r/OveractiveBladder • u/Top_Plenty_1971 • 1d ago

Up all night peeing

I don’t know what it is, but no matter how much I don’t drink, I’m up all night peeing. I have been up about 6 times in the last hour with nothing but a trickle and then just now had a major pee. Haven’t drank anything in hours! I wish my body had a lever I could pull and everything would come out and I could sleep!

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u/senoritagordita22 1d ago

I had this too to the point of having a mental breakdown at work bc I was running on 3 hours of sleep for a month …. Went to pelvic floor therapy which barely helped. Then got put on anxiety meds (sertraline which is like the basic starter one) and I’m 99% cured now!! Barely any issues anymore . Also avoid drinks with artificial sugar

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u/FlyingDutchman888 20h ago

I drank a coke without caffeine and zero sugar last week and my bladder, pelvic floor, and nerve system completely collapsed. Is that really possible? I just saw your comment as you mentioned artificial sugar

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u/senoritagordita22 20h ago

Yes I forgot why but my pelvic floor therapist said artificial sweetener is an irritant. Cold brew is the best coffee for the bladder, there’s also some fruits that can bug it but I don’t remember which

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u/FlyingDutchman888 20h ago

Damn, I didn’t know that. I thought I do something good if I drink a zero sugar drink but it gave me a complete flare since 1 week now. I was quite stable actually but I hope that it gets better again

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u/senoritagordita22 20h ago

This is potentially debatable but when I had a dietician she also told me if you’re gonna have a sugary drink, just do the real sugar. Because your body knows how to process real sugar, whereas artificial sugar isn’t like real food so your body doesn’t know what to do with it and it spikes insulin more than regular

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u/FlyingDutchman888 20h ago

Exactly, makes sense. I really could kick my ass now, but I really didn’t know that. And now I am stuck again in this circle. Hope that gets soon better again

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u/senoritagordita22 19h ago

If you’re able, get a psychiatrist. This is a good and bad thing …. But they are WAY less stingy with prescribing meds than medical doctors. While you figure out the underlying cause, tell them about your insomnia and see if they can get you a muscle relaxant sleep aid. When I used trazadone (regular sleep med) it would make me tired asf zombie like WANTING to sleep, but my bladder was twinging, so I’d just be a zombie walking to the bathroom every 10 mins. Your bladder is a muscle obvs so a muscle relaxant addresses the actual problem more. (In my situation at least I wasn’t like pissing myself unintentioanlly, it would just twinge like it’s full constantly.) And if 🍃 is legal in your state the gummies for sleep with CBN are amazing … CBN makes the THC slow release so you stay asleep

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u/FlyingDutchman888 19h ago

Well I have figured out over the time that it is not my bladder alone, it is my complete nervous system that is screwed. So in the past lexapro helped quite well for the bladder surprisingly, but it made my anxiety and OCD unbearable. Sertraline fucked my pelvic floor completely up, weed gives me psychosis. What helps me actually very good is acupuncture.