Dear Doctor: If you wake up to use the bathroom multiple times a night, your sleep apnea could be the surprising reason
Sep 01, 2026
Dear Doctor Roach: I’m writing regarding the recent column that mentioned frequent nighttime urination. I had a similar problem and awakened several times to urinate each night. About a year ago, I started using a CPAP for sleep apnea. Immediately after starting to use the CPAP, my nighttime urina
tion frequency decreased. It’d range from sleeping completely through the night to waking up twice, with an average of waking up once per night. ...read more read less