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There are other reasons why someone has to get up frequently at night. It could be due to sleep apnea. It could also be due to what a person drinks in the evening as some foods/drinks (like caffeinated ones and alcohol) are natural diuretics which make a person urinate more frequently.
There are many medications that can help these symptoms. They include a skin patch called Oxytrol, a skin gel called Gelnique and 5 pills called Detrol LA, Ditropan XL, Toviaz, Sanctura, Vesicare and Enablex.
Talk with your doctor and tell him or her what problems you are having with your bladder.View Thread

It sounds as though you may have an overactive bladder which is when you experience symptoms of urgency—a sudden and strong desire to go to the bathroom, frequency—going to the bathroom more than 8 times in a day, nocturia which is waking up at night to urinate or wet the bed while asleep. Many people also experience day and nighttime urinary incontinence which is urine leakage on the why to the bathroom, after sudden urgency or when you cough, laugh or sneeze or exercise.
I suggest you learn about behavioral treatment programs which include pelvic floor muscle exercises as well as bladder training for urgency and frequency. Pelvic muscle exercises strengthen muscles that support the bladder and the urethra. These exercises have been shown to decrease urinary leakage. Bladder retraining is controlling urgency using strategies that can help relax the bladder and delay voiding. I would also suggest dietary modifications. There are certain foods and beverages that contain ingredients that can cause bladder irritability. I list these on my website and they include any foods and drinks that contain caffeine such as coffee, tea, chocolate, soft drinks. Also I find that spicy foods, citrus foods, juices and tomato based products may also trigger urinary urgency/frequency and incontinence.View Thread


I would also ask your doctor if he thinks you may have a urethral diverticulum . This can also cause pain.View Thread




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