Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: Pennyfarthing on October 13, 2015, 06:42:44 PM
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Just wondering because I go so often. Even my 91 year old mother goes less frequently than me. I am just about to go for my 4th wee in the last hour and a half.
I don't have accidents or anything but I seem to spend so much time on the loo.
I go out with friends for a day and they might go once, I go maybe five times.
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It all depends on what I have been drinking. The more tea I drink the more I go (I don't drink coffee ).
If it's got caffeine in it then it makes you go more as caffeine is a diuretic.
If I'm just drinking juice or water or caffeine free teas then I don't go neatly as much.
What are you drinking.
Honeybun
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Body fluids is gained from food as well as liquids. Do not reduce what you drink as the kidneys then need to work harder. It depends on how relaxed I am as to how often I pass urine. At night it can be several times but rarely do I go through without waking.
It also depends on whether we are travelling as to how often I need to find a loo :o
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Maybe 4-5 times a day and not during the night.
Bramble
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I find it's habitual. If I am out for the day, I go much less, usually once because of the hassle of finding a toilet. If I'm at home, I go more because the toilet is there! I don't usually go in the night unless I've had a lot of drink just before going to bed. I did read somewhere (can't remember where) about bladder training and how you can mentally program yourself to go less. I now try to only go when my bladder is full. Apparently the Royal Family are big on bladder training due to all their public engagements.
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I'm like a dog and a lampost and rarely pass a toilet ;D I do drink quite alot of water but I like to keep hydrated. Its much better for your kidneys if you drink plenty even though it means lots of toilet trips - your urine should be pale straw coloured.
No matter how little I drink in an evening I always need to go to the loo twice a night but I have always been like this.
I also find that I have odd days where I drink loads and don't go that much then get other days where I seem to produce gallons but my husband says same so it must be normal fluctuations.
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Depends on what I've had to drink. Coffee makes me go a lot, so drink very little of it. Tea I don't drink.
Possibly half a dozen times during the day & once or twice at night.
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I go more in the morning and less in the afternoon. I'm rarely up in the night but it depends how much water I drink in the evening. I get thirsty then and keep drinking lots of water.
Honeybun
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I recently had a urine infection and its taken me a few weeks to feel I don't need to wee every hour or two. I feel better now but still think I wee about 6 to 8 times a day and a couple of times during the night. I drink a lot of water though (probably over 2 litres per day) plus tea and coffee during the day. I get less headaches if I keep hydrated and I think it does improve my skin.
When I use utrogestan vaginally I feel it irritates my bladder and causes me to see even more.
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my fave topic, or it used to be.
I think quite normal in the day time 'now' but I stopped all caffine and drink herbal tea or water and plenty of it. ONLY once a night now, used to be up to 5 times, and I am often only there 6 hours.
I still have issue's with travelling though, but I am pretty certain that is in my head and the anxiety of there not being a loo available. Luckily I dont travel so much.
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sparkle - you may not be drinking enough!
I drink 5-6 mugs of tea per day and 2 mugs of coffee, as well as a (small) glass of juice and usually a couple of glasses of water.
I wee quite a lot - but only once ( or not at all) now at night if I don't drink in the evening (apart from a glass of water). That's because I am sleeping more deeply now and always wake tired so sleep through the bladder feelings!
Yes I probably wee at least 4 times in the morning - it takes quite a while to get rid of all that tea, and then the coffee!!
Countrybumpkin - re the dog and the lampost - do you mean you rarely pass a loo when out without having to go just in case there isn't another one nearby? I'm with you on that one even though it's not good for the bladder! I never pass up on the opportunity to empty - although I try to hold it in more at home!
How funny re the Royal Family - must be the same for rock stars, actors and politicians!
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I also wee a lot in the mornings not so much in the afternoon. Always need a wee at night sometimes two, I dont know if I really need to wee at night but if I have a flush I get the feeling I need to pee.
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I think I get up occasionally in the night but to be perfectly honest I don't remember. I do it half asleep and don't put on the light....unlike hubby who manages to clatter around and waken me up ::)
Why can't men do things quietly.
Honeybun
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Today I went at 6.10 a.m., again at 6.25 and then at 11.30. Again mid afternoon and when we got home.
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just returning to this topic .... Sorry I forgot I'd posted it!!!
It's very interesting reading how different we all are.
I was looking up about it and find that if you are dehydrated you actually wee more so I am drinking a glass of water every few hours and I am not weeing any more than usual so maybe there's something in that.
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OK Girls! listen up!
The first pee of the day will be dark and maybe smelly. That is from after 3.00 a.m.-ish until you have had a drink at breakfast. Any urine passed during the day should be straw coloured and non smelly - if it's clear you are drinking TOO much! The bottled water industry 'pushed' the 2+ litres per day but we forget that we get liquid from our general diet. How large is a glass? Half-pint, full-pint, jug full ;D and how much are you passing each time?
You could do a input and output chart for 5 days/nights which can be time consuming and messy. It's the only way to find out if you are drinking enough.
To find out if you really are dehydrated: get hold of the loose skin on the back of the hand in a gentle pinch, hold; let go. If it flops back immediately you are hydrated enough! (works for dogs/cats too ;)).
I haven't been much 2-day as we have been out and about; I haven't drunk much so haven't needed to wee.
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Have you considered what you've eaten in the last 12 hours ? ;)
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Food converts to liquid, i.e. soup, stews ……… maybe your urine colour is 'normal 4 U' ;). Did you look today ::)
My bladder feels irritated but I'm over-all tired because of this cold.
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Having re-read your response about what you drink, there's very little colour in what you are putting in ;)
Considering that I was awake a lot in the night I didn't have to go across the bathroom once :-\