Ok, I’ve consistantly had this problem, for yeras…and I’m not qute sure why.
I dehydrate very easily. My mouth and throat get dry quickly. When I sleep, I wake up completely dehydrated, despite how much I drink before bedtime. If i drink a whole bottle of water, I wake up with dry throat, dry eyes, dry mouth, and a painfully full blatter. It doesn’t matter if it’s summer, winter, if I sleep with the window opened or closed, if the room is warm or cold…I’ve even tried a warm steam humidifier in the room, which helps some, but still ultimately not all that much.
It happens during the day. Let me mention that I don’t take in a lesser or greater salt content than most people, nor do I eat ultra spicy foods regularly. I drink water like it’s going out of style…generally I drink between 100 and 140 ounces of water of day (I’m consistatly drinking, and constantly pissing). The more water I drink during the day, the more it helps, bit it never totally eliminates the problem.
Most people don’t drink a fraction of the quantity that I do, and don’t have this problem. Any idea what my problem might be? Any medication or suppliments anyone can think of or suggest?
Let it be said that otherwise, I’m an extremely healthy person. I’m physically active, work out regularly, eat well, get 8 hours of sleep a night, and rarely get sick.
You may not be dehydrated at all. I have trouble with dry mouth/dry eyes as a side effect of antihistamines. No matter how much water I take in, my mouth is still horribly dry and cracked and my eyes stay blurry. Doctors suggest using a humidifier in the bedroom to help keep the air moist. I also use eye drops and alcohol-free mouth wash.
Definitely get checked by a doctor. But if he clears you, consider that your perception what it means to be dehydrated might be wrong. I drink somewhere around 7 to 8 liters a day. I started drinking a lot of water as a diet aid and continued when all the fitness experts recommended it. I’ve discovered that I’m always thirsty. I am so accustomed to drinking large quantities of water that when I stop, it feels weird. But, if I’m in a situation where I don’t have access to a lot of water, I experience a few hours of thirstiness and then it normalizes out and I get used to it. There have been several studies recently that disprove the standard “8 glasses” a day theory. It makes sense to me that water consumption has been oversold as a health aid; I can’t believe paleo man was running around with his little Aquafina bottle all day…
True, but I don’t think our water requirements are upped that drastically. Plus, we’re considerably less active than we used to be. I also find it hard to believe that human beings throughout history have been chronically dehydrated until the 8 glasses of water a day rule was handed down in the 1960’s. Read here for more info.
That said, I’m still drinking my 7 liters a day. I’m used to it and I don’t think it’s enough to harm me. I’m just suggesting that maybe the OP’s perception of dehydration might be off…
I drink water all day and night. Am constantly thirsty and have to get up a few times at night because of the quantity of water I consume. (I’m not even close to diabetic).
Then I heard about this and I believe this may apply to both of us (assuming you aren’t diabetic).
First talk to a doctor and be tested. Also, search for “water diabetes” or it’s technical term “diabetes insipidus” and read up on it.
I also drink an insane amount of water, and barely consume any salt. I decided when I was about 12 that I should stop using salt because, well, I really liked salt. Way too much. I’d eat the salt out of the bottom of pretzel bags. To this day I won’t eat pretzels because they’re not salty enough. But anyway. I decided that the amount of salt I consumed would be really bad for me later so I stopped consuming it at all. I switched to pepper. Nobody knows of any adverse effects from pepper, do they? Because I don’t like to be able to see my food underneath the pepper I put on it.
Sorry got a little off track. I constantly drink water, lemonade, tea, anything. And not out of those crappy 8 oz. glasses either. I’ll drain those in a second. I have to use these giant 20 oz. glasses to prvent myself from going to the fridge every 10 minutes. And there’s nothing wrong with me.
Huh, I’d never heard of this before. Fascinating stuff. I couldn’t get the above like to work but here’s one to the Diabetes Insipidus Foundation. THe OP should definitely ask his doctor about this…
Hi I saw you post online today. I was going to write the same things. Dehydration is driving me crazy. Exactly as you said no matter what I do I can’t avoid it. Have u found a sulotion yet?
