Why do I wake up 3x per night to pee

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For some of us it goes away on hrt. I use systemic hrt (patches and vaginal pill) but others have had help even from vaginal estrogen which is not systemic and localized. No guarantees but I recommend trying it.

+1

Try the vaginal estrogen as it could be a quick and easy solution.

[Anonymous]

Bc your estrogen is going away for the rest of your life. Obvi

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:estrogen dropping...

Yup!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP. I usually have to wake up at least once to pee, usually after sleeping for 4-5 hours. However, if I drink any of the diet drinks that I love so much - Diet Coke, Crystal Light, etc., there is something in that artificial sweetener that sends my bladder into overdrive and I wind up having to get up to pee several times during the night. This happens even if I have the diet drink earlier in the day. My advice is to switch to water only and see if that helps.

It's the carbonation!!! I have the same problem when I drink la croix. Apparently the ingredient that carbonates it, also can irritate the bladder, and cause the sensation that you need to pee even if your bladder isn't very full