A Day in the Life of...(Pee Log)

[Alex1981]

I'm sure all of us at one point have kept a pee log. I stick to a strict IC diet. I also have allergies to corn so what I eat does not typically vary. For the most part my frequency during the week is the same. However, I find that my frequency decreases on weekends. Below is a typical week day pee log.

Wake up @ 6:00 am and use the rr
9:45 - 10:00 second pee of the day
(from here on out I go about every 2 -3 hrs)
12:00 another
2:00 another
4:00 another
6:00 another
(Then I'm usually good til 9:00)
11:15 bed time and final pee of the day

I'm curious to hear others stories.

:)

[amaranthe]

From the studies I have read, most normal healthy people urinate around 8 times a day. They also show people at either end, with some urinating much less than this, and some going much more. Of course there are also variations depending on the amount of beverages a patient typically consumes in a day. You can put "average number of times a day that most people urinate." This should get you the infor you are looking for. (Though it wont give you IC-specific info, it will give you a baseline idea as to what is normal and what is excessive.

Personally, when I am in a bad flare, I may go every 5 min, other
times (during different flares), i can stretch it to every 15 to 2o min. When I am not flaring, I usually am going about every 1h to hour and a half at the most! I also have to get up and go about 4-5 times at night. (I cant even BEGIN to tell you how exhausting THAT is!)

Anyway, I too am curious about other ICers responses to your questions. So, I hope you get lots of replies.


Thanks for starting this topic and thread!

Sincerely,
Amaranthe

[yvette]

I think your log sounds quite average for NON-ic and if it decreases on the weekends....I think you're doing better than most. (I'm going to guess weekends are better because your average stress level is down?)

By 2pm I would already be up to 42x in the bathroom...ack!

[Kara Isabel]

That log isn't bad at all, since 5 am, I've been about 4 times (it is 8:30am now) so that is pretty much my routine on an average day 1-2X an hour with my longest stretch of not going at night for 2-3 hours if my meds are working right, but if I'm flaring or pain levels are up..it could be much worse, like 40+ times a day,

I do think I've gotten a little better since diagnosis and cleaned up my diet, and with meds, though..

[ICNDonna]

Occasionally I can go two or three hours, but I usually go in less than an hour. If I'm flaring, it's every half hour. Your schedule looks like you're doing very well.

Donn

[SharonA]

On a good day, I go about 12 times.

[hdwadman]

Is this more frequently than usual for you? I pee at least three times as often on an average day, or even more if I'm having a lot of burning.

[izazen]

I think your numbers are very good.

I would have no problem with them at all.

[Alex1981]

I am young (just turned 27) and while I know my frequency and IC issues are mild compared to most I would like to have less frequency. Before all these problems started about 2 years ago I would use the restroom maybe 4 times a day. My goal is to get back to that point.

[bluetart]

depends on the day and or moment, I would say good days are 8-12.. but i have stop keeping track latily, almost never get up at night. I have periods of the day that are better from like 11:00 on is better. I am usualy dehydrated though. I try very hard to covince my self to drink especialy when I am alone and can run to the bathroom several times but I have lost the urge. My goal is to pee 8-12 when I am hydrated. If I am flaring such as I can flare all day or maybe just for an hour I will go 6-7 times in that hour. I used to drink gallions of water to rehydrate myself after a day at work and pee. pee.. pee.. Than deyrdrate myself and work all over again the next day all to appear normal.

I hope you reach your dream of four times a day, that how much my bf goes unless he is drinking beer. I used to be that ways too. I don't think that will happen for me, my goals have become smaller an easyer to achieve for the sake of my mental health.

[Briza]

I am young (just turned 27) and while I know my frequency and IC issues are mild compared to most I would like to have less frequency. Before all these problems started about 2 years ago I would use the restroom maybe 4 times a day. My goal is to get back to that point.

Alex,
If it were me I would be more concerned if I were going only 4 times a day!:) I think your 8 times a day schedule is not only enviable, but probably VERY normal! When you go is it accompanied by burning or spasms of any kind or other abnormal symptoms? If yes, then obviously that can put the fear of peeing in any of us...if no, then I really don't see how having to pee 8 times in one day could be a nuisance...really just normal...I mean if you got to go you got to go, plain and simple! As for your being so young, when I was 27 it was very normal for me to go minimum 12 times a day...why? not b/c of IC but b/c I was very active and drank a lot of water (and tea, and coffee). And NTW, we ALL get old lol :) and when I was at the ripe old age of 35 my IC hit and my normal pee of +/- 12 times a day shot up to 40-60 times a day. Now THAT is a nuisance. I am not trying to be condescending...I am just trying to put things into perspective that unless you are having other issues besides just peeing 8 times a day you should be posting this under IC success stories!! :)

[strobers]

I go about five to six times per day, but I feel like going almost constantly. The urge to go varies, but I never have to run to the bathroom. I don't get that kind of urgency. I just call it the "I feel like I have to pee feeling." I make myself wait at least 2 1/2 to 3 hours before I go, but I'm able to wait up to five hours with no problem.

What is weird is that even at my worst, I never get up at night to pee. My IC, or whatever it is I have since I have never really been truly diagnosed, does not seem to affect me at night. I always sleep like a baby.

Who knows what is going on down there? (That's a rhetorical question. You don't have to answer. :) )

[Kara Isabel]

Gosh, I'm totally jealous reading these #'s of bathroom trips! I'd say you are more of a success story when you get it down to under 10X a day, then you are definitely doing something right, if not remission, wow..I wish. Just to sleep all the way through the night would be a gift. My dog thinks its normal to get up and pee 3-4 night, even if I don't get up at my usual times, she'll wake me up to go! LOL

Throw some of that luck my way, ehh? :lmao:

[leelee88]

Lets see,

4 am
5 am
6:30 am
8:30 am
10:00 am
12:00
2:00 pm
4:pm
6:pm
8:pm
10:pm


So about every 2 hours is normal for me unless I am flaring and then it is about every 30 min..

and I always have the feeling I have to go.. But when my bladder feels the urge is really bad and I start having a cramping pain feeling..

[elitynski]

I'm actually grateful for this thread as it gave me some perspective.

I have sleep apnea and wear a C-PAP but I can get by with getting up one time during hte night - when I didn't wear my cpap - I was up and down all night. Sleep Apnea does something to you that makes you have to pee more often.

Then when I get up at 8 and then maybe before I go to work 8:30

then It can be anywhere from 2 - 5 x during he work day and a few times at night.

I'm like Alex -I'd like to be peeing less, but then I read the posts and see what you guys are going through.

[yvette]

I am young (just turned 27) and while I know my frequency and IC issues are mild compared to most I would like to have less frequency. Before all these problems started about 2 years ago I would use the restroom maybe 4 times a day. My goal is to get back to that point.

I know you're young, but 4x/day times really isn't normal...even for a guy. For a camel maybe... People who are non-IC and go only that many times, are usually not drinking enough liquid. But could you live with 6-8x/day? That is what Non IC people should be going. (BTW: I asked friends and family to keep a log for me a while back to see what *normal* was. They ran the gammut from 7x up to 12x day. What can I say? I was a little obsessive when the Interstim was going in.) :D

Now that I'm better (with diet changes and Interstim) I'm happy if it's only 7 to 9x/day. For me that's not too disruptive. Brutal isn't? There's way better stuff to be doing than being in the bathroom, eh? :toilet:

[hdwadman]

I have been following this thread, so I kept a count for the last 24 hours. Between 7:30 PM last night and 7:30 PM tonight, I urinated 21 times. And this seems like a pretty average day for me.

[snowgirl]

I go every 1-2 and 2 hours max is pushing it. I get up all night long and have for many a year. I get up 4-5 times at night. I was and still am always exhausted. After 23 years of this I am now disabled. Consider sleeping all night without getting up to urinate a blessing.VN

[BT2008]

I have sleep apnea and wear a C-PAP but I can get by with getting up one time during hte night - when I didn't wear my cpap - I was up and down all night. Sleep Apnea does something to you that makes you have to pee more often.

Wow elitynski, you are very fortunate! I too have sleep apnea and wear a CPAP when I sleep. BUT--it doesn't seem to affect my nocturnia at all! Even before my IC got really bad, I would still get up at least twice, and usually three times a night while wearing my CPAP. Now though, I am up every 45 minutes to 1 1/2 hours, even with my CPAP on!

Mask on. Mask off. I feel like the IC Kid!!:lmao:

Something to consider, do you have bad pain with your IC? Because it could be that if I didn't have such painful symptoms that I would be able to sleep through my frequency issues. It is usually the pain that wakes me up signaling me that I need to go pee.

~Beth

[Jereme]

I think your voiding pattern sounds normal. I agree that this is probably a success story.

[crkshnks79]

Im feeling kinda jealous lol On a average day Im in the bathroom about 30 x's a day .When Im flaring , Im going to the BR every 5 to 10 mins and having to double void at that ! Its exhausting !!! I know its apart of our daily life and all but it really urkes me when I have to go pee after I went pee less then 5 mins ago !!