Are Nighttime accidents are common with ADHD??

[Anonymous]

Are Nighttime accidents are common with ADHD? Mine is 9 and still has accidents. We've tried everything. I have to wake him to use the bathroom before I go to bed a couple hours after he's in bed

[Anonymous]

Get a pee alarm for the bed.

[Anonymous]

Yes it's common. Limit drinks before bedtime. Get a behaviorist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes it's common. Limit drinks before bedtime. Get a behaviorist.

The body continually makes pee. Yeah don't drink a gallon for bed, but a kid could still wet the bed.

[Anonymous]

Plenty of kids struggle with this, I don't know that it has anything to do with ADHD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Plenty of kids struggle with this, I don't know that it has anything to do with ADHD.

It can happen with any kid, but it is more common with ADHD.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9160067

[Anonymous]

My 10 year old DD had frequent accidents. I purchased the bed wetting alarm from Amazon for $100. The bed wetting issues were resolved in a few weeks. It's been over a year, and she will have an occasional accident when she's extremely tired but other than that she's dry every night.

[Anonymous]

I have read often that it is more common with kids with ADHD. My two seem to have finally truly outgrown it (10 and 11) but it took a long time.

[Anonymous]

Yes, more common. Behavioralist can’t help with things that happen while a child is asleep. (If the issue is that child breaks rules re drinks after dinner and using bathroom before bed, behavioralist can help.). But mine doesn’t drink after dinner and uses bathroom between 10 or 11, but still can’t hold it 8 hours while sleeping. ADHD is sbout the brain processing signals and some kids brains won’t processs the pee signal while sleeping.

If it matters, try the overnight alarms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, more common. Behavioralist can’t help with things that happen while a child is asleep. (If the issue is that child breaks rules re drinks after dinner and using bathroom before bed, behavioralist can help.). But mine doesn’t drink after dinner and uses bathroom between 10 or 11, but still can’t hold it 8 hours while sleeping. ADHD is sbout the brain processing signals and some kids brains won’t processs the pee signal while sleeping.

If it matters, try the overnight alarms. [/quote

Helped wih my kid, but part of the issue was mot going tonthe bathroom right before bed.

[Anonymous]

My son with ADHD had pee accidents at night until he was 7.

I don't know if ADHD and bedwetting are related, OP, but what IS known is that bedwetting is quite common. Talk to your ped about it.

[Anonymous]

I'm not understanding the recommendation for a behaviorist. If the issue is drinking before bedtime, dont you just stop the kid from drinking before bedtime? What would a bahaviorist do??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not understanding the recommendation for a behaviorist. If the issue is drinking before bedtime, dont you just stop the kid from drinking before bedtime? What would a bahaviorist do??

Asssumption of our behaviorist is that there is some conscious control, even in sleep. So rewards for making it through the night without bedwetting. In our case, we also had issues during the daytime, so there were rewards for daytime too. Seemed to help day and night, but kids do grow out of it anyway, so maybe it was a coincidence. Still, despite what some doctors tell you, there is a small percentage of adults who still wet their beds, so I would not just ignore it.

Another place to try is the Johns Hopkins Voiding Improvement Program. I've never been there, but they check for physical problems, and if there are none, look at pyschological approaches. I think Children's Hospital has a similar program.

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/johns-hopkins-childrens-center/what-we-treat/specialties/urology/pediatric-voiding-improvement-program.html

[Anonymous]

We just dealt with it in DS until he finally outgrew it around 7th grade. Woke him up at 11 pm to pee, tried to cut liquids etc.

Now a teen, he was just diagnosed with ADHD and I see they can definitely be related. Wish I'd known that earlier!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not understanding the recommendation for a behaviorist. If the issue is drinking before bedtime, dont you just stop the kid from drinking before bedtime? What would a bahaviorist do??

Asssumption of our behaviorist is that there is some conscious control, even in sleep. So rewards for making it through the night without bedwetting. In our case, we also had issues during the daytime, so there were rewards for daytime too. Seemed to help day and night, but kids do grow out of it anyway, so maybe it was a coincidence. Still, despite what some doctors tell you, there is a small percentage of adults who still wet their beds, so I would not just ignore it.

Another place to try is the Johns Hopkins Voiding Improvement Program. I've never been there, but they check for physical problems, and if there are none, look at pyschological approaches. I think Children's Hospital has a similar program.

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/johns-hopkins-childrens-center/what-we-treat/specialties/urology/pediatric-voiding-improvement-program.html

Your behaviorist is clueless. Please don't listen to this. This is not a behavior problem, it involves the development of the nervous system. The nervous system, when developed more, will do all the right things to a)slow down the production of urine while sleeping and b) tell the brain when the body does need to eliminate. For some reason, this delay does seem to present more in boys with ADHD. For some reason, that sleep alarm can cause success in strengthening those nervous system signals. It worked for my DD at the age of 8. Just wearing the alarm was about all it took. I highly recommend it. Please don't reward for staying dry. This is not a conscious behavior problem. PP's "behaviorist" is a scam artist.