rubbersheetmike

I didn't really understand this "no diapers" in the hospital rule. Ive been in the hospital a few times in recent years and at least in the ward or department where Ive been most recently admitted diapers are allowed for any patient who needs or requests them. They had stacks of them in every room. Because lots of patients have mobility problems one nurse told me they prefered patients to use diapers rather than fall trying to get to the bathroom on their own. The hospital beds all had wetting protection as well. Maybe its based on why your admitted to hospital and what kind of ward your in?

Christine Daryleanne: Nice to see that rubber sheets are still around. Growing up my mom used an ivory colored rubber sheet for both me and my older brother. These days I use an off-white fitted plastic sheet but these are not as durable as rubber sheets.

I wish I had a partner to sleep with but I don't and haven't had a regular partner for over a decade. I wonder how many others on here are in the same boat and whether its due to wetting or related issues? For me I just chalk it up to age but that's probably an oversimplification.

I've been really careful in recent years about getting together with people I meet online. I haven't done it in a while but over the years and after a couple iffy experiences I backed off. Some of it was probably my fault. I met one guy who was really into the DL lifestyle and wore 24/7 and at the time I didn't think I was ready for that. I met another guy online a few years ago and he berated me after I wet the bed and my diaper leaked enough to soil his mattress. I told him I thought he was equipped and he told me it was just a new interest for him and he wasn't ready for the whole scene. I think you have to be really comfortable about yourself when you do this and know what you want and clearly let others know what you're into and want as well. Not everybody is at the same stage. Now that I'm getting older though the opportunities just don't materialize that often.

Times have certainly changed right? When I was young my mom hung the bedwetting hairbrush on the wall in the laundry room which was just inside the back door on the way into the kitchen. When a neighbor was visiting one day to bring over laundry that my mother offered to help with because his wife was in hospital and their washing machine was broken I heard him ask my mother what the hairbrush was for. She told him "the boys still wet their beds and need to grow up." I was really embarrassed.

I guess it depends on what "potty trained" means. During the day I pretty much knew to use the toilet by about age 3 but had many daytime accidents after that. When distracted I just wet my pants until about age 10 or 11 although less often as time went on. I didn't stop regular bedwetting until into puberty but to me that's not the same as potty training.

I can sometimes go for weeks without an "accident" and then wet 3 or 4 nights in a row. Who knows why. But I've never aware of going in my sleep more than once during the night. If I wake up wet whether in a diaper or not I just assume I wet once. If I'm already wet and have to go again when I wake up though I just let it flow.

When I was still young and living at home my mother kept a bedwetting log which was really a calendar for me and my older brother. Dry nights weren't marked but wet ones were with little stickers. I got the gold sticker and my brother got the green sticker and at the end of the month whoever got the least stickers got a reward which was usually like an ice cream cone or being allowed a soda after dinner.

Youngjay: You say "Same tho I'm a couple years out of college. How did you know your mattress was ruined? Did it fall apart or something? Should probably look into protection. I like the stains and smell mind you." I didnt go to college after high school. I started working right away and got my own place. At first the bedwetting on the unprotected mattress didnt bother me a lot, until I started to 'date', if you know what I mean. Not everybody has a lot of understanding of adult bedwetting or likes the idea of it and I wanted to be able to clean up quickly and avoid the smells. I used to flip my mattress over a lot to try to get it to dry out which often just wasnt effective. And eventually the staining was so bad that both sides of the mattress developed a kind of hardened urine stain crust that wasn't easy to clean. Eventually I had to get another mattress but started using a plastic mattress protector which Ive done ever since.

Do you know why your soiling at night? I had this problem several years ago and it turned out to be caused by hyperthyroidism that could be controled by medication. Wetting is a relatively easy issue to live with in my experience but soiling is more uncomfortable and more work to clean up.

It varies based on how soundly I'm sleeping. Usually because of my antipsychotic and epilepsy medications I sleep soundly through the night and don't wake up until at least 7 in the morning. If I'm wet then I just get up. If I wake up wet during the night though I sometimes take my pajamas off and push the wet sheets off the bed and just sleep on top of the plastic mattress cover. That can be hot though so I don't usually sleep really well after that.

I note that most of those posting on here who admit to getting spanked at school seem to be over 50 which is pretty consistent with my view that it was common years ago but not so much anymore.

I have to admit that I do hide it. I share a house and have my own room and wait for my roommate to leave for work before dealing with the wet bedding and getting rid of used diapers. On weekends its a bit more difficult but in general I get the place to myself for a few hours every day. My roommate knows about it but doesn't say anything but I don't feel comfortable being too out in the open about it.

Maybe the problem is psychological? Your a pretty young guy and maybe its a fear of wetting whether conscious or subconscious that's limiting your enjoyment and undermining your ability to ejaculate. When I was your age and still had sex regularly I tended not to 'sleep over' for this reason but this is much more difficult when your living with somebody or married. In one of my relationships we got separate beds even though we slept in the same room. I'd just move over after sex. Role playing can be good too as long as your both open about your needs and fantasies. Another thing I've tried is having morning rather than evening sex. I wish I could be young again knowing what I know now. I'd be

I find that my sexual function varies depending on medications and other health issues. I only take one pain med and I'm not sure it plays a big role but overall as my other medication levels including antipsychotics

Nappied Dan: I've read that stimulants like coffee and tea can cause bedwetting both due to liquid volume and irritation of the bladder. I've conditioned myself not to drink any stimulants after dinner time but beer is my big weakness when I'm socializing.

I never got to wear diapers until I was an adult. When I was growing up my father thought wearing them encouraged bedwetting by making it more comfortable. I wet my pants until puberty but only a few times in school and then they found out it was probably due to petit mal seizures because I had epilepsy. When I was young I was put in training pants worn under plastic pants to go to school which wasn't effective and I couldn't stand it. We didn't have the kind of products available then that are around today. By the time I got to high school medication had stopped the seizures and accidental pants wetting although it didn't completely stop the bedwetting.

I agree. I was prescribed meds for it a couple times in my life, once in my teens and a couple decades later. I couldn't stand taking the meds, which in one case caused dehydration and made me feel lethargic.

Did you wet your pants during the day when you were in high school?