dehydration?

[quotidianlight]

I drink from a 20 oz bottle and lost track of how many bottles I drank after about 6. All day I have been craving water, yet the minute I drink I end up peeing again. Like before I'm even done drinking 5 oz I am back to peeing and still thirsty. It's like it goes right through me and my body isn't absorbing any! I'm starting to worry that I'll water down my electrolytes or lose my job if I keep drinking like this. How long will this last

[Designbabe]

I'm thirsty alot too, like now. But I figue that's from the increased sodium intake.

I drink 4 glasses of water in the morning, before I leave for work. That way, I pee when I get to work, and that's it for my pee-trip to the bathroom for the morning. Then I drink one more at lunch time, and another before I leave work. When I get home, I just have 2 more glasses to go.

[samira]

Quotidianlight, one of the defining symptoms of diabetes is thirst. I don't mean to be a downer, but we just learned this in my anatomy class. Do you think you might want to see a doctor?

[quotidianlight]

Originally Posted by samira

Quotidianlight, one of the defining symptoms of diabetes is thirst. I don't mean to be a downer, but we just learned this in my anatomy class. Do you think you might want to see a doctor?

I do know that it can be a symptom but this started the same time I hit ketosis and started trying to drink more water. It seems the more I drink the more thirsty I am but it just goes right through me. I almost wonder if my poor body is trying to get rehydrated but has been dehydrated so long is can't catch up or something. I'm also going to start looking at my sodium intake.

[Bren]

Please note that one of the side effects of this WOE is also thirst! Usually you notice it your first few weeks. Is it one of the signs of ketosis.

[Mirya]

The doctors say each time you urinate you should drink a glass of water. The is to keeo you hydratedl. Personally I drink 128 oz of water a day I have a 32 oz sipper glass I use and i drink 4 a day. I barely have room for tea, coffee, soda or anythign other than food but god forbid I dont drink all 4. I will feel like crap.

It will last until your body gets used to having an abundence of water unlike it had before. once you get used to it your body will not have to go AS often. Personally If you lose your job due to needing to use the restroom then I would do whatever you can to get somethign going against them for medically discriminating against you as its illegal to fire someone because of needing to use the restroom. Supreme court has already set precedence reagarding this in another case.

Sorry got off on a tangent.... anyway your body .... a camel.... they store water in their fat cells through drought. Once they have an abundence of water the humps will decrease in size as they have no need for them anymore. This is the same with our cells. When we deprive our body of water it latches onto it for dear life afraid it needs to ration it out. In the process the body develops toxins and water retention and neither is good. The excess water you are drinking is good for your body to wash out the toxin and get your body used to having water and most of the water you lose in the first 2 weeks was stored up water thus an overabundence of urination.

The body can filter up to 15 liters of water a day. 1 liter is equivalent to 1 quart. It is recommended to drink 64oz water a day... I drink 128-138. if you are drinking 6 20oz bottles of water that is 120oz. which is roughly 4 liters. Your electrolytes will not suffer under 2-3 gallons of water. You are supposed to drink the 64 oz of water over the course of the day.. You would have to drink a **** of a lot of water to hurt your electrolytes.

Here is an excerpt I found that may help to ease your mind.

Water intoxication (also known as hyperhydration or water poisoning) is a potentially fatal disturbance in brain function that results when the normal balance of electrolytes in the body is pushed outside of safe limits, ironically by that which makes up the majority of it—water.[1] Normal, healthy (both physically and nutritionally) individuals have little to worry about accidentally overconsuming water. Nearly all deaths related to water intoxication in normal individuals have resulted either from water drinking contests, in which individuals attempt to consume more than ten litres over the course of just a few minutes, or long bouts of intensive exercise during which electrolytes are not properly replenished, yet massive amounts of fluid are still consumed.

Eating regularly can provide needed electrolytes if only normal water is available for rehydration.
Note that a person's innate sense of thirst is more sensitive to overall dehydration than to changes in electrolytes. Thus, it is possible to develop water intoxication while trying to satisfy thirst, if one drinks a great deal of water over a short period. A dangerous drop in electrolytes, such as the hyponatremia that leads to water intoxication, will not have any effect on thirst if one is sufficiently dehydrated.

For people suffering from dehydration due to the heavy perspiration associated with heavy exertion or heat stress, drinking water to rehydrate is much more important than avoiding water intoxication, since the former is extremely common and the latter is rare. One should never avoid drinking water under such conditions; instead, other steps should be taken to ensure that electrolytes are replaced as well, as noted above.

References

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2. ^District Officer Dies After Bike Ride: Over-Hydration Cited as Factorwhggggggggggggg10.

[ipedregon]

I drink until I'm peeing clear or near clear then I stop until it gets medium darkness also if I'm thirsty I just drink more

I'm getting up sometimes at night but it does not freak me out because I know I'm drinking tons of water and my bladder can't hold it all so something has to give

During induction I woke up a few times with such a full bladder it hurt to walk!

BTW Mirya you rock on finding references !

[Porcelain]

I am the same way right now with the peeing and it comes and goes. When my body gets used to it, the peeing slows down a bit.

I have been doing quite a bit of exercise so every now and then at the gym, I will buy a Smart Water which has electrolytes in them. Perhaps I don't really need the electrolyes reallly, but it makes me feel a little better having one.

You can get Smart Water at Trader Joe's I know.