We all know how important it is to get a good night’s sleep, especially if you suffer from fatigue. But if you wake several times during the night needing to get up for a wee, having a full night's sleep is really difficult.
In this blog Helena from the MS Trust's information and engagement team explains what nocturia is and what you can do to to help with it.
Picture the scene. The light’s off and you’re tucked up in your warm, cosy bed after a long day. You close your eyes and start to drift off. Awww, bliss. But then, before you know it, you’re awake again and absolutely desperate for the loo. Half asleep, you walk like a zombie to the toilet, and then scramble back into bed. But just a few hours later it happens again. And then again. And again. Sound familiar? The need to wake up in the night to go to the toilet has a name; it’s called nocturia and is a common symptom of MS.
Getting up in the middle of the night once or twice is normal for most people, but with for some people with nocturia it can easily be as often as five or six visits to the toilet during nighttime. This can be both annoying and lead to some serious daytime tiredness.