Drinking more water makes me have to use the bathroom every

I drink a ton of water and I pee all.day.long...or so it seems.

Same problem. Carpet has a wear pattern in it from me.
I actually asked my Dr. about it, he said caffeine will increase the number of trips so to speak.

this happens to me all the time! The problem is I work in a hospital and can't always get a bathroom break 2ce a shift let alone 10 times! I found that I drink more water on days I don't work. but yes I think it is normal. makes sense what goes in must go out?!?

If you feel that you need to pee a lot then its worth having a blood sugar test for diabetes, just in case. I admit that the fact that you are drinking a lot of water is a more obvious explanation but still worth checking.

I found that when I first joined MFP. I didn't drink water much before, and so it was a big shocker to my system. But by a week or two into it, my body adjusted and the trips decreased.


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i drink 20cups a day on the average day and have to go alot. if u drink higher amounts everyday for awhile, after a week or two you will no longer need to pee every 10 minutes. at one time i was literally going every 10minutes with drinking my 20cups, but now drinking the same amount i go maybe 10x a day (which is less than once a hour). you need to be sure to drink half of your body weight in ounces a day. the 8cup rule is for someone who is 130lbs.

Right through me lol :blushing:

Hey.. drinking that much H2O and spending that much time traveling to and being in the restroom... I'd say you should be dropping some lbs! unless your one of "THOSE" kind of folks that takes food into the bathroom... :huh:

I think most folks go through this when they increase their water intake.... should level off. If you are drinking because you feel REALLY thirsty... I agree with "richardholt2011" ... TALK to your DR. it could be a blood sugar issue.

On average I drink 10 cups of water everyday. I swear I have to pee every 10 minutes. Is this normal?

It is completely normal for someone that is drinking much more water than their body needs.

Ive been in the bathroom so much these past couple of days since starting,
that Im seriously considering decorating my bathroom.

Quite honestly this was happening to me. With my job I physically can NOT take a pee break every ten minutes, so I had to decrease my water intake.

However I have noticed that I can drink less water than we're supposed to force down our throats, pee less and still be hydrated.
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Frankly, if you're drinking and it's going straight through you you really didn't need that glass of water.

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I drink tons of water....and I pee all day long....It can get annoying because I always have to pee while I am in class.....But I am good with it. At least I know water is doing my body some good

All I drink is water and I drink a ton of it, yes I make frequent trips to the bathroom, but its worth it to me. I am not as hungry when I drink more water because before I wasn't drinking enough and was eating when I was really just thirsty, also when I started tracking everything I quit drinking pop completely cause I was a diet pepsi junky and I knew it wasn't helping anything so I drink water all day long. I have a 32 ounce cup that gets filled up at least 4 to 6 times a day. My bladder has adjusted and I don't go nearly as often as I did the first couple of weeks.

On average I drink 10 cups of water everyday. I swear I have to pee every 10 minutes. Is this normal?

It is completely normal for someone that is drinking much more water than their body needs.

This is not necessarily true.

How so? It may not be the only reason one might pee too often, but it certainly is normal for someone drinking more than they need.

Yup....that's me. I find it very hard to drink a lot of water when I'm not home and I'm just out and about. Or driving somewhere with a distance that's longer than a half hour.