Can restricting liquids cure bedwetting?
Denial or restriction of liquids after 6 P.M. does not usually alter the frequency of wetting. Cutting back on liquids may reduce the volume of urine and produce a “less wet” bed, or an occasional dry bed, giving you false hope that he is growing out of the problem. In addition, denying liquids is a very difficult thing for a parent to do, especially when their child is thirsty. So they permit “small sips” and feel guilty when the bed is still wet the next day. Approximately seventy percent of what we consume turns to liquid, and the kidneys manufacture urine 24 hours a day. The anti-diuretic hormone ADH automatically reduces urine production during the night. Most of the people we have worked with have found that increasing liquids achieves results more quickly by producing stronger bladder signals. Our programs combine bladder signals and learning strategies during the day practices so enuretics will develop an automatic response to them. Then we can work toward developing a combinat
