Night trips to the loo

breane
breane Member Posts: 392
edited 8. Jun 2009, 04:24 in Living with Arthritis archive
Hi, Since taking the Naproxen,Omeprazole and steroids,I am finding I have to get up during the night to 'spend a penny'. :( Something I have never done before.Does anyone know if this is due to the meds? I did mention it to my Gp and he said it could be water retention but I thought you only got that if you had swollen legs or feet and my swollen feet have been back to normal for almost two weeks now.I guess a lot of different things happen to our bodies because of arthur,never know what next is waiting around the corner!! Breane. :?

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  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,341
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Breane
    Maybe someone else knows the answer to this - not me because I go for a wee EVERY night anyway!!! :oops: Always have I think.
    The amitriptyline helps me top not wake up completely though...if that's any help at all.
    Hope the others know the answer to this one Breane!
    Take care
    Toni x
  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Breane

    I think it is age related with me :lol::lol: Whenever I wake in the night, once, or many more times, I go to the loo. I wake more these days because of aches, pains and discomfort.

    I have slept through so sometimes wonder if I go for a wee because I have woken up and not the other way round if you know what I mean. :lol:

    Let's hope you find the answer. It does not really bother me, I am so used to it an get back to sleep again, usually quickly.

    Luv
    Elna x
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

    If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
  • queenfan
    queenfan Member Posts: 563
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Breane I'm like Elna always get up in the night & go to the toilet be it once or several times it doesn't bother me I think it's due to being uncomfortable so I wake up with the pain

    come to think of it :) I cant think of when I haven't got up :lol:
    I hope someone can be of more use to you than me on here
    take care Sue
  • joyous
    joyous Member Posts: 179
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    hi all i to get up at least twice in the night to go the loo sometimes i wake up cos im sweating buckets as well i then have to go the loo and stand under my fan till ive cooled off my hands wake me up to it feels like ive been lying on them and my back hurts , could be the meds im not sure but i do drink alot all day cos of the dry mouth , i find if i dont get up at all in the night i feel really groggy next day , not felt so good today feeet murdering me back and neck are hurting to and my left wrist and thumb are not great, and my elbow and wrists joints are cracking like mad , but it has been busy at work today and to top it off its started raing grrr xx
  • breane
    breane Member Posts: 392
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi again,it's interesting to know you all seem to be getting up in the night for the loo!I've never had to do that before so I guess I've been very lucky. :) I try not to drink last thing at night but the meds does make the mouth very dry.It's just another thing I will have to get used to but I do find it difficult settling back off to sleep again.It could be an age thing,I'm 62 but the nightly trips only started since taking the new meds.

    Joyous,it seems you are having a very bad day today.Hope tomorrow will be a bit better for you. Breane.x :P
  • jaspercat
    jaspercat Member Posts: 1,238
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi, I am the same I usually get up once a night, if my Amitriptylline works well then I sleep right through, but not very often, I thought it was just me, my hubbie can sleep throughout the night and not get up once love Jaspercatxx
  • joyful164
    joyful164 Member Posts: 2,401
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    breane wrote:
    Hi again,it's interesting to know you all seem to be getting up in the night for the loo!I've never had to do that before so I guess I've been very lucky. :) I try not to drink last thing at night but the meds does make the mouth very dry.It's just another thing I will have to get used to but I do find it difficult settling back off to sleep again.It could be an age thing,I'm 62 but the nightly trips only started since taking the new meds.

    Joyous,it seems you are having a very bad day today.Hope tomorrow will be a bit better for you. Breane.x :P

    Hi Breane

    I think you will find that it is your meds that are making you get up more. Also when you get a lot of inflammation there is also a lot of fluid around the inflamed joints. Sometimes some massaging will help especially before going to bed. When I went to have my hands done at Occupational Health, you could see the bubbles of fluid around the knuckles. Once they got the massaging machine working on them it helped to break up the fluid. My feet at the moment are very swollen with the fluid and the skin feels tight too. The warmer weather doesn't help. Are you able to ask a partner to massage legs and feet. Especially with a lavender and rosemary base oil. If not, you could have a try yourself. Not so easy though or as enjoyable!!

    But going back to the extra visits to the toilet have you looked at the side effects list on your information sheet for the meds?
    I have been on Buprenorphine patches, Pregabalin 75 mg, soon to go on Clonazepam which state that one of the side effects is incontinence. I shall be stopping the patches in a day or so to start the Clonazepam.

    But then, as it says on all our medication we are all different and all react differently to it. Perhaps would be a good idea to speak to your GP

    joyful
  • emmarose33
    emmarose33 Member Posts: 86
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    side-effect of the steroids :)
  • breane
    breane Member Posts: 392
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Emmarose,I did wonder if it was the steroids as they were the newest meds I had started taking and didn't have to get up in the night before I started taking those.Will have to read through the instruction leaflet later.Surprisingly I didn't have to get up during last night so had a good nights sleep for a change. :lol: Breane.x
  • breane
    breane Member Posts: 392
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi,Just an update on my thread. :) Have noticed that since my GP has reduced my steroids by two a day,havn't had to get up in the night so I guess it was the steroids causing it.I see him again this Fri and I guess he will reduce them again.It will be interesting to see what happens when I am off them completely.Will the pain come back?This is my first time taking steroids so wasn't sure how they affect the body.Will say though they have definately helped.Since taking them I have been pain free.After months of not being able to do things it's been wonderful just to feel normal again. :lol: Am I right in thinking you can't be on them for long periods of time? Breane.x :P
  • eckstardeluxe
    eckstardeluxe Member Posts: 1,192
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Yes it's likely the drugs. I am having a rather different reaction and a positive one.

    I have kidney damage and still a degree of reflux. Before being put on Tramadol & the rest, my usual was before falling asleep get up about 40 times for a few drips yet it felt like I was bursting. This could last hours but no UTI. It's just a side effect of my condition and have suffered this urgency all my life. Since being on the drugs, I go to bed and don't get up once. I'm so happy as my sciatica starts on getting out of bed and before I'd have to get up and take more meds.

    I think they are making me so sleepy, I'm not aware of that horrible feeling.

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