Dr. Michael Breus

Okay.

No, no, no, no.

If you really have to pee, please go pee.

But by the way, one of the first things I tell almost every patient I see is stop fluids between two and three hours before bed.

Most people don't do that.

They're drinking up until the time they go to bed.

And that's usually what propagates them having to wake up in the middle of the night.

So if you stop fluids, let's say two hours before bed.

So you're going to bed at midnight.

You stop fluids at 10.

that will absolutely help you not need to go pee.

But if you do wake up in the middle of the night and you need to pee, go.

But if you don't, please don't.

If you do need to go, put nightlights along the way because if you flip the lights on in the bathroom or in the water closet, you just told your brain it's morning and it stops producing that melatonin.

strategically place nightlights to get there if you need to, but hopefully you don't need to.

Step number two, don't look at the clock.

Now, this turns out to be much more difficult than I ever imagined it would be for people.

Because here's what people do.

They grab their phone and they head to the can.

That's what people do in the middle of the night.