Can't Retain Water...

cem2168
cem2168 Posts: 205 Member
edited November 12 in Food and Nutrition
So apparently according to my doctors I am drinking a ton of water but not retaining much of it... do you have any suggestions to help me retain water?
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  • tlynnweb
    tlynnweb Posts: 201 Member
    Why do you want to retain it? Just curious.
  • kmeekhof
    kmeekhof Posts: 456 Member
    Why do you want to retain it? Just curious.

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  • HolleeERL
    HolleeERL Posts: 313 Member
    Wouldn't your doctors be better able to tell you that answer?
  • megrrt
    megrrt Posts: 115 Member
    well sodium will make you retain water and make you bloated but I dont understand why you would want to?
  • CodyD18
    CodyD18 Posts: 161 Member
    I don't think there is really any benefit to retaining water is there? Maybe I'm wrong... I'm not an expert on this.
  • Helice
    Helice Posts: 1,075 Member
    I need to learn how to retain water, when ever i drink it i cant stop peeing.
  • cem2168
    cem2168 Posts: 205 Member
    because I am constantly thirsty and light headed and peeing every 5 minutes! LOL.... I dont retain much of it at all and its becoming unhealthy
  • TheGoblinRoad
    TheGoblinRoad Posts: 835 Member
    How much water are you drinking?
  • cem2168
    cem2168 Posts: 205 Member
    How much water are you drinking?

    I have had 18 glasses of water so far today
  • TheGoblinRoad
    TheGoblinRoad Posts: 835 Member
    I'd have the same problem if I drank 18 glasses. :) They told you to drink that much?

    I'm not a doctor, but it seems like a lot.
  • cem2168
    cem2168 Posts: 205 Member
    I'd have the same problem if I drank 18 glasses. :) They told you to drink that much?

    I'm not a doctor, but it seems like a lot.

    no.... i am just always thirsty!
  • femmerides
    femmerides Posts: 843 Member
    why don't you try and not drink as much...maybe that will help??? idk. 18 glasses is intense.
  • TheGoblinRoad
    TheGoblinRoad Posts: 835 Member
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/water/NU00283

    Water recomendations from the mayo clinic...
  • Losing2Live69
    Losing2Live69 Posts: 743 Member
    Ok...maybe I am misunderstanding you. You want to retain water? Retaining water causes you to hold on to water weight...making you gain. Why in the world would you want to retain water? I'm at a loss as what to say. Maybe I just don't understand what it is you are asking.
  • Losing2Live69
    Losing2Live69 Posts: 743 Member
    why don't you try and not drink as much...maybe that will help??? idk. 18 glasses is intense.


    I love your tickers! How did you fit all that in your signature with them limiting it to 10 lines and 500 characters?
  • kr3851
    kr3851 Posts: 994 Member
    Are you diabetic? I only say this because my cousin was recently diagnosed after spending the last month or so drinking constantly and not being able to quench his thirst. Although I'm assuming your doctors have tested for that...
  • Losing2Live69
    Losing2Live69 Posts: 743 Member

    no.... i am just always thirsty!

    Have you been checked for diabetes? Excess thirst in one of the main symptoms of diabetes. I experienced it before I got diagnosed and treated.
  • casey12105
    casey12105 Posts: 293
    It would seem if your doctors felt it was an issue then they would have told you ways to help fix the problem..
  • realme56
    realme56 Posts: 1,093 Member
    Two things that will help with determining what is up: That is a lot of water to drink, if you are always thirsty do you also have fatigue,weight loss, hunger? These could be signs of diabetes. Has your doctor checked your electrolytes? Low sodium levels can cause dizziness, confusion and seizures.
  • ivyjbres
    ivyjbres Posts: 612 Member
    I'd have the same problem if I drank 18 glasses. :) They told you to drink that much?

    I'm not a doctor, but it seems like a lot.

    no.... i am just always thirsty!

    have they checked you for diabetes?
  • sparky11
    sparky11 Posts: 9 Member
    I have to force myself to drink the 8 glasses a day... 18?? thats a bit too much. No reason why someone would drink 144oz of water a day. I would definitely get a second opinion before its too late..
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,330 Member
    I hope they tested for diabetes, this is a classic sign of it. If they didn't you need a different doctor. I am absolutely serious about this. With all that water consumption you are likely low in sodium and potassium as well. This is something your doctor should have talked to you about.
  • cem2168
    cem2168 Posts: 205 Member
    I hope they tested for diabetes, this is a classic sign of it. If they didn't you need a different doctor. I am absolutely serious about this. With all that water consumption you are likely low in sodium and potassium as well. This is something your doctor should have talked to you about.

    I have been checked for diabetes... I am not diabetic. Maybe I should have them check again?
  • JennsLosing
    JennsLosing Posts: 1,026
    Are you diabetic? I only say this because my cousin was recently diagnosed after spending the last month or so drinking constantly and not being able to quench his thirst. Although I'm assuming your doctors have tested for that...
    thats what i was going to ask
  • ivyjbres
    ivyjbres Posts: 612 Member
    I hope they tested for diabetes, this is a classic sign of it. If they didn't you need a different doctor. I am absolutely serious about this. With all that water consumption you are likely low in sodium and potassium as well. This is something your doctor should have talked to you about.

    I have been checked for diabetes... I am not diabetic. Maybe I should have them check again?

    If you're thirsty enough to drink over 2 gallons of water a day. Yeah. It may not be diabetes, but something is wrong, and this is not an occasion that "I don't know" is an acceptable answer unless its followed by "get your lab work done now," or "go see this specialist."
  • MelMoly
    MelMoly Posts: 1,303 Member
    Is it possible you are pregnant? Its one of the early signs..and some women have this the entire pregnancy...
  • MBSNANA
    MBSNANA Posts: 150 Member
    This just seems strange to me. I have problems retining fluid which causes my legs to be severly swollen. If you are drinking that much and peeing all the time has your doctor checked you pottassium level? I take perscribed fluid pills but also take pottassium. If your pottassium is low it will cause weakness, dizzyness and can interfere with your heart rate. Make sure you get checked to be sure.
  • nomsquared
    nomsquared Posts: 35 Member
    Just as a precaution - make sure you don't get water poisoning. People have died from it!
  • fatkidlovescake
    fatkidlovescake Posts: 66 Member
    I was misdiagnosed as various different things before they finally figured out I was diabetic - got a letter from my doctor 10 days after having been rushed to hospital by ambulance and spending 2 days in intensive care when I no longer had the energy to breathe and had been sick 36 times in 12 hours (doesn't even sound possible) asking me to come back in as my blood test results had shown up some anomallies and they wanted to retest me...
    Look up ketoacidosis and see if you have any of the other symptoms and then get your doctor to test you seriously!! I was told if I'd been left overnight rather than having called the ambulance I probably would've died.
    Doctors can be really useless sometimes!!
  • SeasideOasis
    SeasideOasis Posts: 1,057 Member
    Doctors can be really useless sometimes!!

    True story.

    I think some of them are so smart that they cant look at what seem to be 'unimportant' symptoms and realize all those symptoms together create a very BIG problem.
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