Actually, I will drink sips of water when I am thirsty. I figure that it takes two hours for everything to come out, so between the two hours before bed I only take small sips if needed.
As for the urination, I need to have an empty bladder before I leave the washroom, or at least the feeling of an empty bladder. Then I will be more relaxed when I DO leave. When the urge hits, and there's no bathroom available, I will fight it, however, and it goes away until I really need to go.
You see, I have an overactive bladder. The reason is unknown, but I suspect Benadryl. Just recently, I was taking 75 - 100mg of Benadryl a night for sleep. The urologist told me that my bladder was constantly contracting, so he doubled the Detrol dosage and (surprise!) I'm no longer taking Benadryl anymore. I found that 20mg of Melatonin and 2500mg of Tylenol taken over six hours did the trick for me. That's 500mg of Tylenol at 10pm with dinner, 1000mg at 12am after my bath and 1000mg at 4am before bed.
The problem with getting up to pee is that, no matter how quiet I am, it will wake my mother, and she will insist that I hurry up and go back to bed, making me more anxious, which is worse! And the way I tuck my sheets is that I tuck them underneath a very heavy mattress and I need to ensure that they are extra tight (don't ask me how I get in between them to get into bed, but I do).
So TLDR, I get 8mg of Detrol a day, 2500mg of Tylenol and 20mg of Melatonin to sleep, and no Benadryl or caffeine (which means no tea )
Sorry for the rant. I just need to vent.
As for the urination, I need to have an empty bladder before I leave the washroom, or at least the feeling of an empty bladder. Then I will be more relaxed when I DO leave. When the urge hits, and there's no bathroom available, I will fight it, however, and it goes away until I really need to go.
You see, I have an overactive bladder. The reason is unknown, but I suspect Benadryl. Just recently, I was taking 75 - 100mg of Benadryl a night for sleep. The urologist told me that my bladder was constantly contracting, so he doubled the Detrol dosage and (surprise!) I'm no longer taking Benadryl anymore. I found that 20mg of Melatonin and 2500mg of Tylenol taken over six hours did the trick for me. That's 500mg of Tylenol at 10pm with dinner, 1000mg at 12am after my bath and 1000mg at 4am before bed.
The problem with getting up to pee is that, no matter how quiet I am, it will wake my mother, and she will insist that I hurry up and go back to bed, making me more anxious, which is worse! And the way I tuck my sheets is that I tuck them underneath a very heavy mattress and I need to ensure that they are extra tight (don't ask me how I get in between them to get into bed, but I do).
So TLDR, I get 8mg of Detrol a day, 2500mg of Tylenol and 20mg of Melatonin to sleep, and no Benadryl or caffeine (which means no tea )
Sorry for the rant. I just need to vent.
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