How many times a night do you wake up to go to thet bathroom????

Question

For me it is usually TWICE.......such a pain in the butt, I am ONLY 24!!!! Is this normal????? I dont think I drink much before bedtime...I must just have a small bladder....

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Answer 1

I'm a guy in my late 20s and go anywhere between 1 and 3 times a night. I don't drink a lot before bedtime either and always make sure to empty my bladder right before bed. I was a bedwetter for a long time when I was younger and was told then that I had a very small bladder for my age -- so I'm guessing I still do.

I'm sure you've heard all the standard advice about not drinking before bed, etc. If you really do have a small bladder there might not be much you can do -- everyone will still produce some urine during the night, even if you don't drink anything, and some people's bladders just aren't big enough to hold the amount their bodies produce during the night. I've read somewhere that 20-30% of healthy adults have to do this.

If it really bothers you, you could try drinking more water and other liquids in the EARLY part of the day so that you won't be as thirsty later at night, and will naturally drink less and urinate less at night. If you do drink at night, try to drink juices or sports drinks so that you'll keep a constant electrolyte balance -- plain water without any electrolyte intake will tend to "go right through" you. Definitely avoid caffeine, alcohol, and carbonated drinks which both increase the amount of urine produced, and irritate the bladder.

Good luck -- I know how big a pain this is, but even if you can get down from going twice a night to once a night it will make a BIG difference in your quality of sleep! (And you can at least be glad that you wake up during the night when you need to go instead of sleeping through it and wetting the bed... that's a big improvement for me too!)

Answer 2

I go about 2 or 3 times, maybe cause I have had kids lol.

Yeah and I agree with you, it's a pain in the butt!

Answer 3

One time,, do you drink caffiene?That could be it, and even drinking a little water b4 bedtime will make you go, especially with a small blader

Answer 4

Usually not at all, unless I drink a lot before bed

Answer 5

it all depend on her highness the Cat
some night she wakes me up 2 - 3 times to go out & then to come back inside

Answer 6

Maybe once. Twice seems like a lot, imagine when you get old.

Answer 7

about twice but that's only because i drink tons and tons of water....maybe you should like use the bathroom be for you sleep...you'll probably get up less....

Answer 8

once. but previously never. can't say why, but if i were you, i would stop drinking at 9pm and also go to the docotr to have your bacteria checked out.

Answer 9

its not unusual to do it , everyone i know gets up to pee in the night

i am glad to see other people dont though , because i dont and i thought i was weird , because all my friends do


all the best
Ian

Answer 10

don't worry,sometimes i wake up to go to the bathroom and go twice too!:]