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Is being tense or anxious your concern, or is it the need to urinate, or is it that you wake up an hour earlier than you used to. Each may be an issue that could be resolved individually.

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@duberdicus Thanks for the message. It only took a few times of slowly, strangely awakening and being aware that I was full of anxiety...like I was wired with too much caffeine (I am caffeine-free now)...that I noticed: "well, you're awake now, and I guess I could get up to urinate" even though "at most", I only had mild urgency. It was more just an awareness like all other mornings prior to my surgery that" "Oh...I am awake...I guess I could go urinate now." Then within a handful of times doing that, I realized that after crawling back in bed post-urination, my anxiety was gone. I have experimented a little too, like nothing to drink after 6:00 p.m....no liquids of any kind. Those nights I sleep through the night and I awaken normally without any anxiety or sense that I had a bad dream. Then I switch back to having something to drink as late at 9:00 or 10:00...just a few sips of water. I always urinate before going to bed, so my bladder is as empty as it can be for my night's sleep. But...those nights, I awaken between 4:00 - 5:00 a.m. with that bit of wired anxiety, and again, just get up to urinate because I decide to - not because I necessarily needed to (but do on occasion). Then once I go back to bed, it quickly realize that I am no longer feeling wired/anxious/tense. I have a sense of relief. I never had this occur before my RP surgery. It has only been since my surgery. Guess I have to live with it until it hopefully subsides.