Has anyone found a way to stop having to get up through the night to visit the bathroom ?
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Using a CPAP for sleep apnoea helped me.
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Conn's syndrome is something else I'm being tested for.
For me it was in large part high blood sugar. My fasting blood glucose was ok, but it went high on a glucose challenge.
I was always thirsty and tired after meals.
I'm on metformin now and it has improved.
It can be a sign of diabetes .
Resist the temptation to drink less - that makes things worse. The more concentrated your urine, the more irritating it is on your bladder meaning you'll feel the urge to go.
It might seem counterintuitive but you probably need to drink more during the day - get your bladder used to holding larger amounts (in other words, try to gradually increase the length of time you "hold on"). My bladder strength was never stronger than when I was drinking 3-4 litres a day. 
I remember reading somewhere years ago that you should try to *not* get up if you feel the need to go - to see if you can get back to sleep. Obviously that's easier said than done but your body and brain get used to patterns so you can retrain your body into a new pattern.
it is related to high blood sugar and insulin resistance, or so i have heard. Also drinking too much before bedtime.
Thank you. Ging
Could also be due to low cortisol. I Don't know. I Don't have a consistant pattern. Sometimes I sleep right through the night, sometimes I have to get up once. But there have been nights when I've had to get up three or four times! Yet, I'm not aware of having done anything different.
Low-dose amitriptyline works for me on two fronts: knocks me out if I'm not sleeping well and helps to control nocturia. One of its off-licence uses is to help children with bedwetting.
Would you please tell me what dose you are taking? I am on 10 mg to help with pain after shingles. Also have OAB which it helps a bit . Doc. says I can try higher dose if low dose not very effective
I take 10mg but have taken 20mg before stressful events (major interviews, etc.). It works fine and I can take it or leave it on a long-term basis, which I like.
Thanks for reply, will ask for script for 20mg next time I see doc. then I can follow your pattern and take higher dose if needed. The tablet easily split so10 mg for normal!!!
I get mine prescribed as 10mg tablets, so I take one, two, or none depending on need and sleep pattern 😜
Do you mean NDT ?
I never used to get up during the night but when I started taking my levo (which I was on then) at night I was up 2 or 3 times. Now on t3 and like gg I sometimes am up 1 or twice or more but sometimes sleep right through.
Jo xx
The kegel exerciser helped reduce it to once a night. I have a prolapse which presses on the bladder. My own doctor recommended no caffeine, but drink about six glasses of water a day & visit the bathroom at least every two hours during the day, even if you feel you don't need to go. That's common sense really & it reduces UTI's which I used to get a lot of.
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Many thanks. Ging
Just got a new topper pad for the bed and i find that i can sleep right through the night, unless i have too many coffees/drinks after dinner
I learned recently that when we lie flat the body takes excess water into the bladder from say the legs etc and that it is a healthy thing. I have woken up early morning to go visit the bathroom for years and it is not easy to get back to sleep, or...I don't feel the need to sleep. Then, if we don't get enough sleep it can lead to weight gain - vicious circle really.
I am going to have some tests on my bladder so that might sort it out - improved pelvic floor muscles - we will see.
Warm Greetings
Breizh
SmallBlueThing in reply to
That's true in my experience of lymphoedema of the legs, but I hope those who wake several times during the night read the article linked to in my post above -- the first reply to the original post.
ging in reply to
How is your bladder now ??
See website forefronthealth.com/hypothyroidism-and-insomnia. Increased nightime insomnia linked to adrenal stress. When I wake I always have urge to visit loo. It's not full bladder that wakes me but I make that trip anyway. This website recommends 30 ml of fresh orange juice with salt at bedtime. Was very sceptic but i tried this, and I sleep through. Hope this helps.
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