In that thread I stated:
… after wearing diapers 24/7 for the past 3 years, and most of the time for several years before that, and being a true life-long bed/diaper wetter, I still have control when it is inconvenient to wet. When I don’t know if there will be a convenient diaper changing location or I am afraid I might leak in front of lots of people, I remember to hold it. Sometimes I even relieve myself in the bathroom despite the fact that I am wearing a diaper. (Not wetting is definitely a failure.)
Wohermiston suggested using a vibrating reminder watch as a reminder to wet on a timed schedule. His file called Barrington039s_Nucleus.MP3 uses suggestions to cause you to “wet by surprise or on a timed schedule”.
I was intrigued by this advice and purchased a reminder clock that can stay in my pocked where I will feel the vibrations. At first I had to rig it so I wouldn’t accidentally press buttons and stop the timer. Then I had to find an interval that was appropriate for my own body. I already have an OAB so I feel the urge to pee more often than most. Too short of an interval and I have no urine in my bladder when the alarm goes off. Too long and I am struggling to hold it. I finally set it at around 1 hour and 20 minutes during the day and 35 - 45 during the evening when I am less active and drinking more water, (I don’t drink alcohol).
After about a week, I was wondering how this would work. Every time I feel the vibration I dutifully wet whatever I had in my bladder. Then I started anticipating the alarm and wondering when it will go off. I know I should forget about it so it will go off when I least expect it. A couple of times I think I imagined a vibration and started to wet, then a minute or so later the alarm went off. I thought that was interesting but didn’t think it meant anything other than being over anxious to wet. But then this afternoon I was dealing with some business on the phone while at my computer, and multitasking on another piece of business and I got a series of texts about something. I was definitely distracted when I noticed I was flooding my diaper. Then I noticed that the alarm was vibrating and had been since I started wetting. I didn’t remember thinking “there’s the alarm, now wet”. I seemed to do it automatically.
This is just one success, but I hope it is the beginning of the end of what remains of my continence.
I know I think too much but I still wonder how, if this really works, I will go from wetting on command to truly not thinking about it without the reminder.
Wohermiston, any thoughts?