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About four or five years ago, my bladder started leaking. This is possibly because one time on an airplane, I held it for three hours and that probably shrank it. Lately, I have been having heavy bladder leakage, especially last night when I was sleeping...I had to use the bathroom, but I felt too lazy and just let it leak. Is this normal?
It is most unlikely that your airplane experience has any bearing on you problem.
I would suggest you get to a doctor asap, as this is definitely NOT normal and could be a manifestation of some serious problem.
It doesn't "shrink" as far as I know. I have heard that holding it in can cause damage to the bladder. When I was a kid, on the countless drives to Virgina I gained the ability of holding my bladder for extremely long periods of time. I still have the ability. The longest and last time I pulled this off, was during a 7 hour flight to London. This has caused me no problems that I know of. But, enough of me. You say that this only started recently, have you recently made any changes to your diet or started taking medication?
It's normal in the sense that it happens. Not that it is common. I think seeing a doctor would be very ideal, or in this day in age go to webMD.
You might have urinary tract infection. Go check with the doctor. In older women they leak often because they do not have good muscle control but I am unsure of how old you are. If its heavy leaking this is serious and you need to see a doctor.
So basically you couldn't be arsed to get out of bed and pissed yourself.
If you are a man then maybe you should consider going to a urologist to get your prostate examed.