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i'm about to turn 15 and i still wet the bed. i have tried medicine, but it never works. what can i do to stop wetting the bed?

2006-10-02 10:58:33 · 6 answers · asked by That one girl 2 in Health Other - Health

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A lot more teens still struggle with this than you think. I'm assuming by 15 you've been to the doctor and had all the usual advice -- limit drinking before bed, go to the bathroom last thing before going to sleep, etc. (If you haven't, try those things first and see if they're of any help...)

It's very possible that your bladder just hasn't grown fast enough to keep up with your body. If that's the case, you could try holding your urine in a little longer than norrmal during the day -- not too much longer, but maybe 5-10 minutes after you first feel like you really need to go, and then increase it eventually to 20-30 minutes after. This can help your bladder to "stretch out" and strengthen the muscles that help hold urine in, so you might have a better chance of holding it during the night. There are also special alarm systems that have a sensor that goes off when the first drops of urine leak out of your bladder into your clothes or bed. Check out http://www.bedwettingstore.com -- if you're a sound sleeper you may need a sibling or parent to help you wake up to the alarm at first, and it may take several weeks to work, but eventually it can help your body learn to wake up in response to the feeling of a full bladder BEFORE you start to pee and set off the alarm. The combination of alarms and bladder exercises is effective for a pretty good percentage of teens with this problem over a period of a couple months or so.

Good luck, and hang in there... you're not alone!

2006-10-02 16:22:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Maybe you could stop drinking fluids after 6 pm or so and then empty your bladder right before bed. If that doesn't work, you could also set an alarm to wake you in the middle of the night so that you could void your bladder again before morning.

Your bladder might be small or you could be sleeping too soundly to wake yourself when you feel the urge. If nothing else seems to help, make sure you wear absorbent briefs to bed and keep a waterproof mattress pad on your bed beneath the sheets. At the very least, it will make the clean up easier. Just remember that you're still growing and eventually the accidents will stop. Good luck.

2006-10-02 11:22:04 · answer #2 · answered by Maiko 2 · 0 0

Yes, loosen up for starters. Bedwetting amongst kids is a lot more usual that persons admit- for the reason that for probably the most facet they do not admit it. Night dryness outcome from mind maturation that makes it possible for for the character to awaken from deep sleep whilst the bladder triggers that it's complete. It can occur anyplace from toddlerhood on up, and a few persons simply in no way do obtain the potential. There are tablets that shrink kidney position, to minimize the volume of urine produced at night time. I would not suppose this could be a primary alternative for the reason that it approach the waste merchandise are allowed to construct up for your son's frame. There also are wetness detectors so as to pontificate to wake the sleeper in the event that they rainy the mattress- an uncongenial strategy to get up within the night time, and best running after they begin going besides. The situation will also be made worse if the baby stresses over it. The situation additionally has a special genetic have an impact on, and probabilities are should you ask within the loved ones and they're sincere, you'll uncover that different individuals of the loved ones additionally suffered the situation. If you ask what age they have been whilst it went away, you'll get a few notion of whilst your son can anticipate to "out develop" it. Usually it disappears throughout puberty, because the mind will get a maturation progress spurt. In the period in-between, I'd recommend you easily take a at ease method. Put a bed protector at the mattress. Set out spare sheets and pj's earlier than bedtime. You can use the Goodnight pants should you like, or no longer. Teach your son to tug off rainy sheets, positioned them within the bathtub or laundry room, blank and dry himself, remake the mattress, and return to sleep. Then within the morning, have him positioned the sheets on to clean. Treat it like an common factor he can manage with out creating a fuss approximately it. Do what you'll be able to do to restrict drinks approximately an hour earlier than bedtime, and going to the toilet earlier than sleep, and allow the relaxation move. If you'll be able to destress the challenge, and guarantee him that he's going to in all likelyhood outgrow it at a few factor, matters will move so much simpler for all of you. Sometimes simply destressing the challenge will aid hasten the dry nights. Just do not make a gigantic deal of it, and it would possibly not be a gigantic deal. There is not something you or he can fairly do, besides stay up for that facet of the mind to develop up. If you wish to have reliable reassurance, move ask the pediatrician. They can provide an explanation for it in element.

2016-08-29 09:02:31 · answer #3 · answered by cerenzia 4 · 0 0

did you get the meds from a dr. ? google it in the search bar and see what they say.. my son and my sister was 18 before they stopped.. bummer eh..

2006-10-02 11:02:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

um,ask ur doc about Ditropan.thats how u spell it. it helped me.



hope all ends well:)

2006-10-02 11:07:07 · answer #5 · answered by Silk. 2 · 1 0

stop drinking liquids after 6pm..

2006-10-02 11:13:29 · answer #6 · answered by Ken and Wendy M 6 · 0 0

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