Bedwetting and Sleep Apnea

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I use a cpap machine for my sleep apnea which puts me in a really deep REM sleep. I also have a severely over active bladder. I find that as a result of the deep REM sleep, I do not wake up when I have to urinate. I was never a bedwetter as a child, but now I must wear a diaper to bed every night and with rare exceptions my diaper is wet in the morning.

Curious if other people with sleep apnea are experiencing bed wetting too.

 

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Sleep apnea is definitely correlated with sleep wetting, but usually treatment decreases wetting. Not the other way around.

 

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I have the same problem. The doc tested me to rule out other factors. Everything came back normal. I also have OAB. Now I've been noticing before I have the urge to go during the day, I started to leak in my pants.

 

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67 year old CPAP user. Other issues too, I was taking a diuretic for hypertension. I was taking all my medicine at night. I was hospitalized for PE. As I was reviewing my medication with the admitting nurse, she said if I was taking a diuretic at night, I'd be up all night peeing or wet the bed.

I looked at my wife and said, "well duh."

We both laughed.