Tip: Try stopping drinking two hours before bedtime to test the effect.
Interrupted sleep… which wakes up your bladder.
Sometimes it’s not the urge to pee that wakes you up, but poor sleep that disrupts your cycle. As soon as you wake up, even slightly, the slightest sensation of a full bladder becomes a warning sign. It’s a vicious cycle: poor sleep → waking up during the night → urge to pee → waking up even more…
Hormonal signals that change with age.
Over time, our bodies produce less of a key hormone: vasopressin, which helps concentrate urine at night. The result? Urine volume increases, and we wake up more often. This phenomenon affects both women and men from the age of fifty.
When the heart becomes involved: the link with the circulatory system
The link between nighttime urination and cardiovascular health isn’t always clear… and yet it exists. For some people, getting up at night to urinate can be a sign of circulatory problems, which are often associated with mild or moderate heart failure, even if it’s undiagnosed.
How does it work?