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Old 02-07-2004, 07:52 AM
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Question day wetting and bed wetting 6 yr old

My six year old son has started both daytime and nighttime wetting - he was potty trained over two years ago!
He is adhd (on adderall xr 30 plus dexedrine 5 mg in am), and possibly bi-polar (takes risperdal to control outbursts). Why suddenly after being dry for so long could he be wetting himself? I've had urinalysis done. Dr. has talked to him about holding himself too long; or not peeing completely when he goes. I used to think he just didn't want to stop playing - but now he's doing it at night too. After much frustration I put him in pull-ups - to eliminate the constant laundry issue and changing of clothes at school. We gave him the package of pull-ups to give him freedom to remove wet pull-ups and put on dry ones on his own thinking maybe it was an attention thing. Yesterday we found 30(!) old wet pull-ups stuffed between his bed and the wall <<<we wondered why his room smelled!>>> Yet, when asked if he was using the trash can in the garage he would always say yes. So now we are angry about his lying to us. We took the clean pull-ups away so now he has to ask for them (and give us the soiled one). Not really sure what to do - any suggestions??
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