Your doctor may suggest you start by making a few changes to your daily and nightly routines:
- Try bladder retraining. Go to the bathroom at set times during the day and night. Slowly increase the amount of time between bathroom visits -- for example, by 15 minutes at a time. This will train your bladder to hold more fluid.
- Don't drink right before bed. That way, you won't make as much urine. Avoid caffeine and alcohol, which can stimulate your bladder.
- Use an alarm clock. Set it to wake you up at regular times during the night so you can use the bathroom.
- Try a bed-wetting alarm system. You attach it to your underwear or a pad on your bed. It will alert you as soon as you start to wet the bed.
- Take medicines. Several can help with bed-wetting. Desmopressin reduces the amount of urine your kidneys make.