Going to Loo

[midagetrolop]

How is it that I can go to the loo a couple of times in the day,but when I get to bed at night I'm up 3 or 4 times in the night, except when we go on holiday to warm places e.g., Egypt or Tenerife. Why is this? I know when it's hot you sweat it out but I don't drink a lot before I go to bed.

[237SJ]

You`re probably dehydrated in hot places so you don`t need to go to the loo in the night. Either that, or it`s just a learned habit that you have at home.

[4getmenot]

try not to drink about an hour before bed. Although 3 or 4 times a night is alot

[Hopkirk]

An hour before bed, 4get?

More like don't have more than a few sips of liquid all evening.

[Sqad]

Are you on any medication of any kind?
How old are you?

[midagetrolop]

Hi, Sqad - I'm 60 I take atenolol for SVT - been like it for years and just wondered why. I drink more on holiday in the evening than at home ( do not drink alcohol at all).

[4getmenot]

well an hour before bed works for me. But then I never peed 3 or 4 times a night. That cant be right

[Sqad]

midge as237SJ on holiday in hot climates, one drinks inadequate amounts of fluid and hence you do not pass as much water in the night as usual.

It is no big deal midge, but just one point which I feel may be relevant....is your blood pressure normal?

[midagetrolop]

Yes, my blood pressure is normal, actually sometimes it's low and so is my heartbeat, but thats due to the atenolol slowing my heart down. My son is a pharmacologist so he has told me what atenolol does!

[johnk]

I've always been like that, only 2 times in the night is a good long sleep. Don't worry about it I don't. I'm a very light sleeper so when I wake I go to the loo just in case I need to, mostly I don't.