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New to the group. Daughter is 11 with primary enuresis. Currently in pull us, off desmopresin and oxybutinin but on movicol (has been most of her life). We tried a personal alarm a few years back but none of us could cope. Waiting for urology investigation (over a year now since being referred!) I’ve been thinking about trying the bed alarm. Any success stories out there? Thanks.

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Janey_80

Hi, unfortunately no advice or success here but just wanted to say we are in the same position. My son is 7 and we’re just about to try the alarm. He’s terrified of it and I’m not over the moon with the idea of being woken every night but I have heard others have had success.

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Apgapas in reply to Janey_80

Hi my 9 year old son never had a dry night until we tried the bed alarm last spring. I was worried about using it as he hates loud noises but he wanted to try it as he was desperate to have a sleepover. I read online instant success stories so almost gave up when it didn't happen that way with us. It took 2 weeks before he had a dry night with the alarm sometimes going off 4 times a night! It then took another week before he had another dry night - it just didn't seem to be working. I slept in his room for 6 weeks to offer reassurance but after a couple of weeks read that he should switch the alarm off so that he's fully awake (I was probably helping too much!). I stayed in his room to encourage him to wake up and remind him how to switch it off. Anyway after 8 weeks he started to have a few dry nights in a row. He stopped using the alarm after 12 weeks - still had the odd accident but dry 10/12 days. Then a month later had his first sleepover completely dry 🙂. He has not had an accident since - I even let him drink blackcurrant & hot chocolate before bed now!! He also seems to have better bladder control during the day - less urgency. So a long post sorry! But wanted to offer reassurance if it doesn't work straight away 🙂

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Apgapas in reply to Apgapas

Also we just used a cheap alarm - £20 🙂

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MrsSquirrel

We borrowed a Maleme alarm from child continence service. Son hated it (not keen on loud noises), but it does seem to have worked - after a week or two he woke up and went on potty near bed (he sleeps on spare bed in our room so we can deactivate alarm and change bed/PJs if needs be). We went from twice a night wet beds to one event every 10 days or so...worth a try. Nurse advised us to keep alarm until reliable getting up to loo for 4 weeks in a row. Good luck! xx

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MrsSquirrel

Son is 8 and had never been dry at night. Also has overactive bladder which is very twitchy during the day. Oxybutynin for this so fingers crossed.

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JessGirl

We are just starting to look into using a bed wetting alarm.

Which ones do people recommend? X

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