Yes, I do the same. My bedwetting seems due to "signals failure" - like many of our UK trains! It is the same out & about or travelling, particularly if I am engrossed in something, and the signal comes late and urgent. So I think there probablycan be some connection between nigh & day wetting.

I hate to say this but some people are not given the best of health in certain area's. Being a bedwetter with daytime troubles are very directly related. We just have a hard time with bladder control and have to accept that. How we deal with it ranges from no diapers, to diapers at night and risk daytimes, diapers at night and light daytime protection or diapers 24/7. The need is different for each of us and can change with time or suddenly. The biggest thing is to accept protectin and have a quality life with fewer struggles.

I've wet at night my entire life (I'm 48) but daytime control was normal until about 2 years ago. At first it was just a little dribbling, but now I wet myself pretty regularly, so remain diapered 24/7.

I don't see how bedwetting itself would "cause" day wetting problems, but it's definitely possible that the same underlying condition could be causing both. Since you say you've only wet the bed for a couple of years, have you been evaluated for any specific medical issues (urinary tract infection, diabetes, muscle or nerve damage, etc.) that would explain the sudden onset of bedwetting as an adult? It doesn't usually just appear out of nowhere in adults, although if you had a history of bedwetting for a long time as a child, it's not unheard of for it to resurface as an adult for no other apparent reason.

On the other hand, since you say you've "never had the strongest bladder in the world", maybe there is an underlying problem or weakness in your bladder that you've just always managed up to this point, and now something is different in your life (maybe stress?) that is making it more difficult for you to cope with.

In either case, make sure you rule out any underlying medical issues, because many of those can get worse if not treated!

One thing that I think definitely can contribute to an increase in frequency of wetting is an increased reliance on diapers/nappies -- which I realize can be kind of a vicious circle -- but once your body is "used to" the protection being there, you start to lose some of your ingrained inhibitions against urinating with your clothes on, and over time it can become harder to resist the urge when you need to go. Still, it sounds like you're not using protection all the time and you do need to protect yourself against embarrassing accidents while in public, so not sure if there's much different you could do there.

Good luck, let us know how you get along!

Wow you seem to know a lot about this midnight77. I have been seeing my local urologist service recently but to no avail, My daytime problems are manageable, if I take the correct precautions, but like I said they are only on the occasion when I know I'll be away from a toilet for a while. And even then it's not always necessary.

Sorry to hear you haven't had much luck with the urologists - I didn't either when I was a kid. I've been wetting the bed my whole life so I've been through it all and seen it all, and you might say obsessively done pretty much all I can to learn more about it. All the doctors could tell me from their myriad tests was that my bladder was not developing along with the rest of my body, and that I would outgrow it eventually. It seems they were half right. At least I don't wet the bed now as often as I used to - most of the time I'm able to wake up during the night to empty my bladder now, although if I'm overtired or stressed it increases the chances I won't wake up in time and end up wetting as a result.

I hope you're able to find something that helps for you! Did you ever have a bedwetting problem (or any other bladder problem) when you were younger? Or did you just wet the bed a couple of years ago for literally the first time? Do you have to go to the bathroom during the day more often than most other people you know? If it's a lifelong bladder issue there might not be much to be done about it, but if it's a recent medical issue there may be hope for improvement depending on what the underlying cause is.

I think you are right once you start relying on nappies or pads as I have to at night it sinals the brain to relax and wetting becomes more frequent. My daytime incontinence was just slight dribbling which I used to ignore until I started bedwetting again and had to resort to nappies. It wasn't long after starting wearing nappies at night that my daytime control became much weaker and I couldn't ignore it any more. I have been wearing pads or incontinence pants daily now for about 7 or 8 months. My contol is now gradually slippingaway.

I'm reading this post and replies and it's very worrying as it is so similar to what I am experiencing and what I may have to come.
I'm 48 and have been suffering from bed wetting for 6 months now. It's not the first time this has happened to me but it is by far the longest.
I reluctantly started wearing a nappy when washing, smells, mattress etc became impossible to manage and they have helped me get a good nights sleep. But I'm wearing them and needing them almost every night and as mentioned by someone by wearing them I think I may have become dependent on them.
I am very worried that this will continue into daytime issues and am getting 'spots' on my underwear. I am not using any pads or protection during the day as don't want it to become the same as needing a nappy at night. I don't know what to do.