Excessive Nightime Urination (Catheter Question)

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10 to 15 times a night for years. I get one hour of sleep maximum if i take a sleeping pill.   Urologist's haven't helped. "Out of Options"

I have excessive gas when i lay down at night too, which makes me wonder if i G.I doctor might find something, but am afriad they'll do the same crap and tell me to diet or something. It's so serious. I haven't had any sleep in 10 years or more. Sometimes, i go thru months on end with zero sleep. Last thing i want to hear is someone telling me i am sleeping but don't know it.            Catheters..i asked for some interrmitent ones a while back, and sure, it empties at first, but then you get the kidneys going and you end up having to go all night anyway. Do some people use a intermittant numerous times a night? Any advantage at all to that? I thought i read that some people do that.

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    Have you looked up Diabetes Insipidus as I going through similar hell & hopefully getting latest Blood/Urine Tests today currently experts are stating as Highly Unlikely to be Diabetes Insipidus but have seen helpfully info on here to realise it is.

    I pee every two hours on average:

    00:05. 02:00. 04:15. 05:30 etc throughout the day and need to drink 200ml water after each pee that helps. Going through water fast from 8pm as I type & had to eat mini cheese cake to take thirst pain away - as you state it's a nightmare as nobody been listening to me for over 18 months now until I arrived at QA Cosham Hospital UK on Tueday morning with complete loss of Blood Sodium etc rest is on the Diabetese Insipidus page. So worth a look?

    You got to shout " Help " pretty loud these days?

    Good luck

    Derek

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      Hello Delboy,

      I don't think it's that, but first let me say, i have just non stop excessive gas.......only when lying down. I had a feeling it's somehow connected..just makes sense, but no one listens to that. I read that vinegar helps with intestinal gas..at first i thought it really helped, then basically waned.. I read about a teaspoon of baking soda plus lemon juice........plus vinegar if wanted helps. The past two days i got up about 2 times at night! The night before i started, it was 15-20 times. So far so good, but i could change again, i don't know that for sure.       But anyway, nice to meet someone who's going thru the same hell as me. I still cannot sleep at all though.............insomnia. That part is still unchanged unfortunately.   I'm going to a sleep clinic sometime soon. Just waiting for the call. I doubt they have miracles though.

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    I have had frequent urination for almost two years, especially at night, feels like inflammation but no infection.  Reading some of the natural rememdies, I came acroos this "I have IC and was diagnosed by a wonderful urologist at The University of Michigan Medical Center. She told me that a lot of her patients use baking soda. I bought some large gelatin capsules, and I fill them with natural baking soda (Bob’s Red Mill). I take two before bed every night. This has helped me more than anything else I’ve tried."

    I tried this and it helped tremendously, couldn't hurt to try.

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