adam77,
When this first struck, I was paranoid, restricting fluids, getting myself up so many times each night that, in a few days, I was a sleep-deprived zombie. Finding thick, reliable nighttime protection gave me back my sleep time. I am careful about my hydration level when I am unsure of my protection, or when I travel. Otherwise, I try to drink enough to maintain a safe hydration level, and allow my protection to do its job.

I'm with you on that. Although I apppreciate peoples' intentions...

"Duh!"

I drink whatever I want to drink at night when I feel like it. Last night I had two beers immediately before going to bed after spending all day flying. No problems whatsoever. But some other night, it might end up in disaster. I never know when it's going to happen (obvious exceptions aside) so I don't sweat it too much. It isn't that I don't care, I care, but I can't live my whole life worrying about it or it would be all I thought about.

33north,

Thanks! You pretty much hit the nail on the head. I do try to use some sort of common sense with how much I drink at night (although, like you, I find it hard to correlate with specific outcomes) but I won't let myself be enslaved by it. It's almost like keeping to a super-strict regimen (like I had to do as a kid) would be letting it win, letting it have control over my life. If I'm in a situation where I really HAVE to have a dry night (in a friend's bed, for example) then I'll be extra careful -- but otherwise I try to be sane and not worry about it too much. You're absolutely right, I do care very much and would much rather wake up dry, but being a slave to drinking regimens that don't always work anyway seems far worse to me than the problem is in the first place.

I have to agree with 33north. I had a couple of drinks with some friends last night too. I was already tired and knew I would wet that night, but I refuse to give up on my social life because of it. With proper planning and protection, I actually had a very restful sleep, even if I had a very wet diaper. This is not something that should control our lives.

I agree with you. I just drink what I want to because I am going to wet regardless so I might as well drink what I want!!! lol So what that wet diapers are a part of our life...lets still enjoy our lives!!!

Amen to that my bedwetting brothers! I can get migraines if I am not hydrated enough, so I drink water even before going to bed. Sounds weird to some I am sure. I have been wearing diapers so long, that they just don't bother me any more. Migraines kill me though. If it is a choise between diapers or a migraine, I'll choose diapers hands down. I just have to wear super absorbant diapers. That works for me.

I agree-what a crock. My problem is I don't make enough ADH (so several docs have told me). This means my brain does not get single to wake up and I sleep like a log. It has nothing to do with fluids etc.

Yes! I definitely get sick of advice like that! I know people mean well but it's a bit patronising. We're not stupid, and if it was that easy probably no-one would wet the bed.

For me there seems to be no correlation between how much I drink and whether I wet. Sometimes I'll drink hardly anything and still wet, and other times I'll drink gallons before bed and be fine.. so it's usually not worth bothering about.

I guess we're all in agreement. I wish I had a dime for everytime it's been suggested that I watch my fluid intake and be sure to pee before bedtime. Hey what a concept - I wish I had thought of that one...LOL
I stopped caring about that 30 years ago and just take resposnibility for insuring that I'm wearing enough protection. i still go easy if I'm travelling and might fall asleep, though and bring underpads in addition to diapers if I'm out of the house.

What people don't understand that 'bedwetting" is not just something we all do, it's a syndrome most times to a separate diagnosis, like I have hydroenphrosis, and my kidneys hold in urine, so I always have extra liquid in the renal cavities. I also have only ONE kidney was well. I could drink like a fish on some nights, and wake up dry (btw, been dry for the past few days knock on wood) and there are some nights I don't drink past say 8, and I go to bed at like 2, and i'll wake up drenched like I cam out of the shower. The point is that if we knew when and even why we were doing it, we'd never have an accident and be on top of the situation. Truth is that bedwetting is a syndrome to either a diagnosis for a disease, for some they even wet during the daytime, like my doctor says that even I could be missing a bundle of nerves in my pelvic region, which could then not restrain urine. The joke is that bedwetting alone is normally never the problem, there are so many other factors involved that it takes time and years of both therapy and testing to figure out the key issue.
To sum it up, people who "try" to help, are never those who are certified to deal with your personal needs, and if they think the world's problems can be solved as easily as their "sound" advice, they are either ignorant, or clueless to how difficult problems in life are and how they are dealt with.

Just got back from staying at a beautiful bed and breakfast on the most comfortable bed ever. It's been a long time since I've been so saddened by how much protection I have to wear to insure I didn't leak onto it. I bet it would have bveen heaven to have been able to sleep naked :(

I drink like a fish. Some nights I go to bed and wake up dry, sometimes I have build a ARK. I woke up dry this morning, but I might pee in my sleep tonight. But, I don't let it get me down. I know it is something I cannot control.

A adult bedwetters, we've all had enough time to get to know what the results are of our decisions, so to me it's just about being responsible for what I/we know will be inevitable. It's folks that don't live with this problem, who genuinly think it may help to suggest the only thing they can think of to ask. My wife even asked me the other night, if I thought having a late night alcholic drink was wise. If I drink, I increae my protection - that's the soultion to my choice to drink. However, she thinks that a drier night will give me more personal satisfaction, so it comes from a good place, which is probably how it should always be interpreted.

Howvere, no one has ever suggest that I just stop going to sleep LOL

Just wear a decent nappy and drink what you like. Life's too short to worry about bedwetting

My philosophy entirely!