Difficult to pee during night...daytime when I am awake fully is ok.

Hi there

Have seen this explanation on this forum in the past and there seemed to be some agreement as to its veracity.

One poster figured out or read somewhere, that during the day a higher proportion of the fluid in our body accumulates in the lower half, principally our legs, due to gravity.

When we lie in bed horizontally, a lot of that fluid is redistributed and ends up being processed by the kidneys and ultimately filling the bladder. This leads to an imbalance in our peeing frequency between day and night.

One suggested solution was the wearing of compression stockings during the day to limit the fluid build up in the legs. The person who posted that suggestion reckoned that his nocturia was reduced from 5 or 6 voidings to 1 or 2 at the most.

Not sure if there is any real science behind this observation but it would be relatively cheap to try it out

Prior to my HoLAP surgery some 8 weeks ago, I had the same problem. It wasn't too severe but I had a more restricted stream at night. I was prescribed alfuzosin, one pill at bedtime, and it readily solved the problem, with no noticeable side effects. Good luck to you.

I am 6 months post-TURP. Pre-TURP I was getting up 2-3 times a night and my voiding was often very slow. Now I am getting up 1-2 times a night and my voiding in generally fine. I never have a super slow stream like I had before. It does seem like my stream may not be as strong as it is during the day but I'm never at the toilet 3-5 minutes like I occasionally was before.

For me, the best thing about the post-TURP experience is that when I feel the urge to pee, I can hold it if I'm not near a bathroom. Pre-TURP, I could literally feel the anxiety rising if the urge struck and a bathroom wasn't readily available because my median lobe would act like a ball-valve and slow my stream to a trickle.