Hi dd5, still wetting in daytime, 5 weeks now, no UTI, any clues, any experience much appreciated?

[piratecat]

Just wanted to seeif there was anyone else who has had exp of this. DD is well physically, but emotionally troubled, yet this has only started recently, and the emotional trouble has been ongoing for 3 yrs.

dad left etc...

I am going back to gp, but realy finding it hard to deal with. She is not exactly having a great time of it either

hi, just bumping this again, as d is still wettingherslef. mailny due to emotional reasons, that are ongoing.

Any idea how to cope, make her feel better.

Poor love. I would take her to see her GP, who may be able to organise a referral, and can also rule out any possible physical causes that may be exacerbating the problem (such as lax bladder muscles, or chronic constipation etc). It may be that she needs counselling for her problems, or she may need incontinence medication (though they might think her a bit young for that).

My dd was on medication for incontinence between the ages of 8 and 10 (I think). I also bought her incontinence pads for use on school trips and suchlike.

Is she seeing the school counsellor about her emotional problems?

Don't have any experience but ...
it must be really upsetting for both of you. Maybe by concentrating on the emotional issues, trying to get to the bottom of them, seeking support from a counsellor etc, rather than the wetting itself would be a way forward?
I guess emotional issues show themselves in different ways at different times...

Not much help, sorry.

hi, I saw the gp, 2 weeks ago who has put us on a waiting list for a counsellor emotions and such.

I popped in yesterday to ask how long we can expect to wait, and its prob going to be another 10 weeks .

The receptionist said it may be worth going back to gp to see if it can be hurried along.

Cory, what were the pads you got. I have been in touch with an organisation called ERIC, as mentioned by another mn'etter. They have a 'shop', I must go and look again, but iwas put off by the incontinence girls pants, as they are 9 quid a pair.

Being wet every day is not able to stop her trying to get to the loo. half the time she doesn't even know when she has done it, and doesnt feel it poor thing.

I think we got some pads through the school nurse- or possibly through the urologist she saw.

If she doesn't feel it at all, there may be a physical problem (nothing to say you can't have a physical problem although you've had a difficult time). Maybe you should ask for a referral to a urologist.

Hi piratecat - daytime wetting is a real problem and a worry. Don't know what to suggest, but the advice you've already had is good. ERIC is great though the pads sound expensive. While you try to hurry up the GP, is there a health visitor you could see? It might be useful to talk the problem through with the HV in front of your dd to encourage her to 'go back' to being dry. You say this just started recently?

I have a dd, 5, who has had lots of daytime accidents - won't go even when she needs to go, especially at school. Hopefully just turning the corner now and having fewer wet days though knickers always awful at the end of the day! The main thing I've learnt is NOT to make a big fuss, much less get angry. Though I have totally lost it in the past...

Good luck

i am going back to gp then. She was abit airy fairy about it all, and said as not uti, was prob behavioural, which i might have already expressed on this thread.

Yep, i think i'll go back. Thing is, after dd spoke to her dad (the problem), she was dry for a few days, but it didn't last.