Water - why am I NEVER thirsty??

Nope, no tea or coffee or even alcohol.

When I have a bad headache I have an ice lolly or two to try get my fluids up.

Here is the wierdest thing. I can't even drink alcohol. If I have a glass of wine
or an alcopop or something, once I get to drink number 3 I start my hangover
immediately (no next day hangover for me just a ruined night). I often
wondered if this was because I was de-hydrated already and have had a
glass of water, then a glass of wine, then another water, then another wine
and then comes the headache!! So I just gave up alcohol altogether, there
is simply no point because I can't enjoy it.

When I was 18 - 22 I would have drank any guy under the table (can drink here
from age 18) so I don't know what on earth happened.

Have you ever had your liver function tested?

I'm like this, too. I'm NEVER thirsty + I prefer a straw and people act like it's the weirdest thing they've ever heard. I've been forcing myself to drink 16 ounces of water (not nearly enough by normal standards, I know) occasionally, I enjoy a tea or coffee but I sip it slowly and it's more about the taste than me needing a drink. I'm only thirsty if I'm really overheated or if I have been doing cardio. I can make a can of soda can last for days.

I'm not that much of a drinker either and prefer a straw. I can sip on one bottle all day unless I workout. That's the only time I can down much of a bottle quickly. I've noticed that since I started drinking uncarbonated flavored water, I am drinking more than when I had only sweet tea. Well, I'm forcing myself to drink more. I'm up to at least 2 16 ounce bottles a day. It has sucralose so not the ideal drink, but it's better than sweet tea for now. I no longer drink soft drinks since I found this water, but I could sip on one of those all day with a straw and still come home with half a bottle. My hubby is amazed by this since he can finish one off in minutes. LOL

The only thing I typically drink quickly is coffee, and that's for flavor and habit because I used to have trouble breathing in the morning and coffee opened me up. I sometimes still catch myself leaving half a cup because I'm distracted and not thirsty.

My daughter is the same way. When she was young, the doctor was always telling us to make her drink and I think she still doesn't drink much. I'll have to watch when she comes home for a visit next month. LOL

Okay so I don't have thirst, and one day listening to my grandmother she does not have thirst either. So this summer my uncle was talking and I heard him say he doesn't have thirst. So I started to google. Apparently your hypothalamus gives you thirst. After google search after google search I could find people with the same problem as us but no condition or doctor reply to a post. But there are us out there, I can go for days without having a brain reaction that tells me to have a glass of water. I forget to drink because I don't get thirsty.

This is not good for us because having adequate water helps us regulate temperature and organ function. So Ive been trying to keep bottles of water on counters, tables, in every room so when I walk past I take a sip. Its not working too well but I hope it's a start.

Good to know its a condition! I try to do the same thing...leaving water everywhere. Its a good tip!!!!

I am the same pretty much, I can go with out drinking all day except if I'm eating chocolate but even then if htere's not drink near me i'll just leave it and its fine

however i'm aware how unhealthy it is and for the last two weeks i've put in great efforts to drink as much squash as i could, i'm now on just water (due to the bad sweeteners in squash) and i'm pretty used to making sure i drink this much ever day and my body is starting to get used to it as well. to begin with it was all that sloshy feeling also!

Do you eat a lot of fruits and vegetables? They're about 85% water, so if you do, you could be getting most of your fluid requirement through your food.

Do you sometimes feel hungry when you have already had a meal not long before? Sometimes I mistake hunger for thirst.

I'm a water hog and drink tons of it, but sometimes when I'm busy and I don't drink as much as usual, I feel hungry and drinking water satisfies it.

Have you ever had your liver function tested?
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Never even occured to me, my doc never mentioned it either, I wonder why.
Perhaps i should go see him again....
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Yeah, the reason I suggested that is because of what you said about getting an immediate hangover when you drink alcohol. That can be a sign of suboptimal liver function (not saying it necessarily is, but it's worth considering).

I've never been a big drinker. I have to make a point to drink. I always have a cup of water at my desk and sip throughout the day. I still only get about 5 glasses of water a day but that's ok. It really isn't important to be drinking "so many" glasses of water a day as long as your body is hydrated that is the important thing. You can get hydration from fruits and veggies and other things too. As long as your urine is a very light yellow your body is hydrated. The darker it gets the more dehydrated you are.

I think I read somewhere that when you are dehydrated that can also make you not thirsty. It's a viscous cycle.

I want to share my story on the forum in response to this thread. I am a 47 year old and I also don't feel thirsty. Infact, as growing up I don't remember when i felt thirsty. I probably did drink some water but don't remember drinking a lot of water anytime and I grew up in north india where summer temperature gets to 45C (110F). I am a fairly sporty person and played cricket for hours every day growing up and even now i play some intense tennis atleast 5 times a week.

Two years back suddenly I started to feel bad with metallic mouth taste. We then found out that my BP was very high and that my kidneys had failed. I have had no other physical problem before this incident, I rarely had been to hospital and this was was the first I was admitted to a hospital in my life. I got a transplant done in summer of 2011 thanks to my sister who donated her kidney.

We have not been able to find out the reason for my kidney failure. My hypothesis and guess is that I was perpetually dehydrated as I did not take much water and hence that put undue pressure on kidneys leading to their failure.

I don't feel thirsty even now but I have made it a routine to drink atleast 2L of water a day. Even now when I forget to drink the required water, i start to feel strange and my hands and feet start to burn. I immediately know that time to drink some H2O. Given that I am aware of this situation, I can clearly se the difference in being well hydrated and dehydrated.

My son is 10 years old and he also does not feel thirsty. I am working on him to get into habit of drinking water regularly.

I know what I am saying is not scientific (and I am a scientist) but my experience seems to suggest that not drinking enough water can be risky and harmful to the kidney.

My suggestion to people who are in similar situation, please make sure that you get your kidneys tested regularly and try to drink some water daily. It is better than a kidney problem later.

I am never thirsty. Ever. Which is not a good thing where I have lived, Texas, Montego Bay, and Thailand. I feel the same way when I try to drink a lot of water. My throat kind of swells and I can't drink much at a time. I find that drinking room temperature water sipping every few minutes is the easiest way to get water in me.

I have no idea how much damage I've done to myself going years only drinking water every few days, but I find drinking really helps my skin, weight, and how I feel.

I also never get thirsty, but I'm trying to drink more water lately and I'm on a new drug now so I guess I kind of have to. Very interesting read though

If you're getting alot of headaches and feeling 'hungover' after a couple of drinks you are seriously dehydrated.

No idea why you don't feel thirsty, but really it's irrelevant, you need to keep your body hydrated. Try drinking a glass full every hour.