I need that to be a goal more water less soda/coffee/juice stuff. I hate water and even with lemon yuck. I used to be on water where they made me drink a certain amount. I drink though an insane amount of fluids and have told all docs but they don't seem concerned. Always thirsty and I'm not diabetitic. I thought though coffee dehydrates?

Have we done this before?
 

Daniella,
Has anyone ever evaluated you for Sjogren's Syndrome? I may have asked this before, but I wasn't sure. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/s...s/sjogrens.htm

It also in some cases causes neuropathy. That thirst you have bothers me, but I guess it could be medication.

Billye

Mrs D – I take beta blockers, omeprazole and gabapentin. Are you saying I should not drink too much water?

Tony

Well, with gabapentin--
 

--one absolutely needs water, as that drug is not metabolized by the liver, but excreted (almost) whole by the kidneys, and one need the water to properly eliminate it.

I think the danger is from flushing out too much sodium and other minerals from drinking large amounts of fluids if one is also on diuretic meds. This, again, would be more likely to happen with those on restricted sodium diets (since the standard American/Western diet has more than enough sodium in it to counteract all but the most extreme diuretic regimen).

I would imagine anyone on such meds who was also on a low-sodium diet might want to mention this to his/her doctor, so either sodium intake or the meds themselves could be tweaked.

Tony...
 

Thanks BTW for the fun 4th of July card... you should know I used to play the flute and piccolo and did that song in concerts...a very hard piccolo part it was!

Hyponatremia is more common in the elderly...there is no tactful way to express that, and some here fit that category.

If you OVER drink water, you can dilute out the sodium in your body, and get a spell. You also use Oxycodone, and it would add to the gabapentin.
In the elderly this has to due with kidney functions too. For example in the nursing home area, where I work now, many people get hyponatremia...it is more common as you age, and use more drugs.

It does not mean however it is a GIVEN...just a risk. That is why I put the eMedicine link up, with the symptoms. Any confusion or other warning sign means you should seek medical attention.

Polydypsia...over drinking water, is a risk. Added to diuretics which deplete sodium, or faulty kidney functions, or drugs that contribute, well, then IT happens.

Some people read these boards and "overreact" -- I just wanted to put this thought out there, so nothing serious happens. As it gets hotter out, we sweat more, and loose sodium that way. Extreme low sodium diets are no longer advocated for this reason. Moderate sodium consumption is safer.

Thank you Glenn and Mrs D very much for your advice. I am very bad at drinking fluids, especially water. I find water chilled or at room temperature very difficult to take in anything other than small sips from time to time. Because of a tendency to prostatitis I drink cranberry juice which was recommended by my doctor years ago and certainly does help. What I will do from now on is dilute the cranberry juice and consume an increased amount that way. I never realised that my drugs contributed to this problem and also believe I am correct in saying that my bad cramps could be worsened by a poor fluid intake.

Thank you again :)


Tony

More than 2 cups of coffee will make you pee. And D i've been thinking
the same as Billye about you and Sj Sy. it wouldn't hurt to write that
down and ask at C.C. try and get as much there as you can. Since i drink
only water and 1 cup of Tea a day i don't miss coffee or soda. If your
sure your not Diabectic make sure you drink water and if your thirsty keep
suger free gum or hard candy to help keep mouth mosit,meds. and dry mouth
will make tooth decay. Ohhh i got to deal with that,but after that Lymphoma
scare i have told myself no more panic attacks. So i have found a dentist
that works with fears,SS,and M Valve disorders. We just have to do the
best we can and sometimes a little better. So write down drink water and
we will help with list. I've got to get my glasses and new outfit for date.

Brian i just think with the meds and now hot weather we must drink it.
Being a diabectic and SS i have to be carefull not to over drink. Sue
ps the lasix issue.

There has to be a happy medium for the amount of water consumed for each of us, thankfully Mrs D give us the facts on LARGE amounts of water to those at risk of complications with their med's and age group and it would be playing safe to ask their general practitioner what is an appropriate amount for them, but i think we have a pretty smart bunch of people here and i doubt very much that anyone here would go silly and start drinking like 20 glasses of water a day, its just common sense like anything else, like taking drugs, i take one tablet with one full glass of water, if i have to take another i wait a while and do the same with the other, no doc has ever told me to do this but to me its just common sense to me, i don't like the idea of throwing down a cocktail of different drugs/supplements all at the same time, i might be wrong but that how i like to take tablets with the extra benefit of getting another glass of water down.
The one and only time i took oxycontin for my PN, i took it in the night time and when i woke up i felt like a Mac truck had ran over me, the only thing that cleared it out of my system was water, it took about 3 hours before i felt right again, that's one drug that doesn't agree with my system.
Were i live now, the water actually tastes good, but when i lived in the big smoke it was awfull, i couldn't drink that crap unless i boiled it first or if i drank it through a filter, it does makes a big differance.
jeez, i have been raving on to long, sorry guys.
wishing you all painless time ahead.
Brian :)

Thanks the thirst bothers me too. I have had multiple blood work testing for everything possible and explained to every doc. They just say nothing but at CC I will retell them. Thank you.
Mrs D as for overeacting I have been doing this not on water but other issues. I worry about overtaking or taking the wrong things and like I feel the side effects sometime are mental but not sure. Don't you think since many of us our fears come true sometimes we tend to obsess? How does one not do that? I guess trying to be rational and take 1 day at a time.

education...
 

Daniella... I have found over the years that educating yourself about
medical and drug matters helps alot to neutralize anxiety and reduce obsessing about. That is one thing that is wonderful about this board/forum.

However, with our culture today, some obsessive traits are beneficial in doing many jobs, since technology requires that trait. So it is always a balance of sorts.