Having to wee in the night - any ideas how to stop this?!

I'd knock the tea on the head. I can't drink tea or coffee from about 5pm onwards or I'm up in the night for a week, even if I wee just before I go to bed.

I don't drink tea or coffee at all of an evening, I think sometimes your body just gets into a routine. Because I'm a light sleeper, if I wake up, I tend to go to the loo at some point in the night. My body is sort of used to this so requires it now I think.

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Right, I'll try knocking the tea on the head then. It's only the first thing in the morning one that I *need* to wake me up. I don't drink it through the day at work, it's just an evening habit because I'm terrible at drinking water at home. Will give that a go for a few days and see how I go.

HL - I know what you mean about habit but [TMI] it's not a little trickle when I go, it's loads [/TMI]. I've got really paranoid about making sure I go last thing before I go to bed too.

Umm...I get up for a wee in the night. In fact most nights it will be twice, then in the morning, the need for a wee will wake me up and I'll have to go.

I suppose that I have got into a habit, because somehow I'll always wake up at the same time, (+-20 mins!)

ETA - I never drink tea or coffee and don't really drink water after 8:00 (if I do, I'll sip, not glug!)

I very rarely sleep through the night without waking up to pee at least once or twice (although I'm pregnant at the mo, so it's particularly bad!). I've always been like that, from childhood. And I don't drink an abnormal amount, or caffeine in the evenings. I drink no more than 1 cup of tea a day, and that's first thing in the morning, and even that's not every day.

I've always been like that, so I'd never really thought about it! I'm not the best sleeper though - I can't nap in the day, even for 5 mins, even if I want/need to, or I can kiss goodbye to being able to get to sleep that night, and I can't remember the last time I went to sleep and didn't wake up til it was time to get up in the morning!

I'm always up for a wee in the night but I do drink a lot of liquid generally so am used to it, but I do find that I am worse if I have a lot of vegetables for dinner e.g stir fry or something tomato based as I think they make you wee as well. So perhaps it's something you're eating? You really do need to drink something in the evening, it surely can't be good for you not to drink anything after 6pm? At any one time in the evening I could have a glass of water, a cup of tea and a glass of wine on the go!

I have to get up in the night when I never used to . . . I thought it was either an age thing, or I sleep less well so am more aware of my bladder filling

Still, at least we do all wake up to pee!

Try cutting out the tea and see what happens. Caffine is a diuretic so will naturally make you wee more. Perhaps if you want to continue drinking tea of an evening, try drinking decaff instead.

I don't drink tea in the evenings but I do wee a lot at night. I wee once when I go up to brush my teeth, I always have a drink of water after this but it's not a lot, just a few glugs from the bottle I keep by the bed. Then once I'm in bed I'll have another wee before sleep. If I'm disturbed during the night (I have a young child) I will need to wee everytime I get up, sometimes up to four times. Once I'm up in the morning I'll need to go again.

The strange this is that if I'm not disturbed I will sleep all the way through and not go until the morning. I think it's an awareness thing, if I wake up I think I should go to the loo otherwise that sensation in my bladder will stop me from dropping off again. It's not something that worries me though as I'm pretty much used to it.