15 year old bedwetter. Nothing has worked?

Question

Here is the problem we have a son that is 15 and still wets the bed, even worse he will get up at night and pee in the corner of his room. The bath room is less that two feet from his room. His room smells so bad that you can smell it all over the house. He has been seen by his doctor and had an extensive workup. There was nothing found wrong. We have tried to limit fluids at night but he will sneak in to the bathroom and drink his fill or swipe some thing to drink from downstairs. We have tried meds but is he is drinking lots of fluids after the meds it could be dangerous. If we put plastic blankets on the bed he shreds them within a week. If we wake him in the middle of the night he will remain up the rest of the night. We have tried to punish his late night drinking and that only made matters worse. We have tried to reward dry nights but that failed also. We he goes to a friend house we have to tell the parents, because he has wet a friends new couch. We are at wits end.

Answer 1

i am 16 and i still wet the bed, limiting what he has to drink is a bad idea, as you said he will drink his fill at some point. and that never realy works. i use the goodnites pants. they work great for me and hundreds of othe teens. let him on goodnites.com there they have a site just like this for teens who wet the bed.

Answer 2

I can guarantee you that "meds" will not help one bit and only make things worse.

If you think he is doing this on purpose, you might want to reconsider your conclusion.

Definitely don't let him sleep over at friends houses.

You could get a second medical opinion but NOT an opinion from a psychiatrist/psychologist.

Use an ozone generator for the smell, get a model that costs about $150, the really cheap ones are not effective.

Give him a salt tablet each night before bed. You might want to give him a salt and a potassium tablet before bed. I don't know which way the ratio goes but it's 2:1 or 1:2. DO NOT restrict water but increase salt/potassium as needed.

This should bring results.

Answer 3

HAVE YOU TRIED? "DEPENDS" or other brand of adult water prevention protection. He would probably feel better if his problem was more private, then he may agree to wearing them at night to help this problem. Then, possibly later he would actually wein himself off the water protection devices. This behavior regarding excessive fluid intake could seriously be a medical problem. Was he tested for Diabetes (an increased fluid intake ailment) Bed-wetting and also Sleep Walking with the action in the bedroom corner could be a reaction to the action of dreaming he is going into the bathroom next to his bedroom. If he has a carpet in his room remove it, replace with linoleum if necessary. Something easily cleaned and sanitized. BE CONTINUALLY PATIENT...someday if you and your son are willing to be confindent HE shall get better, HE WILL. Keep him home until he is able to reach his goal of not wetting in bed for at least 4-8 weeks. Hope this has been helpful.

Answer 4

Is he difficult to wake up, 'cause I have a similar 6 year old. He won't wake up though, he's even slept through a wet bed. So I diaper him he doesn't do it all the time maybe 1 in 3-5 nights. I find your son's peeing in the corner of his room shocking though. If he gets up on his own I'd say give him a chamber pot to go in and make it his responsibility to clean it in the morning. It should work though he may not like the responsibility, insist on it. Good luck.

Answer 5

My husbands brother has this problem. I'm thinking they are on the same track.
First meds won't work, we tried that. We finally decided he needed to talk to a counselor. And it is working.
There was a trigger that was affecting his thinking on the need or not needing to go to the bathroom. Something just didn't function right and with talking and some readjusting somethings in his room he is finally getting the idea.
We went as far as taking the bed out of his room until we found this person and she is wonderful.
Do some research in your area for a cost effective counselor. You may be surprised at what you will find out. It may be an anger issue, a fear issue, or just plain can't tell when he has to go.
Good luck, my prayers are with you.

Answer 6

Your son is drinking a lot.... has he been tested for childhood diabetes?
It sounds to me like your son is having some serious issues and should probably be evaluated by a counselor. As sad as it is and as hard as it is to accept some children need a little more help then others. Your son may need therapeutic counseling which may be the only thing that fixes it this late into his life.

I found running a humidifier in my daughters room lessened her chances of getting up for drinks. Before the air was dry and she felt she needed one.

As far as the house and the smell... my friends son used his wiwi as a shooting target. He peed everywhere in his room. They had to gut his entire room and rebuild it to get the smell out. Maybe you can start by letting the sun beat down on your sons room, washing bedding, finding a hospital mattress that can be wiped dry.

Answer 7

If he is a normal 15 year old with no problems except wetting the bed. Then he is old enough to try and take responsibililty and prevent it. Get him into counseling. At this point you have to worry about the cleanliness of your home. I know what it is like my nephew wet his bed up until about age 16. the smell was horrible through out the entire house. You can't live with that. From what you are describing here it is unlikely that this will stop any time soon. Get pull ups until the problem is resolved.

Answer 8

Having been to the medical doctor and found nothing wrong, perhaps one (or both) of the following needs to be considered:

A) Get a second opinion. And, if necessary, a third. Confirm nothing is medically wrong. Once this has been done;

B) Consult a psychologist or psychiatrist. Something may be in his psyche that has caused this to happen (i.e. trauma in school or with peer pressure).

Only other possible suggestion: a sleep study to see what, if anything, could be affecting him at night. Good luck.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

STOP!!! My 14 year old daughter's pediatric urologist said the most effective treatment is a simple bedwetting alarm. We tried it and she was completely dry in 10 weeks. No more goodnights, excuses for sleepovers, etc. It cost about $90. It was the malem model with sound and vibration. It was worth every penny and I a still kick myself that I didn't seek out good advice several years ago. No matter what you read in the answers here, make sure you at least do your own research on bedwetting alarms. Just search on bedwetting alarms here on yahoo.