| I work with the Enuresis Treatment Center, which | | | | Bladder capacity and proper muscle strength must |
| deals only with bedwetting cases. We have treated | | | | also be included during the course of treatment, |
| thousands of children, teenagers, and adult. Bedwetting | | | | regardless of the age, to ensure all bedwetting/sleep |
| is a problem caused by abnormally deep sleep, which | | | | disorder symptoms' are completely addressed. |
| doesn't allow for the bedwetter's brain and bladder to | | | | Psychological counseling has not been proven to end |
| connect so they can effectively respond to each | | | | bedwetting. |
| other. | | | | Many medical professionals misinform patients when |
| In 99% of all bedwetting cases, (based upon our | | | | they blame a small bladder as the cause of |
| research of tens of thousands of documented cases) | | | | bedwetting. It is actually a RESULT of the bedwetting. |
| the root cause is sleeping so deeply. It is an inherited | | | | Moreover, restricting fluids causes further |
| deep-sleep disorder that results in bedwetting as well | | | | underdevelopment of the bladder, as well as |
| as a non-restorative, unhealthy sleep. | | | | dehydration. |
| This compromised sleep can also result in daytime | | | | If drugs are prescribed or considered to be at all |
| symptoms; difficulty awakening, fatigue, memory | | | | effective, consider that once the drugs are |
| difficulty, irritability, difficulty concentrating. These | | | | discontinued, the bedwetting will likely resume. Drugs |
| symptoms can increase as a bedwetter reaches | | | | may serve as a temporary fix for a complicated |
| adulthood. | | | | problem, and drugs clearly produce side effects, some |
| There is no guaranteed that someone will outgrow | | | | as yet unknown. |
| bedwetting, in fact after the age of seven, it is less | | | | Our research and experience has validated that |
| likely. 1 in 50 teenagers, as well as 3.2 million reported | | | | bedwetting that can be treated without drugs or |
| cases of adults still wet the bed. More importantly, if | | | | invasive surgery. |
| someone were to outgrow this problem, they are then | | | | The internet offers a great deal of information about |
| left with a sleep disorder, along with possible | | | | bedwetting, unfortunately most of it is offered from |
| challenging symptoms that can no longer be treated. | | | | sources that do not specialize in bedwetting treatment. |
| Proper treatment is never simple. Self-treatment | | | | When researching treatment programs, always ask |
| programs alone do not address the sleep disorder. | | | | for references and check staff credentials. This will |
| Studies show a very high rate of bedwetting relapse | | | | give you the best insight as to success and lasting |
| with alarms, which gives another,failed experience. | | | | results of a program. |