Adults should urinate every two to three hours, so how can we sleep for eight hours straight? REM sleep increases ADH production, reducing urine output and allowing uninterrupted sleep. If you struggle to enter REM sleep, ADH secretion remains low, maintaining daytime urine production rates and causing nighttime urination.
To avoid this, develop healthy sleep habits that promote REM sleep and ADH production, helping you sleep through the night. However, drinking a large amount of water before bed or consuming alcohol, which inhibits ADH, can increase nighttime urination.
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