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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There was an article in I think Slate about this not long ago - maybe 6-12 months ago. Apparently a major cause of bedwetting is, believe it or not, undiagnosed constipation. The bowels can put pressure on the bladder. Let me go see if I can find the article. Anyway, just a thought. Definitely time to see a good pediatrician and probably a urologist either way, though. It could probably be a lot of things, and your poor son must be horrified this is still happening to him.[/quote] This was what the cause was for DS among some anxiety issues. He'd have to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night but was a heavy sleeper and said he'd often dream about how badly he needed to go the bathroom, could feel the pain, and would dream how there was no bathroom nearby and he just had to go wherever. He'd either wake up after already wetting, or wake up and not be able to make it to the bathroom in time. Part ended up being constipation which we fixed with diet change. Part was also caused by anxiety. Kind of like how some people can't go to the bathroom if someone is in same bathroom, DS was so anxious about wetting the bed that he had difficulty going before bed. So he just assumed his bladder was empty when it really wasn't. We worked with a therapist who helped him with some general anxiety (he'd always been a slightly anxious kid) and also how to read his body's signs better. We temporarily moved him into our room and DH and I took the guest bedroom so that DS had a bathroom right there. It wasn't a quick process but he eventually got over the bed wetting. [/quote]
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