dreampop
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Okay, I have a very specific problem that no doctor has been able to help with, and I have not been able to help myself with, so I'll take a chance here. It's embarrassing, but it's problematic enough that I don't really care anymore.
It's quite a simple problem - when going to sleep, and only when going to sleep, I have to pee frequently, every 2-10 minutes, sometimes for half hour to an hour. This can be 10x a night. The urgency is high, and it feels like my body is trying to expel all fluid in order to sleep.
It's quite a simple problem - when going to sleep, and only when going to sleep, I have to pee frequently, every 2-10 minutes, sometimes for half hour to an hour. This can be 10x a night. The urgency is high, and it feels like my body is trying to expel all fluid in order to sleep.
- My ADH levels are normal during the day, and at morning
- Desmopressin reduces quantity, but not the problem, duration or urgency
- The amount of liquid I drink at night before bed can be quite small, maybe an ounce or 2 and yet I will put far, far more out than what i drank in the previous 4-6 hours
- I do not wake up to pee, bed wet
- I do have POTS, the problem existed before I was on any medication for it (midodrine) and medication doesn't seem to help
- Seems to be a problem regardless what time I try to sleep, and is only initiated by the act of going to sleep.
- Elevating bed, and standing upright don't seem to matter as long as I'm my body is preparing to sleep
- I would say I have polyuria during the day, in part driven by excessive thirst & POTS, however it is nothing like before bed.
- I do not have sleep anxiety, and I do not worry about the problem in anticipation of it.
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