I need to pee ALL the time?!
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get checked for diabetes!
very common symptom!
good luck...
This.0 -
Welcome to 'well hydrated'. Do get checked for diabetes as #WillNorton posted, but in-taking more water has only one obvious result...0
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Drink less. If your peeing a lot your body doesn't need the fluid. Your body has a perfectly adequate way of telling if you need fluid it's called thirst. The 8 glasses a day thing has no basis in science it's just a number plucked out of thin air.
^^^^^Ummmmmm . . . no. From the Mayo Clinic website, "Unfortunately, thirst isn't always a reliable gauge of the body's need for water, especially in children and older adults. A better indicator is the color of your urine: Clear or light-colored urine means you're well hydrated, whereas a dark yellow or amber color usually signals dehydration."
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dehydration/basics/symptoms/con-20030056
Also from the Mayo Clinic website:
So how much fluid does the average, healthy adult living in a temperate climate need? The Institute of Medicine determined that an adequate intake (AI) for men is roughly 3 liters (about 13 cups) of total beverages a day. The AI for women is 2.2 liters (about 9 cups) of total beverages a day.
What about the advice to drink eight glasses a day?
Everyone has heard the advice, "Drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day." That's about 1.9 liters, which isn't that different from the Institute of Medicine recommendations. Although the "8 by 8" rule isn't supported by hard evidence, it remains popular because it's easy to remember. Just keep in mind that the rule should be reframed as: "Drink at least eight 8-ounce glasses of fluid a day," because all fluids count toward the daily total.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/water/art-200442560 -
Drinking water = peeing more = getting up and going to the bathroom often = more exercise!
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I run, so I feel like I need to keep super hydrated. I drink about a gallon of water a day, and I pee between each class (I'm a high school teacher), so about every 45 minutes or so.0
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I cannot hold water to save my life! So now that water is all I drink and I drink a lot of it I have to go maybe 10 minutes after I drink it. Just something I've embraced and try not to drink a lot while I'm out lol0
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I wish I did.... Mine scares me..... I drank 4 bottles of my water bottle full that hold 24 oz yesterday and 4 of the plastic big Walmart brand bottles that are 20 oz plus a few glasses of tea and I only peed three times all day yesterday (once was when I woke up before I even drank the stuff ).... It even scared me so bad last night that I took a couple of my water pills and still nothing... But this happens most days where I don't pee even though I should be.
I think I need to bring this up Tuesday when I go to the doctor.0 -
How often were you peeing before that "every few hours" seems excessive?! I wouldn't want to pee every hour, but my whole life I've always peed every 2-3 hours during the day and 0-1 times during the night. That seems pretty normal to me.0
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You are doing better than me, lol. I go probably once an hour all day long and every 2hrs at night. Is it possible that you are pregnant?
If not, I would get your blood sugar checked. This is a very common symptom with diabetes.
If not that, then possibly a bladder infection? Or you just need to strengthen your bladder and have poor bladder control.
Sorry. You probably got all that already from the other responses. I didn't read any of them.
eta: wait, I just realized you said every few hours. That is normal.0 -
Something I heard, many, many moons ago is "The More You Cry, The Less You Pee". Dunno if it's true, but worth a shot lol..0
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Every couple of hours sounds normal enough to me. I wish I only had to go every few hours, but then again I'm 32 weeks pregnant.0
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Every few hours is normal. Please don't hold it too long. Can cause severe infections.0
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Sounds normal when eating less food.
For an easy check next time pee or pour your pee near ants if they scamper your all good.
If they start drinking it then sugar is present.0 -
Or, you know, just go to a doctor and get blood work done. This isn't the 18th century.Sounds normal when eating less food.
For an easy check next time pee or pour your pee near ants if they scamper your all good.
If they start drinking it then sugar is present.0 -
What I wouldn't give to only have to pee every few hours :ohwell:0
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*overshare*
I pee'd every 20 mins for 8 months of my life, I couldn't eat, I couldn't sleep (well I managed 45 mins when I was asleep but woke up desperate) I had sores like the joker from batman on my mouth from constantly hold a pint glass there.
It was horrific.
I was tested for the usual Diabetes over and over again until I finally saw an endocrinologist who tested me for a third super rare type (diabetes insipidus) with the water deprivation test.
Get checked out!0 -
Every few hours doesn't seem like all the time to me. I pee way more than that usually.0
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Drink less. If your peeing a lot your body doesn't need the fluid. Your body has a perfectly adequate way of telling if you need fluid it's called thirst. The 8 glasses a day thing has no basis in science it's just a number plucked out of thin air.
^^^ this
Drinking extra water has no health benefit - it doesn't increase weight loss. Your body can't "get used to" drinking lots of fluid - if your body doesn't need it, it goes straight out again as pee.
I've never understood this obsession with water. It is interesting that the supposed recommendations for drinking water coincided with companies bottling tap water and reselling it to us. I am also trying to imagine how my life would change if I spent a good portion of it carrying giant containers of water around, drinking it, and making constant trips to the bathroom. Frankly, I've got better things to do.0 -
Drink less. If your peeing a lot your body doesn't need the fluid. Your body has a perfectly adequate way of telling if you need fluid it's called thirst. The 8 glasses a day thing has no basis in science it's just a number plucked out of thin air.
^^^ this
Drinking extra water has no health benefit - it doesn't increase weight loss. Your body can't "get used to" drinking lots of fluid - if your body doesn't need it, it goes straight out again as pee.
I've never understood this obsession with water. It is interesting that the supposed recommendations for drinking water coincided with companies bottling tap water and reselling it to us. I am also trying to imagine how my life would change if I spent a good portion of it carrying giant containers of water around, drinking it, and making constant trips to the bathroom. Frankly, I've got better things to do.
^^^ yeah this.... and the 8 cups a day recommendation is ridiculous because the amount you need to drink depends on how much you sweat which depends on the climate and your activity levels... I live in Bahrain and in the summer I'd be dehydrated on just 8 cups a day... but in the UK in the winter, 8 cups a day would be a constant trips to the bathroom amount of water.
my advice:
- use thirst as a guide, because no-one told Homo erectus how many cups of water to drink to stay hydrated but they managed to not die of thirst when water was available to drink.
- if your pee is very pale or clear, you're adequately hydrated no need to drink more to meet some magical number target for water0 -
*overshare*
I pee'd every 20 mins for 8 months of my life, I couldn't eat, I couldn't sleep (well I managed 45 mins when I was asleep but woke up desperate) I had sores like the joker from batman on my mouth from constantly hold a pint glass there.
It was horrific.
I was tested for the usual Diabetes over and over again until I finally saw an endocrinologist who tested me for a third super rare type (diabetes insipidus) with the water deprivation test.
Get checked out!
We talked a bit about that in my med term class. Diabetes might be the case for the OP but I just think that when you start drinking more water than usual, you will urinate far more than you're used to. Since the body uses 1 liter of water a day, adding more water than that can shake things up a bit.0 -
True.*overshare*
I pee'd every 20 mins for 8 months of my life, I couldn't eat, I couldn't sleep (well I managed 45 mins when I was asleep but woke up desperate) I had sores like the joker from batman on my mouth from constantly hold a pint glass there.
It was horrific.
I was tested for the usual Diabetes over and over again until I finally saw an endocrinologist who tested me for a third super rare type (diabetes insipidus) with the water deprivation test.
Get checked out!
We talked a bit about that in my med term class. Diabetes might be the case for the OP but I just think that when you start drinking more water than usual, you will urinate far more than you're used to. Since the body uses 1 liter of water a day, adding more water than that can shake things up a bit.
I just hear pee'ing a lot and go 'clearly this person has what I have' because I don't want to be alone in my weird pee'ing condition.
excessive urination is a symptom to keep a eye on tho. I would say try drinking less and if you keep pee'ing then get it checked out.
I am still waiting for somebody to tell me the implications of my condition (and my anti-diuretics) on exercising and fluid intake. I am generally winging it and I am still alive! lol0 -
True.*overshare*
I pee'd every 20 mins for 8 months of my life, I couldn't eat, I couldn't sleep (well I managed 45 mins when I was asleep but woke up desperate) I had sores like the joker from batman on my mouth from constantly hold a pint glass there.
It was horrific.
I was tested for the usual Diabetes over and over again until I finally saw an endocrinologist who tested me for a third super rare type (diabetes insipidus) with the water deprivation test.
Get checked out!
We talked a bit about that in my med term class. Diabetes might be the case for the OP but I just think that when you start drinking more water than usual, you will urinate far more than you're used to. Since the body uses 1 liter of water a day, adding more water than that can shake things up a bit.
I just hear pee'ing a lot and go 'clearly this person has what I have' because I don't want to be alone in my weird pee'ing condition.
excessive urination is a symptom to keep a eye on tho. I would say try drinking less and if you keep pee'ing then get it checked out.
I am still waiting for somebody to tell me the implications of my condition (and my anti-diuretics) on exercising and fluid intake. I am generally winging it and I am still alive! lol
From what I've read on insipidus, as long as you take your anti-diuretics properly and maintain proper hydration without overdoing it to counteract your exercising you should be just fine. If you feel like you're losing too much water when exercising, I'd say tone it down a bit or do it in smaller sessions while staying mildly hydrated. A few sips here and there through the workout should be good enough and since you seem to be doing a-okay on your current routine there shouldn't be much to worry about.
Maybe you can find a diabetes support group in your community. Sometimes the people who run those kinds of groups have access to information that may be helpful in understanding what you can and cannot do. I would not recommend high intensity cardio though. From my experience that makes me drink so much water and have to pee terribly that I'd imagine it'd be deathly on your kidneys with insipidus.0 -
There are a couple of runners in the online support and they've been pretty good. mostly the worry is over hydrating. sometimes when my PT says to drink I pretend because I know I don't need it.
I am using what we call break through (we allow our tablet to run out and then drink-pee for an hour) to allow a sort of reset. it seems to work and also I kinda like it. it's a bizzare feeling of crazy thirst and quenching you just cannot imagine (well I couldn't have before I developed this, maybe that first glass of water when you wake up with a hangover?)
It works for now. So it's all good!
I shall stop derailing this thread now 0 -
I don't know when you started dieting/eating healthy but it is very common to pee more frequently when you start eating healthy because you are bringing in less sodium in a healthy diet. To maintain the proper concentration of sodium your body needs to get rid of some of the water it was holding on to. Overtime your body will adjust and you will be peeing less frequently.0
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Yep. I pee every hour. Sometimes it's not even a whole hour. I drink about 128 oz. of water during the day.0
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