# Is it just me or are you not able to sleep unless you completely relieve your bladder? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-you-not-able-to-sleep-unless-you-completely-relieve-your-bladder/675572 "2013-12-05T13:52:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-you-not-able-to-sleep-unless-you-completely-relieve-your-bladder/675572/21 "2013-12-07T07:42:32Z")
It’s not just you. I’ve never been able to sleep through the night without peeing at least once or twice and definitely several times before I go to bed. So not only can’t I get to sleep if I need to pee, even a little, I can’t even stay asleep. I’m 54 (and not a man, so no worries about prostate issues :D). ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-you-not-able-to-sleep-unless-you-completely-relieve-your-bladder/675572/22 "2013-12-07T07:55:36Z")
> [@jrsone](#): > > It’s annoying. > > Even if I don’t have any real “urge” to go, but I know I could if I tried, I will not be able to go to sleep unless I go. > > My wife is the opposite. She can lie down, say, “I should have peed, oh well, I’ll go in the morning.” and drift off to sleep." > > How can that be? > > Am I the only one? The same with me. Even if I just went 15 minutes before, I also have to go again right before going to bed (even if I really don’t have to go). It’s all in my head. Then once I’m sleeping I could go 12 hours without getting up to pee. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-you-not-able-to-sleep-unless-you-completely-relieve-your-bladder/675572/23 "2013-12-07T07:57:22Z")
n/m ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-you-not-able-to-sleep-unless-you-completely-relieve-your-bladder/675572/24 "2013-12-07T14:36:10Z")
I have to empty everything before bed. What’s weird is it’s partly psychological - I want to make the most of my horizontal time and would prefer not to waste it waking up to pee. I’m a 38 year old female. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-you-not-able-to-sleep-unless-you-completely-relieve-your-bladder/675572/25 "2013-12-07T14:55:22Z")
If I don’t drink much water, I have to get up to pee as soon as I lay down; drives me nuts. If I drink at least a half-gallon (over the course of the day), I fall asleep easy and sleep through the night. I can’t hit the snooze button though - I have to get up as soon as I wake up. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-you-not-able-to-sleep-unless-you-completely-relieve-your-bladder/675572/26 "2013-12-07T15:06:29Z")
Guy here, Flomax works pretty well. This problem used to drive me bonkers. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-you-not-able-to-sleep-unless-you-completely-relieve-your-bladder/675572/27 "2013-12-07T16:10:34Z")
Yeah, something about sleeping and having a cat on my lap makes me want to pee really bad. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-you-not-able-to-sleep-unless-you-completely-relieve-your-bladder/675572/28 "2013-12-07T22:24:54Z")
I’ve had dreams where I’m peeing – but I’ve never wet the bed. I just woke up having to go really bad. > [@Sattua](#): > > A full bladder will wake me up in the middle of the night. At bedtime I always go before I get in bed, it’s a nervous thing. If I don’t I’ll lie awake wondering how long before I need to go. Yep. And the worst part is you’re really warm and cozy, but you have to pee soooo bad. That sucks. I can’t sleep if I have to pee. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-you-not-able-to-sleep-unless-you-completely-relieve-your-bladder/675572/29 "2013-12-08T17:56:31Z")
I have a combo of **malacandra** and\*\* mama zappa\*\*. I dream that there are weird and/or disgusting problems with any bathroom I try to use OR I pee and pee but nothing ever makes me not gab be to go. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-you-not-able-to-sleep-unless-you-completely-relieve-your-bladder/675572/30 "2013-12-08T19:52:14Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I’ve had dreams where I’m peeing – but I’ve never wet the bed. I just woke up having to go really bad. > > Yep. And the worst part is you’re really warm and cozy, but you have to pee soooo bad. That sucks. I can’t sleep if I have to pee. I get a different version. I’m mostly over pee shyness, but not when I sleep. I have a recurring dream of a giant bathroom that has several large rooms, is unisex, and has urinals and stalls along the wall. Every time I pick a urinal, someone comes right next to me, breaking male protocol. Every stall has noisy people on either side. Yes, it’s a nightmare. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-you-not-able-to-sleep-unless-you-completely-relieve-your-bladder/675572.md?page=1)