Anxiety and bedwetting

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I have recently been diagnosed with anxiety and it has caused my bedwetting to return. Anyone else have this problem and how do you deal with it?

 

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Imipramine is an antidepressant that might help with both the anxiety and bedwetting. Ask your provider about it.

 

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Hey thanks dude. I was too scared to tell my doctor she was new. I will ask though

 

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Hi Robert,

If you speak with your GP, they can refer you for a continence assessment and provide you with protection to wear. Invest in a good quality mattress protector and buy a few so you can have one on, one spare and one in the wash.

 

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Hi thanks I will mention it to my gp when I see her again in 2 weeks.

 

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Anxiety and bedwetting often go together. I had the same problem for a while in my 30's after being dry for a good while. When my worries subsided my bedwetting went away for a while at least.

 

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I agree that anxiety and bed wetting go together.

 

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It deffo does I can vouch for that

 

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I don't have those issues I am fully incontinent and am diapered 24/7

 

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Yep, my bedwetting issues are predominantly physiological, but I am more likely to wake up wet if I go to bed feeling stressed.

 

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Exactly the same as me dude

 

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Hi Robert and All,

I can support the theory that bedwetting can be a related response to anxiety. For myself I am a very infrequent bedwetter having on average only one to two wet nights a month. However I can confirm from personal experience that when I am stressed out about something my chances of peeing the bed that night increases. And if the stress is prolonged over a period of time the chance of me wetting the bed several times during that time period also increases. When the stressor is lower or gone then I go back to my infrequent random for no reason bedwetting pattern.

I remember one time when there was something very important for work going on and it was stressing me out. I had five wet nights in one week during that time. The bedwetting did not help the situation. In addition to stressing over the work issue I then added more stress to myself worried that I was becoming a more frequent bedwetter and that people would find out.

Stress/anxiety for sure can be tied to an increase in bedwetting for us.

JT

 

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My anxiety related to bedwetting has mainly been about whether or not I would wet while asleep.The need to change the sheets and put everything through the laundry was mainly what I fretted about. My solution to that anxiety has been simply never to go to bed without wearing a high-capacity diaper, such as a MegaMal or Confidry 24/7.

 

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I had high anxiety about my wetting issues as a teenager. Zero control at night and daytime leaking issues as well. How in the heck can a teenage boy not have anxiety about this? Fortunately now at my age just staying protected 24/7 has made life so much easier. No anxiety, and basically no concern.