DDAVP - Any Experiences?

I was reluctant to use it but I was at my wit's end with bedwetting so I tried this drug with my daughter and DDAVP didn't stop it, only a little less wet nights. My daughter had headache in the morning as side effects so we stopped it. You could try to add booster pads inside the Goodnight to avoid leakage or switch to adult diapers, they are the only one that really work for us.
We tried a lot of things to stop the wet nights and nothing worked, it's just only a question of time.

Yes. I'm generally anti-med (try everything else...) except for vaccines and antibiotics. I do worry about side effects. But our experience with DDAVP was totally positive and absolutely the best thing we ever did. Our son took it until age 12. He stopped once, it didn't work out (bed-wetting returned after about 3 months after it wore off), and he went right back on it. Not one side effect. We never, ever questioned our decision.

We had already restricted fluids, and had already done the "wake him up to pee" routine. We did the alarms, which we realize were pointless because they only go off after the underwear is already wet. We talked to the pediatrician and a pediatric urologist who told us he had some kids up to age 18 taking the medication for years until their bodies developed. We learned how common this problem is, and that it's not about "training" or "deep sleeping."

He needed to sleep through the night for brain development. That was the biggest motivator. We knew that not sleeping was horrible for him long term. We didn't know if he'd have a medication problem - so we chose the goal we know he needed to have. He needed a social life. He needed to go to overnight camp. He needed to go to, and host, sleep overs.

We sent him to camp with a prescription - that was easy, with so many kids on so many meds. We sent him to sleepovers with friends with 1 pill in a blank pill bottle from the pharmacist - his name only, not even the name of the prescription. We told the other parents he needed to take "an allergy pill" before bed. No questions, no info that could "slip" to another kid, no problems.

Your child is 10. He's had 10 years of not being dry. Please give him this gift. Message me if you want to chat further.

Some kids are 13 yrs old before they can stay dry through the night.
Ask your parents how long it took you and Hubby to manage it.
These things often run in families.
There's nothing to do about it (besides using a good mattress protector) except to wait till he out grows it.
It's not likely he'll be heading off to college and still be wetting the bed.

I'm curious if the topic of a sleep disorder has come up. Research is now looking into a link between wetting and sleep disordered breathing. Often an orthodontist can look in a child's mouth and assess if the roof is narrow and the tongue has inadequate space at night causing it to fall back on the airway and leading to fitful sleep. This can lead to wetting.

I have known a 5 year old and a 12 year old try the alarm (I think it was the Maylem or Maylar or something?), and it worked! They didn't think it would work as well on the 12 year old boy, but it definitely did after following it through for 1 full month. Whatever you try, good luck. Hang in there

Have you tried a bed wetting alarm? My son, now 17, wet the bed ever night until he was about 9. We got a bedwetting alarm (which I was VERY skeptical about) and it was a miracle in our house. We did a lot of research on how to be successful with the system before we ever started using it. For about a week it was like having a newborn in the house, up every few hours in the night. It was a very positive experience for our son.

We never used DDAVP (but used Benedryl for the occasional sleepover) but we did use an alarm. While it doesn't work for everyone (it did help for us), what it DID do was allow us to figure out when the wetting was happening. Turns out it was almost the exact same time every night. Very useful information for us.

Good luck.

If you haven't tried an alarm yet, I'd give that a chance before trying meds. The Malem alarm worked for my son, who was 7.5 years old, and had never had a dry night in his life. I was very sceptical, even after reading all the wonderful reviews on Amazon.com. Turns out it was the best $100 I ever spent. And when we were done with it (it took 2-3 weeks to completely "cure" my son's bedwetting), I sold it on Ebay for around $70.00.

I didn't do meds. My son just turned 11 on 2-24-16. He wet the bed until about 9.5 years old. We started being his "alarm" in the middle of the night. No drinks after 7:30p then 7pm then 6:30p then 6pm. The more we weened, the better he got as we continued with the waking up in the middle of the night. Don't get me wrong, we still had an accident or two, but I think in their own time. Not against a parent's decision to do meds. Only you and your hubby know what will work best for your son. But boys like to know they've conquered on their own-at least my two did. After a month my little guy was so proud of himself. Best wishes on whatever you decide.

Have you tried setting an alarm during the night so he can get up and go? Then go back to bed?