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Posted: 1/2/2006 4:18:37 PM EDT

Really, really dumb question. For the last 2 months I've increased my water intake to 1/2 a gallon to a gallon of water a day. I do feel better phisycally and mentalyand it has help to speed wieghtloss. Predictably my urine output has also increased. My output has tripled and it's a PIA. My job won't allow the amount bathroom breaks I need to take during the day. Before I never had to get up at night to relieve myself, now i get up at least twice a night.
I know it's not diabetes,I was tested 6 months ago for life insurance.
Do those of you who drink large amounts of water experience such symptoms? If so how do you deal with it.

Posted: 1/2/2006 5:10:57 PM EDT

[#1]

Quoted:
Really, really dumb question. For the last 2 months I've increased my water intake to 1/2 a gallon to a gallon of water a day. I do feel better phisycally and mentalyand it has help to speed wieghtloss. Predictably my urine output has also increased. My output has tripled and it's a PIA. My job won't allow the amount bathroom breaks I need to take during the day. Before I never had to get up at night to relieve myself, now i get up at least twice a night.
I know it's not diabetes,I was tested 6 months ago for life insurance.
Do those of you who drink large amounts of water experience such symptoms? If so how do you deal with it.

I'm in the bathroom a lot too. People tease me but I don't care. Luckily for me, bathroom breaks are not a problem at work or at home!

I just deal with it.

Posted: 1/2/2006 6:06:54 PM EDT

[#2]

I piss every 1.5-2 hrs. as I drink at least a galon of water per day. In the summers I will drink up to 3 gal/day. I can manage to sleep through the night most times though. I cut down on my water in the winter when I am not sweating as much.

Posted: 1/2/2006 6:20:55 PM EDT

[#3]

Frequent urination at night may be a sign of an enlarged prostate.

Or you could be pregnant.

Posted: 1/4/2006 6:23:42 PM EDT

[#4]

What goes in must come out. You SHOULD be urinating about every hour or at least every two hours if you're properly hydrated.

As I've gone through lithotripsy twice for kidney stones, I've learned something about proper hydration.

A gallon a day is the point at which you should START. If you're sweating a lot during the day, you
may need as much as three gallons a day and you may still not urinate more than once an hour or so.

The color of your urine is an important clue as to your hydration state. You want it CLEAR, with
very little if any yellow tint to it. The more water you take in, the clearer it will be.

Dark yellow urine means you're forming kidney stones.

CJ

Posted: 1/8/2006 11:46:36 AM EDT

[#5]

I drink a nalgene bottle every hour to hour and a half. I usually pee at a similar or slightly more rapid frequency.

Posted: 1/8/2006 11:53:06 AM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Really, really dumb question. For the last 2 months I've increased my water intake to 1/2 a gallon to a gallon of water a day. I do feel better phisycally and mentalyand it has help to speed wieghtloss. Predictably my urine output has also increased. My output has tripled and it's a PIA. My job won't allow the amount bathroom breaks I need to take during the day. Before I never had to get up at night to relieve myself, now i get up at least twice a night.
I know it's not diabetes,I was tested 6 months ago for life insurance.
Do those of you who drink large amounts of water experience such symptoms? If so how do you deal with it.

I'd get tested again.

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