Too much water? Ladies-help?

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  • glovepuppet
    glovepuppet Posts: 1,710 Member
    do you generally feel well and full of energy?
  • nhouse3417
    nhouse3417 Posts: 105
    With drinking so much how are you not always on the toliet? Are you able to go all night without having to pee? With my 7-9 glasses a day I get up atleast once to pee....
  • kdsp2911
    kdsp2911 Posts: 170 Member
    do you generally feel well and full of energy?

    I really started making changes in my eating and excercise habits a little over 2 weeks ago, and yes I feel better than I have in a very long time :D
  • kdsp2911
    kdsp2911 Posts: 170 Member
    With drinking so much how are you not always on the toliet? Are you able to go all night without having to pee? With my 7-9 glasses a day I get up atleast once to pee....

    Thinking all the way back to my teen years, I have always been up at least once to pee during the night. So that is very normal for me lol.
  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
    I've been drinking about 8-10 liters (32-40 cups) a day on average

    Why?

    I'm thirsty
  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
    The extreme max is 32 oz per hour (A Nalgene bottle). Your kidneys can't process any more than that.

    I definitely drink more than that on a regular basis. The other day I drank over 5 liters in less than 2 hours.
  • MysticRealm
    MysticRealm Posts: 1,264 Member
    I've been drinking about 8-10 liters (32-40 cups) a day on average

    Why?

    I'm thirsty

    Have you gone to see a doctor?
  • jzammetti
    jzammetti Posts: 1,956 Member
    There IS such a thing as "water poisoning", where you ingest too much water and it essentially flushes out too many electrolytes and can make you very sick. But it would be very difficult to drink enough water to make that happen. I'm talking in GALLONS a day, probably. You would most likely make yourself throw up before you ever got to that point. My goal is 12 cups a day, too, and I've been sustaining that for a couple months. You're good!

    I am not sure how much can cause this - but I do know that this is true. We had a case in oregon where a college student died of water poisoning...she drank gallons in a short period of time.
  • redraidergirl2009
    redraidergirl2009 Posts: 2,560 Member
    Sometimes I drink 12-15, infact most days. I get really bloated and retain water but my medicine makes me so thirsty so I'm trying to drink less until I can go tell my doc
  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
    I've been drinking about 8-10 liters (32-40 cups) a day on average

    Why?

    I'm thirsty

    Have you gone to see a doctor?

    Yup, no diabetes or any other problems like that. My liver is in pretty bad shape and my vitamin D was low but that's about it. I started taking a vitamin D supplement per my doctor's recommendation. Maybe my liver slowly dying inside of me has something to do with it but I'm not really sure. I just drink when I'm thirsty which is basically all the time.
  • DatMurse
    DatMurse Posts: 1,501 Member
    Female hormones control fluid retention -_-

    In young women, estradiol and progesterone primarily control reproduction, but they also affect fluid regulation. Estradiol lowers the operating point for osmoregulation of arginine vasopressin and thirst and increases plasma volume. Although total body water and sodium content are only mildly affected, data presented in this article suggest that reproductive hormones alter homeostatic set points for body fluid and tonicity.

    Keywords: estrogens, 17 β-estradiol, progesterone, gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist, gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist, osmoreceptors, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2849969/
  • airen123
    airen123 Posts: 149
    http://www.livestrong.com/article/436390-risks-of-drinking-32-oz-of-water-all-at-once/
  • chanice11
    chanice11 Posts: 44 Member
    I am one of those people that drink a lot of water daily. A LOT.

    I drink so much that I feel "addicted" to water (5-6 litres a day). I need to have a bottle of water nearby at all times. I have 24oz water bottles in every place I go (work, car, kitchen, bedroom, computer room). If I am away from my water for more than 1/2 hr, I start to feel lightheaded. I seriously think I am nuts a bit about this, but that is another topic.
    I have been like this as long as I remember though, and my mother has told me that I would refuse all drinks except water as a child. I did almost die from dehydration as a baby, so that is probably why it is such a part of my psyche.

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