How many times go to the bathroom at night?

[Rob43]

Hi, I must go at least 10 times a night. I don't no if it's caused from having diabetes or what? Ten times a night is when I don't take my water pill a day and when I do take the pill I go even more times.


Thanks, Rob

[duck]

How are your overnight sugar levels?

[Rob43]

Hi, My sugar is around 200 at night.

Rob

[Harold]

Once for 4 to 6 hours of sleep over 6 twice if I sleep long enough 9 or 10 hrs 3 times. Rob you need to to do something about your levels new meds or insulin.

[JediSkipdogg]

Rob, that 200 is why you are constantly going. I find I have to go if I run that high. You need to try to bring that down.

For me it depends on what I drank the night before. If I drank say a 44 oz Diet Coke from Speedway then I may wake up once or twice during the night. If I drank just a glass of water then I can usually sleep through the night assuming I don't run high.

[Injecto]

Once .

[kgm0612]

As long as my blood sugar is in target range, I never wake up to go to the bathroom during the middle of the night.

Karen

[princesslinda]

I rarely get up at all to go to the bathroom at night...unless i've had tea with dinner, then i'm up about 3-4 hrs after going to bed.

Rob: Have you had a thorough physical lately? I work in a urologist's office and often times an enlarged prostate can make men get up many times at night, esp. in those ages 55 and up (not sure of your age). There are meds to help significantly shrink the prostate.

That being said however, before my diabetes was diagnosed (my fasting at diagnosis was 215) I was getting up 3-4 times throughout the night.

[mindylee]

2-3 times every night, always have

[Gangrel]

Number of trips to the bathroom for Gangrel = Number of times the **** cat wakes me up

usually twice at least!!

[belyro]

Once on average. Sometimes none, sometimes lots. It depends on my bloodsugar and how soundly I'm sleeping and how much liquid I drank the evening prior.

[amccrazgrl]

Maybe once.
I go to bed anywhere from 12am-2am.
I pee right before bed but if I wake in the middle of the night I have to get up and go pee regardless if I have to go or not.

[mg_2204]

We had family over during Christmas time and I was REALLY surprised to see some people get up 2 or 3 times a night to go to the bathroom. They don't have diabetes. They don't have any health problems. Two are younger than me! We talked about it one morning as it was so funny, there was a line up at the bathroom's door!!

I go before bed and that's it. Only when my sugars were really out of whack did I get up 2-3 times at night. Haven't done that in years. I'm always a bit worried I'll dehydrate because I drink so much coffee so I drink plenty of water, even before bed. I must have a really good bladder. Makes up for the crappy pancreas I have.

[notme]

I am also a never. Once I go to bed about eleven, I am good till eight in the morning. I would HATE getting up at night.

I think lowering your blood sugar will help your night walk problem Rob. You may still get up, but hopefully a lot less.

[BriOnH]

When you go to the nephrologist one of the first questions they will ask you is "do you wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom?". I used to wake up 3-5 times a night because my sugar was out of control at that time. Now if I go to the bathroom in the middle of the night the first thing I do (after going lol) is testing and 9 times out 10 injecting.

Now days I [usually] don't go during the night and my last hour in bed I am usually holding it in cause I just want to sleep before I have to go to work.

[am1977]

Um, I think it's obvious that there is a problem. If you are going to the bathroom that often, it seems that it needs to be investigated.

If you are running 200 throughout the night, I would also agree that that's contributing to the problem. Why are your numbers that high? Are you testing before bed? I would advise you to do so, if you aren't... Once you bring those overnight sugars down, I think that will help.

Also, when was the last time you saw your endocrinologist? It may be wise to set up an appointment... I would see if he/she could help adjust your insulin/meds/etc., so that you have more acceptable readings at night. Plus, you might want to run this problem by your doctor as well.

take care.

[Rob43]

Hi, I'm 46 years old and I hate to say it but I go to doctor once a week. This has been going on for 6 months now. My blood sugar this morning was 189 before eating breakfast.

Thanks, Rob

[xMenace]

Almost always zero.

[moorejames]

I was hitting the bathroom 4-5 times a night pre-diagnosis. I though it was a side effect of my BP meds. My fasting was >300 when diagnosed.

Now, I sleep through the night.

[blue_eyed_devil]

none of the above seems to affect me, low or high, tired or wide awake... i pee all night long... it sucks and it started after i got diabetes - however i did have serious bed wetting problems (from high bgs pre diagnosis) so i think it's part of diabetes and part paranoia...

[poodlebone]

If I drink a lot of liquids during the day, I might get up and go during the night. Usually I don't. I only get 4-5 hours of sleep a night at most so there's not much need to wake up to use the bathroom.

[Dan Gato]

Rob,

Get a PSA test.
See if you have a prostate problem.
People over 40 should start testing for prostate problems.

[BriOnH]

Rob,

Get a PSA test.
See if you have a prostate problem.
People over 40 should start testing for prostate problems.

Great advice Dan. Prostate problems are very, very common these days.

[KickStart101]

For me, it normally ranges from " 0, 1 or 2" times.
depends how much tea and water I drank before
I go to bed.

I do remember going(felt like 100 times at night with
an urgency)last Fall.
Started out as a simple urinary infection in Oct., I
took the anti-biotics. November came, again running
to the can too much. Seems like the infection wasn't
totally gone and came back with a fury. (I was never
an antibiotic overdoser through the yrs.).

Terrible chills, throwing up. Was okay during the day. The
next morning at 2 a.m., chills and throwing up again.
Temperature of 105.2. Took some Tylenol and passed out
in our entrance. Ambulance ride. Was in ICU all day
between tons of tests and questions.. Given more anti-biotics
and went home.

The next morning, the Dr. from ER phoned me up and wanted
me back in the ER. The extended testing had showed the bacteria
had gotten into my bloodstream somehow.
.
Back in ER, 2 new types of anti-biotics by fast drip plus the
normal other drips. Stayed most of the day again 'til the Drs.
felt better. Sent home again with another type of anti-biotic for
14 days. I was a sick puppy but back to normal since Dec.
I think I mentioned this episode before.

Since you're at the Drs. every week, I know you've
had tests done for urinary infections. Right? ;)

Moral of story: An ailment that could easily be remedied in a
non-diabetic can be deadly for a Diabetic, if it's not looked after
fast. I hope that you find the problem and feel better soon. :)

[Emm]

Most nights - never
Occasionally I'll need to get up once or twice. I will almost always need to go if I've been drinking, or if I have high BG.

Thankfully these days I don't often get high BGs, especially not overnight (I check and correct so often that highs are uncommon!). Don't drink much either actually...

You definitely need to do something about those numbers... 200 is bad for the bod and certainly going to send you to the bathroom a lot!

[mzizgayle]

I usually get up maybe once during the night, also depends on if I am drinking sometime up to the time I go to bed....Gangrel I have a chihauhau that thinks if you turn over, you need to take her out LOL, so know the feeling...almost like having a child