Anyone have a teen w/nocturnal enuresis.
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Anyone have a teen w/nocturnal enuresis.
| Sun, 09-24-2006 - 7:51pm |
Otherwise called "Bedwetting". I have a just turned 13 dd who still has it, and the poor kid is due to get her period anytime. I know she'll outgrow this but geez I feel so bad for her being a teen is tough enough.
She's been to a pedi urologist and had testing etc. we've tried the alarm and ddavp

I was a terrible bedwetter as a kid, but pretty much had outgrown it by my teenage years. For me, my problem was that I was slept so deeply and so soundly that I didn't wake up when my bladder was full and needed to be emptied. This is one trait neither one of my children inherited, so I don't have any of that sort of experience to share. There is however, an iVillage board dedicated to Bedwetting & Elimination Problems. Here's the link:
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-pselimprobs
I hope this helps.
http://www.addmtc.com/bedwet.html
My DD turned 14 in May. Up until about a year ago she still wet at night. We didn't do the testing, etc. But did discuss it with our family doc who had told us she'd outgrow it. She finally did. She is a very deep sleeper, always had been. I would have to sit beside her when she was sleeping with a stomach bug b/c she'd throw up in her sleep.
Good luck!
Sallie
Terry
Thanks everyone It's encouraging just to hear from others familiar with this. I have visited the elimination problems board and it seems theres more kids with encopresis than this or maybe just on that board. I figured Id ask here since it is a common problem I had hoped there'd be other teens out there.
My dd has primary nocturnal enuresis, wet at night every night, no daytime problems ever, she doesnt have ADD, but she is an extremely deep sleeper. My other children do not have this either. She deals with it pretty well, once in a while it gets her down and she does shy away from sleepovers at other homes but has friends over here sometimes so it works out, its just taking forever to "outgrow" it.
Terry
Thank you Sallie Can I ask did your dd have her period while going thro enuresis? If so what did you do for protection at night? My dd wears a goodnight type underpant so would I add a pad to that or is that pointless?
Sorry to be gross but any advice will be helpful.
Terry
I had this problem until I was around 10 or 11. My mother took me to doctor after doctor, for years and years.
Finally one doctor realized my bladder hadn't grown since I was around 2 months old and I simply didn't have control over it while I was sleeping. (why I didn't have problems during the day I still don't know) I was hospitalized and had my bladder enlarged.
Never had a problem again.
Good luck,
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Terry
I've been working the last couple of days and dont' get on computer since I'd rather sleep, so sorry to take a while to get back to you.
Yes, she did have her period while wetting. Soon after starting her period she went to visit her dad and his new wife bought her tampons. I'd just have soon her use a pad, but she prefers the tampons now.
HTH
Sallie