[rwest]

54 years old and usually wake up about a hour before my normal time to pee- so then it’s a matter of can I get back to sleep without peeing or do I pee and go back to sleep?

I seem to be extra thirsty in the evening, so that does me in- I try to drink a lot so I wake up mid night and have lots of extra hours of sleep after that.

Here’s a thing that I have found and maybe others can try or confirm. If I am sore on the evening from work, running or biking and take Advil I will sleep all the way through the night. 3 theories on this: one is there is something in Advil that is a sleep aid; two is that it blocks the signal from my bladder and third theory is that my muscle pain is what actually wakes me up and then I realize I need to pee. Thoughts?