Hello. I am a 17 year old boy. I have been a bedwetter as far as I remember. As a child (a kid under 10), it really didn’t bother me, but now I am searching for a solution to this and don’t know where to even find information about this.

Edit: Thanks for the answers. Might also be testicular torsion + operation or my “healthy” lifestyle.

  • Deestan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    39·
    11 months ago

    Hi! In short, yes.

    Hyposensitivity is a term to look into.

    In short, it means dampened signals - or slow processing of signals - from the body, like feeling cold, warm, hungry, full bladder, pain, etc.

    Some people who have it strongly say they just got used to setting timers for going to the bathroom and eating.

    • SwillPhift@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      I always thought, that I am hypersensitive, but after lookin into it i’m confused. Can I be hypersensitive to sound and touch, but hyposensitive to body signals?

      • Deestan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        11 months ago

        Yes. It is fairly common to have a mix of both. Sometimes in ways that don’t feel sensible. E.g. hypersensitive to touch but hyposensitive to pain, so you can pretty much ignore bumping your elbow on a doorframe, but find it extremely distracting that a sock is slightly too tight.

      • AvalokiteshaEnglish
        5·
        11 months ago

        I definitely feel I am. Lights and sounds get me, but that feeling in my stomach? Am I hungry, angry, or do I simply have to poop? Time will tell, I guess x)

  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    211·
    11 months ago

    As a kid my mother bought underpants that beeped when they got wet.
    Trained me so well I can keep a full liter in the bladder for half a day :p.

    • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      11 months ago

      I would love to get that for my son who still bedwets, but he’s such a heavy sleeper it’d probably wake the rest of the house before it ever woke him up.

  • flubba86@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    11 months ago

    I wet the bed until I was 18. I’m 38 now, and only last year found out I have autism. So maybe a correlation? I also had severe crippling anxiety until I was 21, so I think that was more of a contributor to my bed wetting than the autism, and I’m an extremely heavy sleeper, so that didn’t help.

  • SeeMinusMinus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    11 months ago

    When I was little I had issues with bedwetting. From what I learned for me is it always happens during rem sleep. In my case I am plenty aware during this time to wake myself up though it took me a few times to get it right. Now I have a issue where I have to use the bathroom very shortly before falling asleep including any random times I wake up. This really does a number on my sleep sadly.