Typically, you should be able to sleep six to eight hours during the night without having to get up to go to the bathroom. But, people who have nocturia wake up more than once a night to pee. This can cause disruptions in your normal sleep cycle, and leave you tired and with less energy during the day.
Nocturia is not a disease but may be a symptom of other conditions. Sleep disorders, reduced bladder capacity, and excess urine production can cause nocturia. If you typically go to the bathroom two or more times a night, discuss your symptoms with your health provider.
Limit your intake of fluids two hours before bedtime
You'll also want to limit alcohol and caffeine, which are bladder stimulants, throughout the day. If you're struggling with nighttime urination, cut back to just one alcoholic beverage, or none at all, and decrease your current caffeine intake.
Frequent Urination Could Be Related to Diabetes
This results in more urine production and increased urinary frequency and urgency, called polyuria. Some people may notice they have to get up every couple of hours during the night to urinate and that they produce more urine when they do go.
When should I worry about frequent urination? Many causes of frequent urination aren't cause for concern. If you find yourself going to the bathroom more than eight times a day, or if you feel like you're peeing more than what's normal for your body, talk to a healthcare provider.
Waking often during the night to urinate can also be linked to obstructive sleep apnea and other sleeping disorders. Nocturia may go away when the sleeping problem is under control. Stress and restlessness can also cause you to wake up at night.
If you have to go to the bathroom more than once during 6-8 hours of zzz's, you might have nocturia. Your body may make too much urine, or your bladder can't hold enough. Sometimes it's both.
It's normal to wake up once a night to pee, but multiple times a night could suggest something more. Nocturia is the clinical term for waking up to pee two or more times at night. Your lifestyle, medications and various health conditions might cause or contribute to nocturia.
That said, if you're visiting the bathroom more often than that, it could either mean that you're drinking too much water, coffee or tea, or something more serious. Urinating more than 7-10 times a day could be a sign of either type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
You may pass urine more often than usual because of: Infection, disease, injury or irritation of the bladder. A condition that causes your body to make more urine. Changes in muscles, nerves or other tissues that affect how the bladder works.
In most people the bladder is able to store urine until it is convenient to go to the toilet, typically four to eight times a day. Needing to go more than eight times a day or waking up in the night to go to the bathroom could mean you're drinking too much and/or too close to bedtime.
Needing to urinate right after you've just gone is not only annoying but can be a sign of an underlying health problem. While this is commonly related to drinking a lot of water or taking medication, sometimes, it could mean something more serious like an infection or diabetes.
Increased fluid intake: Excessive fluid intake directly suppresses ADH secretion. As explained earlier, ADH regulates fluid levels in our body and promotes getting rid of excess fluid. If we consume more fluid than we actually need, our bodies will want to get rid of that fluid in the form of urine leading to nocturia.
Researchers have examined the urinary patterns of sleep-deprived volunteers and have found that a lack of sleep leads to increased urinary output and more salt in urine. The findings were found to be more prevalent in males than females.
“Patients are eating dinner late or snacking before bed,” he says. “That fluid is going to mobilize in their system. When they go to bed, it's going to cause more frequency at night.” That's why he recommends shifting your dinner to at least three to four hours before going to bed.
Transparent and lacking in color
Transparent, colorless urine could also be a sign of some other health disorders, including diabetes and kidney disease, or from taking diuretic medication.