bedwetting?

Question

what is wrong with me?? i am 15 years old and today i wetted my bed, i took a sleeping pill before bed, so my guess is that that's the reason i did it, but i dont usually wake up at night to go to the bathroom.

Answer 1

It is a common side effect of many sleeping pills. Make sure your parents know that it is happening and discuss it with the doctor if it continues.


Your friendly pharmacist....

Answer 2

Bedwetting Pills

Answer 3

Yes, relax for starters. Bedwetting among children is much more common that people admit- because for the most part they don't admit it. Night dryness results from brain maturation that allows for the person to rouse from deep sleep when the bladder triggers that it is full. It can happen anywhere from toddlerhood on up, and some people just never do acquire the ability. There are pills that decrease kidney function, to reduce the amount of urine produced at night. I wouldn't think this would be a first choice because it means the waste products are allowed to build up in your son's body. There are also wetness detectors that will sound off to wake the sleeper if they wet the bed- a nasty way to wake up in the night, and only working once they start going anyway. The problem can also be made worse if the child stresses over it. The problem also has a certain genetic influence, and chances are if you ask in the family and they are honest, you will find that other members of the family also suffered the problem. If you ask what age they were when it went away, you will get some idea of when your son can expect to "out grow" it. Usually it disappears during puberty, as the brain gets a maturation growth spurt. In the meantime, I'd suggest you simply take a relaxed approach. Put a mattress protector on the bed. Set out spare sheets and pj's before bedtime. You can use the Goodnight pants if you like, or not. Teach your son to pull off wet sheets, put them in the tub or laundry room, clean and dry himself, remake the bed, and go back to sleep. Then in the morning, have him put the sheets on to wash. Treat it like an ordinary thing he can handle without making a fuss about it. Do what you can do to limit liquids about an hour before bedtime, and going to the bathroom before sleep, and let the rest go. If you can destress the situation, and assure him that he will in all likelyhood outgrow it at some point, things will go much easier for all of you. Sometimes just destressing the situation will help hasten the dry nights. Just don't make a big deal of it, and it won't be a big deal. There isn't anything you or he can really do, except wait for that part of the brain to grow up. If you need professional reassurance, go ask the pediatrician. They can explain it in detail.

Answer 4

If this is the first time it's happened, and it doesn't happen again, then I wouldn't worry about it. It was probably just your body getting adjusted to the pill.

If it keeps happening, and it never used to happen before you took the pill, then you might want to talk to your doctor about changing your medication. Even if the sleeping pill isn't one you got from your doctor, you should talk to your doctor about it anyway -- if you're going to use sleeping pills at 15, you should really do so under a doctor's supervision anyway, as they can become addictive if you're not very careful with them.

If it's happened before, and especially if you regularly wet the bed for any period of time when you were older than about 5, then it's not at all unusual to have a "relapse," especially in response to something new like a sleeping pill. Give it a few nights to see if your body adjusts to it, and if it keeps going, then you might want to see a doctor as there could be a urinary tract infection or something more serious going on.

Answer 5

You took a sleeping pill at 15? Hmm. Your parents know that? Well, my guess is you were sleeping so well, you were just unable to control your bladder, and if you drank a lot of liquid before you went to bed, that's why you had the little accident. I once dreamt I got up and went to the bathroom, only to wake up and realize that I was still in bed. I was in my twenties at the time! lol
It happens....

Answer 6

Bedwetting (or nocturnal enuresis or sleepwetting) is involuntary urination while asleep. It is the normal state of affairs in infancy, but can be a source of embarrassment when it persists into school age or the teen years.

Primary enuresis is when the child has never been dry at night or would not sleep dry without being taken to the toilet by another person or has some dry nights but continues to average at least two wet nights a week with no long periods of dryness. Secondary enuresis occurs when a child goes through an extended period of dryness and begins to experience night-time wetting again. Secondary enuresis is often caused by emotional stress.

Tricyclic antidepressant prescription drugs with anti-muscarinic properties (i.e. Amitriptyline, Imipramine or Nortriptyline) may be used to treat bedwetting with much success for periods up to 3 months.

Another medication, Desmopressin, is a synthetic replacement for the missing burst of antidiuretic hormone. Desmopressin is usually used in the form of Desmopressin acetate, DDAVP. Whether used daily or occasionally, DDAVP simply replaces the hormone for that night with no cumulative effect.

Some psychologists and experts recommend the use of night-time training devices such as a bedwetting alarm to help condition the child first to wake up at the sensation of moisture and then at the sensation of a full bladder. Success with alarms is increased and relapses reduced when combined in programs which may include bladder muscle exercises, dietary changes, mental imagery, stress reduction, and other supportive activities.

Using absorbent products such as diapers or other products like Huggies' GoodNites pants usually helps bedwetting children feel less embarrassed about their accidents. Although these products will not treat or cure bedwetting, they make it easier for children and their families to deal with the issue. A diaper or training pant is especially needed at sleepovers and while traveling. A child who has night wetting accidents and wants such protection should be allowed to have it. Use of such products should be appropriate to the child’s age and size and never used to punish or embarrass or deny reasonable privacy.

Still, the use of diapers or disposable training pants such as Pull-Ups without any other treatment is not considered unusual until about 6 to 8 years of age. After that point, other treatments may be used with or without absorbent products, such as the aforementioned medication or alarm systems. Occasional bedwetting such as once a month to once a year is normal for a child between 4 and 16 and nothing to get alarmed at.

There is however, a growing number of voices against the use of such products as Pull-Ups, because some parents feel that they can hinder, rather than help the process of assisting with bedwetting; since some children appear to treat them and indeed use them, as a substitute diaper.

Experts generally agree that parents' understanding that sleepwetting is not the child’s fault strongly increases the child's willingness to help deal with it. Although historically, physical punishment was the normal method of incentivizing older children to stop sleep wetting, anti-spanking advocates have discouraged any corporal punishment for this purpose. Punishments including restrictions, teasing, or shaming, whether actual or threatened, are counterproductive. Encouragement of self reliance allows for the child's own natural and native development to acquire the ability to sleep dry on his or her own terms.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Don't worry about it. The pill made you sleep deeply. If it happens just when you take the pill, tell your doctor about it. In the meantime, just use a waterproof mattress cover or waterproof underpad. Talk to your mom or dad about it.

Answer 9

its common for a 15 year old girl taking sleeping pills. when u take sleeping pills, your brain tends to lose control of your motor activities ( getting up and moving around ) . this could have been teh major reason for bed wetting after taking sleeping pills.

Answer 10

It's a reaction to the sleeping pill. It made you sleep so heavy, that the signals in your brain that keep you from relaxing the bladder sphincter didn't do their job. I guess you won't be taking that sleeping pill anymore.