Urge incontinence can be a difficult issue to manage. It’s characterized by sudden and urgent urges to urinate, but difficulty holding it until you can make it to the restroom.
This often leads to large bladder voids and some pretty humiliating situations.
One option for managing urge incontinence is wearing diapers. While this may not be the first solution that comes to mind, it’s a non-invasive tool that can make a significant difference in your day-to-day life. Diapers don’t require expensive surgeries or have dangerous side effects, making them a safe option to consider.
There are a number of things that can cause urge incontinence, including obesity, nerve damage, prostate issues, and pelvic surgery. If you’re experiencing these symptoms, it’s important to seek medical advice from a doctor.
I’m just a guy with a lot of experience wearing diapers so while I’m not qualified to help you explore ALL the available options for urge incontinence I am something of an expert on the various diapers that you can use to help with your situation.
What Do You Wear for Urge Incontinence?
What you should wear for urge incontinence can depend on a number of factors.
First off, there are two types of diapers you can choose from: tape-up diapers or pull-up diapers.
Which type of diaper design you should choose to go with depends largely on the severity of your symptoms.
If you only experience minor leaking on your way to the restroom once the urge to go hits, a pull-up diaper might be a good option for you.
Pull-ups are light and discreet, and they make accessing the toilet easier. So if you’re only experiencing minor leaking on the way and still able to make it to release the majority of what your bladder contains into a toilet these types of products may actually work pretty great for you.
Luckily for you they are the most readily available and the most affordable! There are many types of pull up diapers available on the market these days as this is what the vast majority of mainstream manufacturers focus on.
Brands such as the classic Depend, Attends, Tranquility, Tena and Prevail types of products. Due to their more mainstream status in the industry many of these products are also covered by various different healthcare providers too.
On the other hand, if you’re experiencing larger full-on voids of your bladder leaving your pants soaked before you can make it to the restroom, a tape-up diaper will be a better choice.
From my understanding, this is generally more typical for those who have urge incontinence issues. The urge to go hits and before you know it you’re feeling a warm wet sensation spread across your legs.
Tape-up diapers generally come with more absorbent material, have a better fit, and better leak guards. Although they are thicker, they provide increased security and faster rates of absorption. They are far better at containing and absorbing the sort of floods that urge incontinence can cause.
Some popular options include North Shore Supreme, North Shore Mega Max, Better Dry, and ConfiDry 24/7. Though the current word on the diaper streets as I write this post is that Confidry 24/7 isn’t going to be available for much longer.
I’ve reached out to them for confirmation on this but thus far haven’t received any official response from them.
Finding The Right Diaper and Absorbency Level For You
To find the daytime diaper that will offer you a good level of quality and absorbency while remaining discreet, you may need to try a few different brands.
Finding the right product for you is one of the hardest things at first due to the vast variety in the way brands report their absorbent capacities.
Brands have fallen into a bad habit of lying about their maximum levels of mLs absorption. Many brands these days claim to absorb a lot more than what is actually practical through real world use.
Not to mention the way that brands market their various absorption levels has no consistency to it or relevance to the general user experience.
This is a subject I have harped on at length in the following video and I’m sure I will get on my soap box about this many more times in the years ahead.
How much is maximum absorbency VS 8 water droplets VS X amount of mLs? For that matter, how exactly am I to know how many mLs came out of me for the duration of time that I’m wearing the diaper for?
All of these methods of communicating absorbency levels are terrible for the vast majority of users.
Even with decades of experience using these products they still mean virtually nothing to me and largely get ignored.
One of the main things I look at to assess a diapers potential absorbency is its thickness. There is a direct correlation to thickness and absorbency.
While many do everything they can to avoid wearing the “thicker” more “babyish” tape up diapers you can’t deny the reality of physics.
Also…if this is your way of thinking about a useful tool just because it is thicker and stays on through tapes rather than being pulled up like underwear, I’m going to need you to grow the heck up and stop being so immature.
A diaper is a diaper no matter the size. Wearing a diaper that is the appropriate size to fit you doesn’t make you any more of a baby than wearing a sock that is an appropriate size to fit you.
I don’t see us trying to redesign the look and functionality of a sock just because babies wear socks too.
Wearing Diapers IS A Valid Choice You Can Make
Ultimately, the decision to wear diapers for urge incontinence is a personal one. One that many might resist out of some overwhelming concern of what others might think.
The truth is you have to make the choice that is right for you.
It’s important to consult with your doctor and consider all your options before making a decision. There are some arguments to be made that wearing a diaper can actually make your incontinence worse by teaching your body that there isn’t anything to worry about because you’re protected.
However, diapers are a valid and under appreciated option that can make a significant difference in your quality of life.
While needing to wear them can have a heavy mental impact, reducing this impact is what my vast and growing portfolio of content is all about.
I hate it when I speak to people who were pushed into expensive and body altering operations that end up being a much worse situation than just wearing diapers would have been. Often times, they still have to use diapers on top of whatever other methods they were pushed into adopting.
There are plenty of other things that can be tried well before it gets to the point of operations though. It really just depends on the root cause of your urge incontinence.
However, for those who have tried other options and still struggle with continence issues, wearing diapers can be a helpful tool for maintaining their dignity, independence, and quality of life.
Don’t let your issues keep you from living your best life! We all have bodies and many of us have bodies that need a little extra help to function properly.