Polydipsia, drinking lots of water

Does anyone else get this? I’m in the bathroom all the time.

Could be a sign of diabetes. Perhaps get yourself checked out for that.

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It’s probably diabetes. Get your doctor to check you out for that pronto.

Also be careful of this in the meantime

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I’ve gotten my fasting glucose and A1C tested and it came back normal

I get dry mouth from medication

I use to get dry mouth from Risperdal oral. Then I got changed to the Risperdal injection and it went better. I’m on Abilify now.

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I get thirsty from lithium and vaping so I drink a ton of water. Drinking water also protects your kidneys according to my dr.

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I’ve always heard you’re supposed to drink about seven glasses of water a day. I think most people don’t do that. I know I don’t. If I get hot, and then drink a ton of ice water I get a very washed out feeling. It feels bad. I did that the first day I hauled hay forty years ago, and it made me feel really bad. I was hating on hauling hay. Then the next day I realized my mistake, and I cut the amount of ice water I drank by almost a half. I also took salt pills. After that hauling hay was easy. That was just an individual thing with me though. Another guy drank a lot more ice water than I ever did, and it didn’t bother him at all. I recommend that you find what works best for you. If you’re unsure, talk to a doctor, if you can.

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Before I got on antipsychotics, I had polydipsia for about a year. I had all the tests and everything came back normal. As soon as the antipsychotics kicked in the polydipsia went away. I was diagnosed as having psychogenic polydipsia.

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