teenage bedwetting

That's just weird

alovely story but you don't say whether they carried on wetting when they were in there nappies'?

I have had 3 cousins and 2 nephews that wet the bed all the time.  Then they went to a chiropractor who did something to adjust them.  They all quit!!  Amazing.  I was a bed wetter myself until age 19.  I don't know why I stopped, but it just did.  Thank the Lord.  People, call a chiropractor and talk to them.

 

 

I am 14 and do you think that this would work for me to?

going though the same thing with my 14 yo my house stinks he stinks im going crazy here every morning its the same thing him laying in his soaked bed it dont even seem to bother him that he is laying in a wet bed when i wake him i dont know how he can sleep but he does i have buy secone hand mattress every 4/5 months because he wont keep a cover on the mattress he has always been a bedwetter an his father was too till at less 16 yo tried all the meds the docs gave us nothing worked i finally had a door put in the hallway so the smell stays down there

I had this problem at that age also. In fact my bedwetting has never stopped. There has been a medical issue discovered that causes it but that's another story. When I turned 18 I decided to put myself back in cloth diapers with plastic pants. Life became almost bliss after that. Waking up in a dry bed every day instead of floating around with soaked sheets, blankets, pilloe's etc. made all the difference in the world. I was so sorry I spent those 5 years out of diapers and dealt with the mess and smell. I know it's a tough sell but if your son would just go the diaper route I guarantee he and you would be soooooo much happier. BTW, he does mind laying in a pee puddle but you get such a defeated feeling being soaked every morning, you just don't feel like leaping up knowing what's done is done and the mess will then have to be dealt with.

I AM IN DESPERATE NEED OF THES GUIDE. MY DAUGHTER IS 14 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE TO BUY ADULT DIAPERS FOR HER TO SLEEP IN. IT IS GETTING EXPENSIVE TO BUY OVER SO MANY YEARS AND SHE IS A TEENAGER NOW AND MAY WANT TO GO TO SLEEPOVERS. PLEASE HELP?

Not the worst thing in the World.He can tidy up.I wet the bed every now but then just one of those things :)I am a guy and I just tidy up and then wetting is out of my day.I don't like it;my bladder seems to like it.Go figure.I wear protetive pants to bed,but you still know you have wet.

Try cloth diapers with plastic pants. Not only will they work better than disposables overnight but in the long run will cost a good bit less.

Our daughter is 15 and a bedwetter and dad and i use the gerber flat cloth diapers in the 24x27 inch size on her with adult size rubberpants over them at night.We use desitin and baby powder on her with the diapers,but she still sometimes wakes up in the morning with a mild diaper rash.what else can we try to prevent the rash?

I was a teen bedwetter and 1 among my 3 sons was too, both of us with primary enuresis, it runned in my mother's family but herself was not affected by the condition. One of my cousin's had the problem too.

I am the eldest (both my brother & sister were dry at nite before 4 y/o). I was a nitely bedwetter till 13 and it was totally over as I turned 16.
Mumm stated that I should wear plastic pants and disposable diapers to bed, and I disliked that. From age 6, Our doctor prescribed homeopatic meds (no effect). Just before going to high school, I was examined by an urologist : no particular issue except a bladder a bit too small, I starded with the pad&bell alarm (some few dry nites then relapse).
Though told not to do so by our parents, my sibblings allways found some borderline way to bully me: if they had friends at home (discovering my plastic pants drying in the cellar) then asking who is wetting the bed , they would make obvious that who was the weird guy.
I was never punished for bedwetting, but when mumm discovered that I broke her rule (like removing my nite garments once in bed ) I was indeed scolded.
At 13, I started to have some seldom dry nites, and my parents took me to a psychologist (in the late 60's enuresis was considered as mostly due to psychological reasons...) the good point was that she convinced my parents to give me the choice not to wear nite pants provided that I should take care of the washing. I had a large bath towel on my vinyl bottom sheet and wettness didn't wake me up. At 14, I made a second trial with the alarm and it essentially worked, the 2 next years I had only accidents from time to time (like after fighting at school or after arguing with teachers or family members) at 16 It was totally over.
My cousin became dry at 13 or 14.
My second son was a nitely bedwetter till 11 and his enuresis disappeared as he turned 15. he stopped wearing goodnites at 8: My wife thought that wearing diappers is a cause to continue bedwetting. He started to have drynites as we asked him to take care of wet sheets, but it was hard he was scolded for lack of hygiene and leasyness since we had pretty often my wife had to do that...

Teens also wet the bed. You can try bedwetting alarms for teenagers.

Hope this helps!

 ***this post is edited by moderator *** *** web addresses not allowed*** Please read our Terms of Use

Most likely your son is not fine. I was a nightly bedwetter at his age and also went to the bathroom 10+ times a day. I had a eurodynamic study done in my 20's that determined I had a neurogenic bladder, probably since birth. This condition as the urologist put it makes my bladder react more or less like a babies and there was no chance of me willing, trying, or beating myself up about my wetting problem. I was told that surgery was an option but it was no guarantee fix. I've opted to manage life with diapers instead. I was a teen guy with the same condition, and know how distressing it was HOWEVER I now know if I would have at least worn diapers to bed life would have been so much easier, like it is now. During the day I also had to deal with leaking during the day and trying to hide the wet spots on my pants and deal with the pee smell later in the day. I'm sure your son deals with this also. While I now wear protection during the day also I wouldn't suggest pushing that solution to a teen boy unless absolutely necessary.

Not weird. Actually it is a medical condition and I think the teen should get some help.
Try bedwetting alarms. 
Good luck!

 ***this post is edited by moderator *** *** web addresses not allowed*** Please read our Terms of Use

More than likely he is not fine but may just have a neurogenic bladder. The symptoms are exactly the same as they were for me at that age. Going 15-20 times a day, leakIng some during the day, and almost every night wetting in my sleep. I should have had a through eurodynamic work up done then but dr's just kept saying it would pass with time and I think my mom knew that subjecting me to that evasive procedure at age 14 would have been mortifying. Anyway when I was in my 20's I had the study done which revealed my condition. The sad part is I beat myself up for years thinking I wasn't able to "will" this problem away which was very detrimental to my self esteem. The condition was described by the dr. As basically my bladder reacts like a babies which means I never stood a chance of beating it no matter what I did. Options were different drugs, which I hated taking, but non of which had any effect. The other option was surgery and I just cannot agree to go under the knife for some "proceedure" that may of may not help anything. I just choose to manage with diapers which I do have the great fortune of not being at all skin sensitive to being wet. Never any hint of rashes or discomfort at all. I am fully functional, professional, and very active. Most importantly I have huge relief ion my life knowing I just have to manage a health issue which is really quite easy to manage. My health challenge pales in comparison to so many others, I'm thankful this is the only health issue I have. Lastly and probably most importantly, feeling free to not hide in shame which I always did growing up, makes all the difference in the world. I absolutely have no concern about anyone knowing I wear diapers. I have found the world treats me no differently because I treat it as a matter of fact issue and surprisingly when I do so do they. The worst comment I hear, and I hear it often is, "well that must suck" and I just shrug it off. I rarely have anyone ever bring it up again, it's basically a non issue to anyone I know.