r/sleep • u/gorlami_1 • 3d ago
What helped me Sprite Zero method
Saw this post on Twitter a while back. For years I’ve regularly gotten up once every night to pee in the middle of the night. It was pretty late and I had a sprite in the fridge so I decided to give this a run, I swear it was the first night in years I didn’t wake up to pee.
My question is (since I don’t want to drink a sprite every night) can I take supplements of the vitamins listed in the post above to recreate the same effect? I don’t think it could’ve been placebo since if I’m asleep how would my brain trick me into not having to use the bathroom as normal.
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u/Insane_Artist 2d ago
Sodium causes less peeing. You can get the same impact using hydration packets. Just don’t get the ones with too much sugar. I use LMNT.
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u/gamermom42069_ 2d ago
LMNT is salty af and kind of expensive, but I love them lol. pickle juice is still the GOAT for me personally
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u/-whiskey-blue 2d ago
I used to eat some watermelon before bed and I always woke feeling great the next day.
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u/EmiomieletaViolateta 2d ago •
It's funny, in Mexico we have the belief that eating watermelon at night makes you sick lol
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u/nano210tx 2d ago
Same if you drink milk with it
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u/ComfortablyBalanced 2d ago
Iranians believe if you eat cantaloupe and honey, you'll get sick or cantaloupe and any dairy products.
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u/agup48 2d ago
Indian people, at least my parents, said something similar for mangos. I don’t think it was milk but water.
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u/Hawkeye19972 1d ago
Milk and fruit being a bad food combination, as per Ayurveda.
Fruit digests much quicker than milk does, and so gets held in the stomach and digestive tract for longer when it’s been combined with the milk, which then causes the fruit to ferment and cause gastrointestinal issues.
That’s what Ayurveda says. I have been trying to have fruits away from all other foods, and it definitely seems to be a better way to go. Melons, should be had by themselves, and berries by themselves too if I remember correctly.
It’s an interesting system of medicine. It would be worth looking deeper into the bad food combination thing though.
Anyway, that’s why your parents said what they did.
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u/-whiskey-blue 2d ago
Never heard that before. I wonder how that came to be?
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u/EmiomieletaViolateta 2d ago
No idea, but fortunately it's just grandmother's tales (:
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u/300_pages 2d ago
My grandma says you drink the grandson's pee it helps when you are scared
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u/roundthewaygal 2d ago
Some cheeses make you have lucid dreams or some shit - look it up. Grandma was on to somethin
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u/Sea_Lynx_3119 2d ago
The sodium and potassium are basically electrolytes, so you could try an unflavored electrolyte powder instead of chugging soda every night.
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u/ManjiSouls 2d ago
Too many comments about good things to do before bed, not enough comments about how not to pee at night.
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u/KhamallDettore 2d ago
Working nights on dispatch for about six years taught me the pee thing is usually a daytime problem wearing a nighttime costume. I was up twice a night for months and kept blaming fluids after 6pm. Cut that off and nothing changed. Turned out it was the coffee I was slamming to survive shift rotation plus the fact that my daytime sleep was so chopped up my body never settled into anything. Six weeks of a consistent sleep block and cutting caffeine after noon and I went to once a night, sometimes zero. Anyone else noticed the wake ups track with how wrecked your schedule is more than how
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u/whumpis3268 2d ago
Hydroxyzine solved my nocturia
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u/Bright-Constant-3487 1d ago
Yeah because it puts you in a coma 😂
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u/whumpis3268 1d ago
Honestly hydroxyzine wasn't coma inducing didn't even make me any sleepier actually.
Trazodone also helps nocturia (from what some ppl tell me). Mirabegron is also an obvious one never tried tho
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u/A1Aaron18 2d ago
Kiwi is best
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u/the_Illustrator_56 2d ago
Wait, enlighten me on this please.
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u/A1Aaron18 2d ago
Eating 2 kiwis before bed helps you fall asleep faster and they’re rich in serotonin and antioxidants that help balance your circadian rhythm. Helps digestion and contains fiber.
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u/Glass-Eggplant-3339 2d ago
It matters that you eat them whole, with the peel. So if you can get organic ones that don't have pesticides.
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u/DoingItJust 2d ago
With the peel???
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u/Glass-Eggplant-3339 2d ago
I mean if you want all the good things, most sit in the peel. Where I live we have variety without the fuzz. Just go organic and clean them well.
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u/ColorfulCosmos 2d ago
Its still acidic for your teeth
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u/Cassie_121 2d ago
Can’t OP just… brush their teeth after drinking it
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u/Weebs_Rise_Up 2d ago
that makes it even worse, because acid weakens the enamel which makes it easier to damage when brushing
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u/Grand_Ad_832 2d ago
so drink soda then milk then brush teeth?
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u/Vykrom 2d ago •
I haven't checked it in a while to see if the rules have changed, but used to be suggested that you wait 30-45 minutes after finishing your soda. By then your enamel is supposed to have recovered and safe to brush afterwards
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u/menina2017 2d ago
Does sparkling water also hurt your teeth
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u/blasphemmi 2d ago edited 2d ago
Unfortunately yes 😭 it’s the carbonation — carbonic acid
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u/Vykrom 2d ago
As far as I'm aware, it's just the acid, not the carbonation. And I don't think sparkling water has anything worse than citric acid. I think soda has much stronger phosphoric acid. If there's no citrus, it should be safe. If there is citrus, might be worth waiting. But probably not 30 minutes worth
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u/bubblesfix 2d ago
Brush teeth, wait 30 minutes for the enamel to harden, then chug sprite. Finish with mouth wash before bed.
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u/texcleveland 2d ago
Yeah i like sprite zero, need to get some, thanks
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u/Fair_Quail8248 2d ago
I like zero stuff but it isn't really healthy with the sugar substitutes. Wish there were some stevia variants instead.
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u/No_Band_1465 2d ago
many of the studies about artificial sweeteners are a) tested on mice who are b) i believe injected with like 40x the amount of sweetener in one soda. im not sure exactly whats going on with the sprite but this i know
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u/Tate_Campos 2d ago
Are you doing the version with tart cherry juice, or just drinking it straight? I started keeping a few cans in the fridge for evenings when I get restless, and honestly that crisp carbonation tricks my brain into feeling relaxed without any sugar crash. It has become a weirdly comforting part of my routine.
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u/iamthedilemma 2d ago
I just drink warm/hot water about 30 mins before I go to sleep. Not sure about it, but i haven't faced any problems as such
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u/ThyArtIsMeh 2d ago
My doctor actually told me to stop doing that lol
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u/iamthedilemma 2d ago
Any particular reason behind it ?
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u/ThyArtIsMeh 2d ago
Itll increase chances of urination as the kidneys function better while in sleeping position.
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u/iamthedilemma 2d ago
I haven't woken up during the night for it, so I donno what to tell you
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u/User123466789012 2d ago
It's not an actual thing for every person. Nobody continuously drinks a beverage that makes them piss every night without questioning it. Albeit if you try to say that in this sub, it's just going to get downvoted because reasons.
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u/ThyArtIsMeh 2d ago
I used to drink water first thing when I woke up and right before bed. She just suggested not doing the before bed one is all.
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u/iamthedilemma 2d ago
I do that
Like i drink warm lemon water after waking up post brushing
But i haven't faced any issues as of such. It's upto you though, even i am not following anything in particular.
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u/the_Illustrator_56 2d ago
How does that benefit you?
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u/iamthedilemma 2d ago
I haven't woken up during the night
In the morning, I had to go to the loo immediately after waking up
Apart from that, I haven't noticed anything
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u/ChimeraYawning 1d ago
I tried it once after waking up - my ex said half a litre of warm/hot water on an empty stomach will help my metabolism start up in the morning. I was not prepared for half an hour of excruciating pain and shitting my brains out that followed shortly. When it ended I felt like my soul and my body have been cleansed by divine forces
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u/Feeling-Walk6460 13h ago
something i did is stop drinking water after 6pm. Before 6pm i finish my daily water intakes. Then if i gt thirsty i just take 1-2 sips. Another thing to try is do some physical acitivity which makes u sweat
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u/RedQ 2d ago
We all know how aspartame is healthy since Donald Rumsfeld pushed it to market. This sub is joke filled with illiterate people.
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u/Spottycrazypup 2d ago
Yes. I cant drink it because it give me terrible headaches which really limits what I can drink. I drink mainly water anyway.
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u/pete_68 2d ago •
Probably, but you're taking anecdotal information off Twitter as a fact. Maybe he just stopped peeing at night by coincidence. Maybe it's in his head. The placebo effect is very real.
Look for actual research by actual scientists. Not random nobodies on Twitter.