Loo in the night - help please!

I found I was getting up to go in the night so I no longer drink anything after8pm, except for the two evenings when I have been at choir, then I really need to drink. I go to bed late but try t fully empty my bladder, even going back to the loo after cleaning my teeth. Now I rarely get up more than once or twice a week.
In the day it is a different matter. I have tried bladder training, but just ended up not making it, time after time.
Now, after blood tests have shown good health, I am doing regular pelvic floor exercises. Things are improving, and I am hoping to do better still in a couple of months.

I think in some cases it's jusst that we're sleeping less soundly than when we were younger. We lie awake a while and start thinking, "Do I need to go?" And sometimes, just the act of getting up and going to the loo is enough this help us settle and get back to sleep again.

henetha wrote
"I've been doing pelvic floor exercises for years, which helps I think. "
Good idea, because I think it's also possible that some of us - like me - could have a slight prolapse which partially blocks the urethra during the day. Lying down at night takes the pressure off.

I have heard somewhere that at night time our kidneys get to work on the fluid in our legs when we are lying down.

Why going to the loo at night gets worse with age, I don't know.

I take 5mg Amlodipine and don't have a problem. I get up only once in the night. Maybe I am just lucky, because I know that some of my friends get up far more than once.
I've been doing pelvic floor exercises for years, which helps I think. And I don't drink anything after 9pm.

Does anyone know if Amlodipine can cause this problem? I have been needing the loo 2 or 3 times in the night since taking 5mg amlodipine for high blood pressure.

I dont know how old you are but is it possible to trial some bladder training. Maybe start in the daytime, drinking the same amount as usual or a bit more each day, then when you get the urge to pee, try & distract yourself (or something ) & wait just an extra 5 mins, or 10 mins if you get my drift. Our bodies often make us believe we need to go (little & often) which tricks the bladder into thinking it needs emptying, & then its just a trickle. Doing this during the day, & over a period of some weeks might just help the night-time trips to the loo too, as your bladder muscles become stronger. I know this from experience & had some time with a urologist & pelvic physio a few years ago.

I am regularly plagued with UTIs, meaning that I`m up to the toilet 3, sometimes 4 times a night, and I don`t go to bed till at least 1am. I feel so very tired, no sooner do I drop off to sleep am I up again. Our toilet is down stairs as well.

I was going once or twice during the night so have stopped having a drink after 7pm, make sure bladder is empty when going to bed around10ish. Used to feel sorry for neighbor who would refuse a drink after 7, now I know how he felt! Oh for the days when I could take a mug of tea to bed when I was sitting up reading!

I have found if I drink plenty during the day but have nothing after 8 pm. Make sure bladder is completely empty at bedtime. I don't waken during the night. I've been prescribed vagifem but don't know if that's a contributing factor or not.

I use essential oils particularly Lavender and Cedarwood on wrists, throat and earlobes ehen I go to bed and am so fortunate that I very rarely need to get up in the night.

Midnight and 3.00 am for me then wake at 6ish.

I go through phases of needing a wee in the night. The loo is downstairs and by the time I’ve gone down and back up I’m wide awake and can’t go back to sleep for hours.
At other times I’ll go weeks without needing to get up at night so I think it's largely habit.
If I had to get up 3 or 4 times I wouldn’t even bother going to bed.

Getting up at night gets to be a habit and the body seems to stop concentrating the urine as it should.
My solution when I get really tired from disturbed nights is to take an anti histamine for a couple of night running, the kind that makes you sleepy and you shouldn't drive. It gives me a great night's sleep (but doesn't work for everyone). A sleeping pill for two nights worked for a friend of mine.
A word of advice. If you are a man, or if your husband is having to get up through the night Please Please Please have a PSA test done to rule out prostate problems. If my husband had listened to his body he might still be with us.

Par for the course really. I vary from sleeping through to occasional nights when I get up three times. I have an annual check with the nurse. BP, samples of wee and blood and would otherwise only worry if anything like this has other adverse symptoms.

I usually get up at least once but twice isn't unheard of especially if I've had a lot to drink or having an unsettled night's sleep.

netflixfan Try staying in the loo for a while after your have passed urine and gently rock back and forth this will bring any excess urine laying at the back of the bladder enabling you to feel "empty" longer I was told this by my Urology nurse and it does work.

Vaginal atrophy caused me to have waterworks problems, but that was throughout the day as well; a lot better now, but still get up several times a night to go to the loo. Find it very tiring.

A good night for me is once but the average is 4 times. I am so used to it that rarely do I not fall asleep immediately afterwards.

I'm up at least 3 or 4 times every night but that is normal for me and my health problems .
Any unusual activity concerning bowels or bladder should be investigated.
Do you have any other symptoms that have come on at same time as night time wee's.
If so I suggest a visit or chat to your gp

If there is one thing I hate it is having to get up to wee in the night - but I bite the bullet and trail off to the loo. Seems to be normal at our age.

Once , twice, even 3 times is ok. But when it gets to be more than that maybe tell the doctor about it.
I was having to go every 2 hours or so and it turned out to be due to one of my blood pressure tablets. Now changed to another type and problem gone.

I'm 66 and I'm usually up twice during the night too. I blame having too much to drink in the evening. A cup of tea after 7pm will do it every time.

I think its a bit soon to be considering medication netflixfan It is quite common as we age as OldMeg said good advice to have a diabetes check as well.
I have to pee at least twice during the night, at first I used to read when I woke but now I relax and go back to sleep if I can. Don't restrict fluids too much but avoid coffee last thing at night. I stick to water in the evening.

I’m not on any medication and want to stay that way as long as possible netflixfan. If your GP gives you the all clear why not just live with it.

However, one word of warning to anyone reading this thread. Be very careful when going to loo in the night. I know one person, a fitish and healthyish 90 year old, living alone and coping well. She walked to the shops every day and did all her own cooking. One night she got up in a hurry during the night, caught her food on something and fell and broke her leg. That was over a year ago and she’s still unable to walk. Her life has changed horribly, and all because of that fall.

So do be extra careful when you get up, half asleep.