A (US) on 11/05/2024
GI health also is a factor such as no sugar, less carbs, no dairy and no gluten while taking antimicrobials and digestive aids. The combination of balancing GI health and doing one of the 3 oral treatments works well to sleep through the night without having to urinate during sleep.
Laney (Rocheser, NY) on 11/04/2023
Susu (Sacramento, CA) on 04/18/2023
Doc (Kyle, Tx) on 11/14/2022
Kristi (United States) on 09/01/2022
I love this website. I've learned how to fix my sciatica, sleep better at night (thank you Art! ), and many other things. Most things are just quality of life. Nocturia, for example, was never really an issue but suddenly after I fixed my insomnia, I had this weird thing where I get up to pee anywhere between 7 and 13 times a night. How annoying - and infuriating.
I don't think it matters the brand as long as it's real grapefruit juice. I use Florida's Best. If I drink it an hour (or more) before bed I still will get up to pee a few times, not NEARLY as much as usual, but still a handful of times. But if I drink it 45 minutes or LESS before bed I will only get up once, sometimes not at all and I can wait until I wake up.
I know there is a reason this works, but it makes no sense to me because common sense states that if I drink a HUGE glass of anything before bed, it's going to make me go to the bathroom a lot lol. But I just... don't with grapefruit juice.
IDC why it works I just know it works, so thank you!
Hawthorn Berry for Nocturia Katie (Bellingham, WA) on 03/31/2022
Sue (PNW) on 10/18/2021
I have no idea why this works, but I am very thankful to Earthclinic posters. Here's looking at you, Kathy!
JB (Qld, Australia) on 07/09/2021
Lim (Singapore) on 06/29/2019
From that very day I started taking raisins in early June 2019 (I do skip some days), my condition improves. Now, I visit the toilet 0, 1 or 2 times at night. Hopefully, that will continue to improve.
G (Oregon) on 01/08/2020
Slim CS (San Rafael, California ) on 11/04/2020
I started drinking grapefruit juice a couple of times a day about a week ago. I had relief almost immediately. I am down to 3 - 4 times a night and hoping this will improve even more over time. I am really grateful for Kathy's grapefuit juice post from 2010, as well as the one that mentions Pumpkin seed oil. I'm doing a combination therapy of grapefruit juice and pumpkin seed oil capsules.
Snorton (Westlake Village, Ca) on 10/12/2018
One morning I awoke and realized that I had slept through the night but I hadn’t had grapefruit juice the previous evening. In thinking what I had done different that day, the only difference from any other day is that I had taken a carb blocker (white kidney bean extract) before lunch. So I stopped the grapefruit juice and experimented with taking the carb blocker once a day. I tried three different brands of carb blocker, all with the same result: no nighttime visits to the bathroom. In fact, my bladder was not overly full in the morning and I urinated less during the day. It also seems that I drink less liquid during the day. It appears to work but I have no idea why.
Holly (Millersville) on 11/07/2017
Nettle root is another herb that is helpful to older men who have prostrate issues, which can include frequent nighttime urination. It comes in capsules.
Holly
Muhsayy (Las Vegas) on 09/22/2017
Collegeville (Pennsylvania) on 12/14/2016
Ian (Nottinghamshire) on 10/22/2016
My cure that worked for me is a teaspoon of Bicarbonate of soda in a quarter glass of water at 7pm and the same measure again at 9pm. I go to bed at 11pm. This guaranteed me 6 hours uninterrupted sleep.The only drawback is slight constipation or hard stools and quite thirsty upon waking up. No caffeine produce during the afternoon too.
Pumpkin Seed Oil for Nocturnal Urination Elisabeth (Oceanside, Ca) on 02/20/2016
Having struggled with OAB for the last 10 years, I was beginning to think I would simply have to accept the fact my sleep would continually be disrupted due to this issue. I did try various products to solve the problem, one a very expensive herbal product touted for women but at approx. $45 per month felt this to be too expensive. The other was saw palmetto which my husband regularly takes and is very effective for him.
I purchased a bottle of a popular brand of 1000 mg soft gels of PSO (at a cost of $11.24 at my local store) and started taking 2 per day. Wow! What a striking difference after only 1 day. Instead of waking to the urgency of a bathroom call several times in the night I woke only once and that to a gentle pressure. The successive nights were similar and one night I was able to simply ignore it and actually fall back asleep. Mind you, I have only been taking this for 7 days while the studies were conducted over a longer period. I definitely will continue to take this product (also has other health benefits, I.e., anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory) and perhaps increase dosage to 4 mg per day and then taper off back to 2 mg per day.
Rick (New Jersey) on 12/10/2015
I used to make my own rice but discovered Minute rice - and others - had a microwaveable single-serving package that took only 1 minute to heat and serve. No mess, no fuss.
I am curious if this works for others.
George (Colorado) on 12/08/2015
David (California) on 08/11/2015
