bladder, so I am a bit of a lost cause sadly!

I wake several times a night and don’t get back to sleep very easily but as I also have Sjogrens Syndrome, I need to drink when awake as my mouth is so, so dry my tongue burns.🥵 Horrible …

The continence is helping me and I think it is improving. Worth seeing one.

One cause of this is the water sits in the cells of your legs etc and your circulation doesn't get it to the kidneys until you lie down. Anyone with oedema or swelling of the ankles will know how the legs and ankles are not as puffy in the morning as in the evening. So supposing you could put your feet up or even lie down in the evening to watch TV or whatever, then you might have a chance the excess water will have got through your kidneys before you go to sleep

My dog wakes me up for her breakfast at 7. Not early for most people but I’m semi nocturnal so I need a bit more sleep. So I have a drink of hot water ( I started doing that after having a few weeks of terrible indigestion recently) and listen to Jason Stephensons Get Back to Sleep Fast on utube. I used to listen to Paul McKenna but it stopped working but Jason never fails to get me back to sleep. Had yet another needing the loo dream last night!

You have my sympathy. For years mum has been ruled by her bowels, last few years, bladder has joined. We finally got appointment with specialist and he's admitted that there is nothing he can do. To make matters worse, medication to HELP, actually caused urinary retention resulting in ambulance, me getting the resus talk and almost a month in hospital trying to put things right.

Result being pain meds she's had for years have had to be stopped because they clash with blood clot thinning drugs (flat out in hospital, Consultant said side effect to long hospital stays!)

So Amitriptyline and Solifienacin both stopped and mums peeing back to every 2 hours, day and night!

But we've been told "I'll get the incontinence nurses to come see you". I asked him when, as within the last 18 months she's been promised bladder training and massage etc so many times and she's still waiting.

I'm angry at the whole system, certain issues just aren't seen as important.

Tried everything to stop peeing frequently. I know I drink too much tea & was told it is a mild diuretic. Every 2ish hours in the day with having to rush or pee myself not pleasant once the feeling hits! At night have resorted to incontinence pads as having to get up & rush is impossible for me. So no way to stop this just put up with it I guess! At my age could be something a lot worse couldn't it so will definitely put up with it but still have a moan!

What is TKR?

Knee replacement. The thought of having to get up to go to the loo throughout the night post op worries me

ReadyMeals

One cause of this is the water sits in the cells of your legs etc and your circulation doesn't get it to the kidneys until you lie down. Anyone with oedema or swelling of the ankles will know how the legs and ankles are not as puffy in the morning as in the evening. So supposing you could put your feet up or even lie down in the evening to watch TV or whatever, then you might have a chance the excess water will have got through your kidneys before you go to sleep

So would using a Revitive help with that? I do keep thinking about buying one.

Just a tip when emptying your bladder. When you think it’s empty give a little cough, there’s always more there lurking.
Works for me!

MayBee70

ReadyMeals

One cause of this is the water sits in the cells of your legs etc and your circulation doesn't get it to the kidneys until you lie down. Anyone with oedema or swelling of the ankles will know how the legs and ankles are not as puffy in the morning as in the evening. So supposing you could put your feet up or even lie down in the evening to watch TV or whatever, then you might have a chance the excess water will have got through your kidneys before you go to sleep

So would using a Revitive help with that? I do keep thinking about buying one.

I lie on the sofa for several hours at night and always put my feet up if I sit down throughout the day. But still don’t need to pee every couple of hours until I actually fall asleep. As soon as I wake up I feel the pressure on my bladder.

Very interesting

apparently antacids and gaviscon can also cause urinary problems..

Don’t drink so much water. Especially near bed time. It’s obvious really.
I drink loads of water in daytime, but not much during evening except to take medication.
I never have to get up in the night.
I do have a strong bladder.

I’m afraid that drinking less in the evening doesn’t help

I think I probably have a small bladder too although don’t go frequently at night I do go many times in the morning when I wake up.
One thing that helped was drinking decaffeinated coffee as caffeine is a diuretic.
The second thing I do is when I drink water, which is only about 1 pint per day, I add a hydration tablet to the water. I use the ones recommended for sportsmen etc. This helps to maintain the water in my body where it’s needed rather than peeing it straight out.
Both have helped but not completely solved the problem.

I just accept this now and can tell the time each time I wake. As it only happens at night I put it down to my bowel prolapse pressing on the bladder when I lie down.

I only go 3 or 4 times at most every 24 hours. First thing, last thing and once or twice in between. I drink water etc but never have to get up in the night.
Dh goes lots and I wonder if his bladder has become weaker and more sensitive because he goes so often.

Thanks everyone! There is so much in your posts to investigate further. I will take everything on board & see if I can follow up with my specialist (if I'm still on the books).

Thankyou MayBee 70. Should have known as have had one!!