Can't. Stop. Peeing.

I've heard it's supposed to get better as well but when I start drinking water I'm going every 30 minutes almost. Do you have a high sodium intake that is constantly being flushed out?

I'm experiencing the same thing. Since I started dieting and exercising I'm only drinking water (at least 8 glasses) and I pee all the time. Twice an hour mostly. It's pretty ridiculous! I use to never drink water; I really never drank anything for that matter. I could go all day with just one sprite or tea. I know realize I was probably dehydrated all the time but oh well. hahhaah!

Anyhow I think its normal and I just see it as a good thing and yes I hope the frequency dies down too!!!

I'm in the same boat! Heh heh! I think my boss is about to kill me if I keep going every 20 min!

:laugh:You are preaching to the choir!
I try to drink a gallon a day!

Yeah, I am doing the same. I will admit I don't really pay attention at home to how much I pee, but at work I go during my breaks...twice at lunch...and usually in between my breaks. So that's like 7-8 times in a 9 hour period.

It's a big pain sometimes, but I think it so worth it in the long run. I just feel better with all this water I am drinking. I also live in Arizona, which is pretty much like living on the sun during the summer. :laugh: so dehydration is always a real concern.

Just stick with it, and plan ahead. If you are going any where when going to the bathroom wont be easy, don't drink so much an hour or so before you go, and start back up again when you get home.

Glad I am not the only one! I workout first thing in the morning, bladder is empty so workout is pee free. During the day I go very often. I have talked to my doctor - Kegels 4x a day is recommended- haha - wish I could remember to do them or want to do them!

If your drinking fizzy water then it would be a diuretic so you will have to wee constantly.

If your drinking normal water then the problem may be your listening to your first bladder signal when you chould listen to the third. If you have a healthy sized bladder it will tell you at about 300mls you need a wee but you shouldn't. Then you get another warning later on which you should still not listen to. The next time you need a wee is when you should go. If not you risk shrinking your bladder. It just needs time to be retrained.

If your drinking fizzy water then it would be a diuretic so you will have to wee constantly.

If your drinking normal water then the problem may be your listening to your first bladder signal when you chould listen to the third. If you have a healthy sized bladder it will tell you at about 300mls you need a wee but you shouldn't. Then you get another warning later on which you should still not listen to. The next time you need a wee is when you should go. If not you risk shrinking your bladder. It just needs time to be retrained.

How much is 300 ml in cups? So i should try to hold it and it will train my bladder to keep it in longer?

300 ml is just over 1 cup. and yes holding your urine alittle longer will train your bladder and let it 'stretch' out a bit. good luck.

Good advice from my neurosurgeon: Trust your hypothalamus. It will let you know when you're thirsty--and you're not thirsty before you're thirsty...the key is learning what actual thirst feels like (a lot of us mistake it for appetite, and do wait to drink...once you're keyed into what it really feels like, you won't get to the point of being dehydrated at all.) The average adult needs to drink about 2 liters of water a day, and just a little bit more if they're consuming caffeine, and a little more than that if you're working out hard. If you're peeing every 30 minutes, you're likely drinking more than you need to. Six times a day is average for a normally hydrated adult. If you're urinating and it's very pale yellow or almost clear, you're drinking enough...there's no reason to take in more.

Only reason I know any of this is because in 2002 I started drinking like a fish--so thirsty all the time that I was slugging back any cold liquid I could in huge quantities--thirsty enough to eye the fish tanks at Walmart and think "that might be enough water"--and was peeing every 15 minutes. That's a bad combination...

First thought was diabetes, but my blood sugar was perfectly normal. Long story short, the marathon drinking and peeing was caused by a pituitary tumor which caused Diabetes Insipidus (what one normally thinks of diabetes is Diabetes Mellitus, or "sugar diabetes." What I have would more aptly be called "water diabetes." Because of it, I have to be as balanced as I can in water consumption, not too little nor too much, depending on how well my meds are working.

The big thing I learned with this is that you can really screw up your electrolytes by drinking too much or too little. If you're drinking so much that you're peeing every 30 minutes, you're probably diluting the amount of sodium in your blood; if you're not drinking enough, just the opposite.

If you're drinking that much because you are truly that thirsty, then you need to see a doctor.

If you're drinking that much because the Internet said to... just remember that there is to much of a good thing, and water intoxication is not a happy thing to put yourself through.

Yellow or dark urine = drink more
Pale or clear = you're drinking enough ... shoot for that instead of consuming too much.