Needing to pee all night

[KylieKangaroo]

Does anyone have any words of advice or wisdom, I can't go through the night without peeing multiple times. Last night was about 4 times and I'm so exhausted I could cry!

I drink lots of water, have tried stopping tea at a certain time and have a partial prolapse ( sorry TMI but this might be relevant) even if I just woke up once this would be an improvement! Its also ten times worse before my period is due.

Is it a new thing or something you've always had? If new could be a uti, or even something like diabetes?
If not new, it could be interstitial cystitis - there's treatment for all of these. Have you spoken to the doctor?

Yes the prolapse will be making things worse. I have fibroids, which wont be removed, which press on my bladder and its affecting that. Im also in peri which means I have some vaginal atrophy which means I constantly want the loo

The first thing to consider is bloods for glucose, diabetes can give these symptoms but for most of us its not that unfortunately (because that would be a fairly easy fix)

When do you stop caffeine in the day?

Needs to be mid morning! My in-laws found this helped. They have a coffee at breakfast, then decaf before lunch, then nothing

If fidn that once you get in a habit of going then you become programmed to so you could try holding on for longer. If you have an overactive bladder the gp can prescribe medication for it. Worth a chat with them.

Are you anxious? For me it is often anxiety related. That said i also saw a woman’s health physio-I paid for this privately and i saw a huge improvement in 3 sessions. You have an assessment about how much and often you are urinating, an examination and get a diagnosis. And then a course of treatment tailored. In my case exercises. So much of the advice we are given as women is incorrect-doing all of the ‘just in case wees’ before leaving the house etc are actually training the bladder to be overactive which is the opposite of what you want. Most women i spoke to had never even heard of womens health physios and people are left with awful birth injuries etc and no support. Its brilliant!

I started taking a teaspoon of inulin as someone mentioned it helps with sugar cravings. I noticed as a side effect that I never needed to get up to wee, at all?

Having diabetes is not an easy fix!

@KylieKangaroo it is worth getting it checked out though. I control mind with diet £ exercise, but if my blood sugars get a bit high, I start waking up in the night for a wee.

Thanks all, I have not been to the doctors yet but I will do. I saw a private physio after I gave birth but this was 4 years ago now and I know I don't do enough pelvic floor exercises.

I have heard of the holding it in to train your bladder so maybe I should be trying that throughout the day, it's harder at night as you can't get back to sleep.

My last tea is about 5pm but will try decaff

Type 2 diabetes is largely a lifestyle issue, easily supported by dietary changes and medication if required. There are some patients that wont respond to either of these and its not so easy for them, no.

Try a camping holiday to reprogram your bladder – you won't be so keen to get up and walk across the field to go to the loo - the desire mysteriously passes!

Excess urination can be a sign of diabetes. You should get checked out . Plus you don’t need to drink loads of water every day . You may need about 2 litres per day but that is total liquid and includes all those cups of tea and liquid contained in food .
dr Hilary was on tv this morning saying exactly this .

Stop drinking tea. See if that helps.

Do you actually need to wee or just feel like it? Makes a bit of a difference if you have a full bladder or an irritated bladder.

This could be me, it just another menopause thing for me I think.
I read on here last week that pumpkin seeds, or the oil helps so for the last week I've been taking pumpkin seed oil capsules.

I dramatically cut down on needing to wee overnight once I started HRT. You might not be in Peri yet but it might be worth considering especially if you have other symptoms

Thanks, I will try and cut out tea and I'm probably drinking too much water! I might ask the GP about diabetes testing as I'm constantly thirsty as well. Thanks everyone, seems like it's a common problem. @ManyShapesOfPasta I hope the pumpkin oil helps!

I dont think I was a) rude to you, so no need to be rude to me and b) talking about you personally. Its a general comment about management of type 2 diabetes. My partner has had it since his 30s, we know a lot about it.

Statistically what I said is true. You dont have to centre yourself in everything people say.

Telling someone not to drone on is rude.

Well. Well done for reporting something so innocuous, do you not use MN much?

posting nonsense about other people's medical conditions they actually live with, is far more rude.

Type 1 diabetes is not an easy fix. There is no fix. You have it for life.

You really need to get tested for diabetes. Weeing multiple times during the night and extreme tiredness were my main symptoms, and the frequent urination is the first sign to return when my sugars are high. By the time I got tested my sugars were in the danger zone and I was put straight onto insulin and metformin combined to urgently address it. Check your local pharmacies, some of them do testing which can be quicker than getting into the doctors.

What I said wasn't rude. I didn't say you were rude either. I said you were wrong & having diabetes is not 'an easy fix' for a bladder issue.

No I don't have to centre myself in everything people say, but I am allowed to defend myself against ill informed comments.

I was a healthy eating, gym going, fit, six & a half stone (only short) person when I was found to have diabetes after a virus, which also really affected my liver etc I control it with a very very limited low carb diet & exercise, but NO it's NOT fucking easy!

Your partner having diabetes might have been caused by their lifestyle choices, but that doesn't make it universal. Your partner having it does not make you a specialist in diabetes.

I clearly wasnt referring to type 1 given OP hasnt already got this and this appears to be something recent for her.

I dont know who you are aiming your post at, I didnt report the post, I prefer to let people's rudeness remain so people can see what they've said and my response to it