This might be a silly question but...
becoming_the_best_me
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Those of you who drink lots of water how do you deal with peeing all the time? Idk if it's just me but whenever I drink the recommended amount of water I am CONSTANTLY peeing. I'm a mom to a toddler and a student and don't have the time or the ability to be peeing every 10-20 minutes lol. How do you deal with this/what can I do?
Wanted to add my friend drinks way more water than I do and doesn't have to pee nearly as often as I do for some reason
Wanted to add my friend drinks way more water than I do and doesn't have to pee nearly as often as I do for some reason
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Same here. I drink lots of flavored seltzer water all day, then have a humongous salad for dinner every night and go through the same thing. The daytime peeing multiple times is one thing but I also get up to pee 2 or 3 times in the middle of the night, lol.2
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chris89topher wrote: »Same here. I drink lots of flavored seltzer water all day, then have a humongous salad for dinner every night and go through the same thing. The daytime peeing multiple times is one thing but I also get up to pee 2 or 3 times in the middle of the night, lol.
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It's annoying, isn't it! I've started to stop drinking 1-2 hours before bedtime, that helps with sleep. I had a four hour night class and wouldn't drink for a good hour before that one because break didn't always happen, she'd include break and let us out early. You can always take a quick break during, but I'm too embarrassed to interrupt lecture to do that, so I squirm instead. No other tips, just drink less when going to the bathroom is tough!4
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becoming_the_best_me wrote: »Those of you who drink lots of water how do you deal with peeing all the time? Idk if it's just me but whenever I drink the recommended amount of water I am CONSTANTLY peeing. I'm a mom to a toddler and a student and don't have the time or the ability to be peeing every 10-20 minutes lol. How do you deal with this/what can I do?
Wanted to add my friend drinks way more water than I do and doesn't have to pee nearly as often as I do for some reason
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becoming_the_best_me wrote: »chris89topher wrote: »Same here. I drink lots of flavored seltzer water all day, then have a humongous salad for dinner every night and go through the same thing. The daytime peeing multiple times is one thing but I also get up to pee 2 or 3 times in the middle of the night, lol.
Same
Also I've noticed that seltzer water makes me go even more than coffee for some reason.1 -
Not sure if this makes a difference at all but for some reason I noticed that if I sip my water slowly throughout the day, as opposed to drinking a glass and then next hour drinking a glass, I pee at a more normal schedule. But it's still multiple times a day and that's a good thing.
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I drink between 4 and 5 litres of water a day plus 3-4 cups of tea/coffee. Sometimes I pee a lot, others not so much. i think you can train your bladder to hold more - my chemistry teacher at high school used to love telling those of us who asked for a toilet break that when we feel like our bladder is bursting, it can actually hold 30% more fluid without bursting
I do drink less in the evening as I was fed up being woken in the night!!0 -
You need enough water to be properly hydrated and everything in surplus of that is going to go through you pretty fast. There is no water drinking contest to win and no benefit to drinking a huge excess unless it helps you control your hunger or you count on the extra steps from walking to the restroom more often. This all assumes there is not a medical reason.9
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Perhaps don't drink so much water? 64oz a day is a guideline, as is half your body weight in ounces. Some people may need that much, sure, but it is possible that you may not, especially if you are eating a lot of fruits and veggies with a high water content. Maybe try just drinking enough for a few days to quench your thirst and with meals and then watch your urine output. The color of your urine is a much better indicator of your hydration levels than frequency of urination.
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I see it as active living
i get more steps in.
it is annoying when i am out and about. i've had to become on with public washroom. or work my liquid intake around outings and meetings so i am not in an awkward situation.3 -
I think having to pee every 10-20 minutes is excessive. I drink 100+ oz a day and don't go that often. Try spacing out the drinking more if you're not. I can't really think of anything that would be anything to worry about medically if you're going that often, but I can't say i've ever known anyone who goes every 10 minutes and i'd agree that no one has time for that.3
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I've learned to expect it. I drink a lot of water early, and it usually hits me a little after lunch, ramping down again around the time I leave for work so that I'm usually good by the time I'm home and ready to go run. There's usually about an hour period where I'm headed off to pee about every 15 minutes, but it doesn't last long and it's at the same time, so I've learned to work around it. Spacing out your consumption should help if it's bothering you.1
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Every 10-20 minutes sounds excessive. How much are you drinking. As wholefoods stated, drink to a point that gets you hydrated and helps you stay hydrated. More than that is generally unnecessary for daily life.0
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I hear you mama. In a conversation with my doctor about something unrelated, he happened to mention to drink water slowly throughout the day (like sip on it), rather than down a glass all at once. He said sipping slowly throughout the day was better for hydration. He said downing a glass all at once will just go “right through you.” I don’t know if that’s accurate or not. I think he was generalizing. I just know when I drink a big glass of water in one shot, I’m more likely to get a “I HAVE TO GO RIGHT NOW” urge more frequently. Lol but it all feels like that after having a baby 🤷♀️😂😭. Just try sipping throughout the day and don’t focus so much on the number of oz.0
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I have always been a big peer. I pee A LOT. In the morning in particular I will pee at least once every hour. Before I leave home to go to work I will pee maybe 2 -3 times. I can pee on demand.
Me peeing settles down once I eat my first lunch - then it seems to calm down and usually in the afternoon i'll only pee a couple of times.
I try not to drink water in the evening at all. I usually pee at least once a night, and if I drink water then it will be 2-3 times a night.
So sorry I don't have an answer for you!
If I need to NOT pee for any reason, such as I need to drive to my parent's place for example which is 4 hours away, I won't drink any water. Then I usually will only need to stop to pee once or twice.
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You do know that drinking too much water is bad for you? It can dilute your sodium, causing low blood pressure which can then cause a heart attack. It can literally kill you.
What are you trying to achieve by drinking so much water?
I'm lucky if I drink one glass of water in a day, I get hydration from tea, diet sodas and food.0 -
TrishSeren wrote: »You do know that drinking too much water is bad for you? It can dilute your sodium, causing low blood pressure which can then cause a heart attack. It can literally kill you.
What are you trying to achieve by drinking so much water?
I'm lucky if I drink one glass of water in a day, I get hydration from tea, diet sodas and food.
I mean, yeah, water intoxication is a thing, but you really have to be trying to get there. You'd need to get over 20L in a day unless you're chugging, in which case you'd still need to drink about 3L in an hour to be at risk. No need to demonize water drinking.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318619.php4 -
grimendale wrote: »TrishSeren wrote: »You do know that drinking too much water is bad for you? It can dilute your sodium, causing low blood pressure which can then cause a heart attack. It can literally kill you.
What are you trying to achieve by drinking so much water?
I'm lucky if I drink one glass of water in a day, I get hydration from tea, diet sodas and food.
I mean, yeah, water intoxication is a thing, but you really have to be trying to get there. You'd need to get over 20L in a day unless you're chugging, in which case you'd still need to drink about 3L in an hour to be at risk. No need to demonize water drinking.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318619.php
Perhaps there is very little concern about it creating a medical crisis unless you are just going nutso drinking it BUT being tied to a toilet does have disadvantages. If you ever pass up on an activity because you are uncomfortable being too far from a place to urinate it is having a negative impact on your life.
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Sorry if this has already been answered, OP, but how long have you been drinking your current amount of water?
Like, is this a pretty new thing that you're doing to increase your water intake? Because if it is, then I have a feeling over time you will see that frequency taper off and be more "normal" again. That's what happened for me, at least. I went from drinking maybe 16 oz of water (in addition to diet soda and coffee at meals) to about 72 oz of water during the day and it was pretty annoying the first couple months but now I feel like I go a "normal" amount - like once an hour, but not every hour. And I wake up 0-1 times during the night to pee. I think if you wake up multiple times during the night to go, then maybe curb your intake or stop drinking water at a certain time in the evening, as others suggested.5 -
I've always been a big water drinker. I don't drink anything else except the rare cup of tea. I pee normally.
Coffee is a diuretic. That on top of high water consumption will keep you running for the toilet.4 -
I drink plenty of fluids. I'm a frequent urinator if I'm just sitting at a desk, I think it's boredom and being super sensitive to the urge then. Like when you MUST go in a movie...
Anyway, if I'm moving about and doing things I can hold it just fine. No rush to go. I think I do have a pretty large bladder capacity.
Caffeine (not sure about coffee specifically) is only a diuretic > 500mg of caffeine, which is a ton. And that is only in people who don't normally consume caffeine.1 -
Thanks for the clarification.0
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I've always been a big water drinker. I don't drink anything else except the rare cup of tea. I pee normally.
Coffee is a diuretic. That on top of high water consumption will keep you running for the toilet.
I drink zero glasses of water a day. Zero.
I do drink coffee. And eat yogurt. And pudding. And veggies. And fruit. And meat. And fish. And vanilla cones. And soups. And stews. And the occasional diet pop, or beer.
And my pee is pale enough to indicate close to more, as opposed to less than enough, hydration.
Because all the above are net hydrators.2 -
I've always been a big water drinker. I don't drink anything else except the rare cup of tea. I pee normally.
Coffee is a diuretic. That on top of high water consumption will keep you running for the toilet.
I drink zero glasses of water a day. Zero.
I do drink coffee. And eat yogurt. And pudding. And veggies. And fruit. And meat. And fish. And vanilla cones. And soups. And stews. And the occasional diet pop, or beer.
And my pee is pale enough to indicate close to more, as opposed to less than enough, hydration.
Because all the above are net hydrators.
Do you drink any cups of water? Mugs? Goblets? Flutes? Snifters? Steins?6 -
I've always been a big water drinker. I don't drink anything else except the rare cup of tea. I pee normally.
Coffee is a diuretic. That on top of high water consumption will keep you running for the toilet.
I drink zero glasses of water a day. Zero.
I do drink coffee. And eat yogurt. And pudding. And veggies. And fruit. And meat. And fish. And vanilla cones. And soups. And stews. And the occasional diet pop, or beer.
And my pee is pale enough to indicate close to more, as opposed to less than enough, hydration.
Because all the above are net hydrators.
I have def hydrated on strawberries before. Good breakfast, pound of strawberries.
I also have to pee a lot, but I drink water as like, a thing to keep my hands busy while I'm staring at something at work. I probably drink more than I need to, but it tastes good.3 -
I've always been a big water drinker. I don't drink anything else except the rare cup of tea. I pee normally.
Coffee is a diuretic. That on top of high water consumption will keep you running for the toilet.
I drink zero glasses of water a day. Zero.
I do drink coffee. And eat yogurt. And pudding. And veggies. And fruit. And meat. And fish. And vanilla cones. And soups. And stews. And the occasional diet pop, or beer.
And my pee is pale enough to indicate close to more, as opposed to less than enough, hydration.
Because all the above are net hydrators.
Do you drink any cups of water? Mugs? Goblets? Flutes? Snifters? Steins?
Nein! My Stein is for beer
I suppose I have occasionally broken down and downed a bottle of water! Or seltzer! Or... even... <hushed voice> a dixie cup of water!
Drat! I have been found out! My zero glasses of water are not quite absolutely zero! But they do average less than one a day, I think!!!
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I've always been a big water drinker. I don't drink anything else except the rare cup of tea. I pee normally.
Coffee is a diuretic. That on top of high water consumption will keep you running for the toilet.
I drink zero glasses of water a day. Zero.
I do drink coffee. And eat yogurt. And pudding. And veggies. And fruit. And meat. And fish. And vanilla cones. And soups. And stews. And the occasional diet pop, or beer.
And my pee is pale enough to indicate close to more, as opposed to less than enough, hydration.
Because all the above are net hydrators.
Do you drink any cups of water? Mugs? Goblets? Flutes? Snifters? Steins?
Nein! My Stein is for beer
I suppose I have occasionally broken down and downed a bottle of water! Or seltzer! Or... even... <hushed voice> a dixie cup of water!
It is funny that I didn't think of bottle for my silly question in the silly question thread.2 -
I can go about an hour, maybe 2 if I'm lucky without a bathroom break when I'm actively drinking water. I also get up 2-3+/times a night. I like having water to sip on all day (helps with the "boredom munchies") so just have accepted this is my life now LOL. Road trips always involve regular stops as well hahaha!1
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Perhaps there is very little concern about it creating a medical crisis unless you are just going nutso drinking it BUT being tied to a toilet does have disadvantages. If you ever pass up on an activity because you are uncomfortable being too far from a place to urinate it is having a negative impact on your life.
Agreed, but there is a pretty big gap between negative impact and mortal peril. You can absolutely get plenty of hydration from sources other than straight water, and moderating water intake if it's causing inconvenience is completely reasonable, but jumping to "it can kill you" seemed like overkill. The urine color test mentioned above really is the best rule of thumb for keeping up with your hydration.3 -
I just pee a lot, one of my co workers said when she started to drink the 8 cups a day she also peed a ton but it tapered off after a few weeks. Hoping that happens soon!
As for peeing when I am trying to sleep, if I make dinner my last 8 oz, i only get up once as opposed to 3 or 4 times.0
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