Conditions
Nocturnal Enuresis
Wetting the bed during childhood is so common that it almost feels like a rite of passage. However, while most of us can leave those damp nighttime disruptions behind in childhood, wetting the bed at night affects about 1 person in 100 throughout adult life. Not only can this problem send your dry cleaning bills through the roof, but it can also limit you in terms of relationships, holidays, business trips, and any activities away from home. Furthermore, even though it’s called “nocturnal enuresis”, it can actually happen at any time you are asleep – for example, if you doze off during a train journey. Waking up in an empty carriage, with a sodden copy of The Times on your lap and a number of hastily vacated seats around you, is a million times more embarrassing than going to see your GP, who will be able to advise you on treatment.
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hi im only but i thought i would take a look at the sight. bed wetting is reall affecting my personal life. I REALLY NEED HELP!!!!
I am 28 and still wet the bed. I am too afraid to go and see my GP, I know its a problem in my head as its only a night times, and does not happen all the time. Its restrics a lot in my life and cleaning up the mess has become a morning rutine. I have read a lot of information online and I have come the the conclusion that I will just have to get over it in time. I have taken to wearing adult pads/nappys I know this is not a treatment but makes my life more bearable. Does my local NHS service offer Incontinence products with-out seeing a GP as its expensive online, please can anyone help?
I have been wetting the bed forever, and i have tried everything the doctors have said it has now started in the daytime!! i don't feel confident in sleeping anyway but my home, i can't go to sleepovers and i hated the school trips when we had to stay overnight. is there anything you can do for me??? Please!
hiya im 20 & 1/2 yrs old i have 2 chldren of 2yrs & 7months old, i have been wetting the bed for as long as i can remember when i was around 8 i stopped for 2 whole months then since have been doin it every single night!! ive been doctors and they try fobbing me offf with nasel spray and tablets well there is something officially wrong with me and i still cant work out what i have been with my babies dad for 4yrs now and he is so understanding bless him but its really getting me down i spoke to 1 of your collegues wen i was still pregnant with my daughter you said you could help me but ring back when i have had my baby well ive had her now and very anxious to be wee free by my 21st birthday!! please??
Many many thanks
Kerry
hi
im 16 years of age now and im still wetting the bed and its causing me not to have much sleep if any sleep for somedays i go 24 hours without any sleep because wetting the bed is a big issue in my life becasue there has and is going to be alot of schoool/collage trips for days/weeks and i dont think i will be able to go because of this problem ive had it ever since i can remember about the age of 5 ive tried the nasel spray the alarm bladder control exercises tablets and everytime i go to the doctors all they say is ive got a week bladder and they put me on the same things like the nasel spray etc which had no affect the first time rouund and i previously got told by my old doctor he was going to refer me to hospital for possibly an operation but ive not heard anything i just dont know what to do anymore please help :-(
i've been a wetter all my life & still wet after i've drank a lot of beer or soft drinks containing caffeine. i'm 24 now & still use rubber sheets on my bed. i do wear diapers & rubber pants to bed but usually soak them so much that the urine leaks out & soaks the bed anyway. this usually happens 4-5 times a week.would appreciate any feed back.
Hi,
I used to wet the bed up until the age of about 27 and it is a nightmare.The only thing i tried as a child was an alarm and it didn't work.
I don't know what happened with me but i just stopped and that was 15 years ago??
hi im 15 and from a tiny girl i was wetting the bed however wen i turned 12 it was becoming less frquent i took tablets but they neva worked and i tried the alarm that had effects but i would wet the bed sometimes 3-4 times a night my mum got worried and anoyed but its been a 1 and a half years now and iv only wet about 6 times im very glad because bed wetting ran in my family however my auntie still wets the bed and shes in her 40's she was like me but then for no reason she started again does this really happen if soo is there anything i can do to try and stop it im very worried :(
im 14 and stil wet the bed but i dont have any other conditions that may have triggerd it i dont no wat to do & i dont ever stay at my friends houses bcos of it sometimes i just feel like hiding away!
I JUST WANT TO BE NORMAL !
hi i am 13 and i wet the bed i do it once a week i hate it it makes me cry i want to know were this embarrassing bodies is going to be near were i live in oldham
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