Night time wetting

[Jackandkitten]

Question for you all. How many of you are going through night time wetting with your ADHD kiddo? My daughter is 9 and is still wetting at night. We know that this can be a side affect of ADHD and in context, she did have endocomprisis. Sorry, cannot spell that one, but it is basically a kiddo whose brain doesn't communicate well with their bowel signals. We have gotten through most of it, but the night time wetting is getting old. I know some kids just take longer to get through this as well, but looking for advice/support.

Any insight or tips ya'll have is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

[Onthemove1971]

Jack and kitten- sounds like you are dealing with alot. I really think I would speak to her doctor on this issue, just to make sure this isn't something to look into. Unless you are wondering about a side effect of a medication, which YES we have had that happen and it was becuase the medication was two much and I just altered the medication and gave 1 in the Am and 2 I n the PM. Now no more issues.

I really understand the struggles with having a child with other health issues on top of ADHD.

Good luck

[slsmendez]

Yes, we had that issue as well. Basically an extension of my 7 yo’s lack of attention to his body, both with encopresis in the day when he’d just forget to use the bathroom in time and enuresis (wetting) at night. The DryBuddy system with a wetness sensor and alarm at night has worked very well to help at night. (This alarm buzzes under his pillow and can alarm in our room as well). It took a couple of weeks to work but can be worn under a pull up so we didn’t have to deal with changing sheets at night. This also seemed to help his body awareness in the day as well. We’re finally free of pull ups at night, and I never thought we’d get there! We did notice that if we stopped the alarm system completely, though, he started having a couple of accidents at night—and during the day his encopresis would return intermittently as well! So he’s back to wearing the underwear with small alarm pack (about the size of a pack of gum) without a pull up, and that’s working well. He’s really happy to be out of pull ups and we’re extremely relieved as well. Hope that helps! We haven’t tried meds yet so can’t speak to side effects of ADHD meds.

[Hidden]

I definitely need guidance in this area as well, my son is 12 and still wets himself day and night. Day time has gotten a little better, before he was constantly coming home from school 3 to 4 days wet. I have the teachers making him go, the afterschool prgm making him go but he still fell through the cracks. The biggest thing with my son during the day is Transiting. He doesn't not want to walk away from what he is doing to use the bathroom, his words" I thought l could hold it". At night, boy ol boy, I cut him off liquids at 5pm, he goes to the bathroom before going to bed and still at least 2 to 3 times he wets himself at night. At night my son sleeps soundly, like a rock , he will not get up on his own at night to go. I purchased an alarm clock and he turns it on but sometimes the thing goes off and some not . I definitely need a sure thing to wake him up in the middle of the night. I get up every night and use to wake him up. But at 12, I was hoping this is something that would pass. My older son age 14 over came wetting himself day and night at age 11, I was hoping for the with the 12 y/o. He has been tested and the doctors noted no problems.

[JoyousExpectation]

My daughter wet the bed until she was 9. I decided early on that this was not something that I would stress or let increase my stress (as I felt so stressed with an adhd daughter) she wore nighttime underwear basically a pull up for all those years. We never even tried to not wear one it just made her feel secure to have it and she soaked it every night. Then suddenly it just stopped. She was 9 and began noticing that every morning it was dry and she was so excited. We stopped using the nighttime underwear andshe never wet the bed again.

[Jackandkitten]

Thank you so much for the responses. After I posted that, I was worried about the type of response I would get. Not sure why, but in other groups for other things, responses are not always helpful. So, a gigantic thank you for your experiences and support.

I think we will lool at the alarm thing. That may just help. She does sometimes have wetting issues, or leaks more so, during the day. And is similar to your son, Alex. She wants to stay focused on what she is doing instead of stopping and going. And we can all see it on her face and she still denies it. I wish I could get in to these guy’s heads and see what they are thinking.

Have a great day everyone and thank you for being a new community for me.

[Laufer]

Whether it is related to ADHD or not, take a look at this website. This doctor has an explanation which makes a lot of sense and a protocol to follow if needed.

bedwettingandaccidents.com

[anirush]

My grandson had to wear nighttime diapers until he was around 9. His pediatrician just said his bladder was not that mature with his ADHD. They're usually a couple of years behind other kids anyway. He got to where he just stopped one day.

[WendyKirkpatrick]

Hi. As the mother of an adult who struggled with ADHD all his life, I wish so much that I had knowledge of this site to talk to other parents. I suggest you check sites on line that advise on dealing with the medical issues and there are books about diet. The pediatrician may or may not help. My doctors and teachers only cared about drugs and behavior which left me bitter. I have self-published books on createspace.com and Amazon.com

My name is Wendy Kirkpatrick. One book is "I have ADD and I'm Proud to Be Me." I could never find a book that discussed ADD from the child's feelings and how the disorder makes growing up so much more difficult, socially, family relationships, school, etc. I wrote from my perspective as a mother. I have a B.A. in Psychology but it was mostly the mother talking. I do my own illustrations. I have about 4 books on the sites, one of which is "Nolan No Learned to Love Yes." If there is some behavior modification involved with your child, this book may also help. Best of luck in your search for your child.