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Drinking So Much Water :(

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burcidi

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Hello,

I'm new to the forum. I was diagnosed with type 2 several months ago. My question is about water consumption.

When I first started taking Metformin, my excessive water consumption went down to normal and I could sleep through the night without having to go to the bathroom. I was taking 1000mg at that time and this continued for 2 weeks. However after the 2 weeks, I started drinking more water again and now drink as much as I used to before my diagnosis.

I haven't really counted, but estimate that I drink at least 12 8oz glasses of water a day.

By the way, I now take 750mg of Metformin daily. 1000mg seemed to be too much as it gave me nausea and I couldn't eat. My glucose levels with 750mg is just fine and my doctor suggested continuing this way.

Why do you think I still drink so much water? I'm worried that I will damage my kidneys if I keep this up for the rest of my life. Has anyone else experienced the same?

Thank you.
 
Hi Burcidi :wave:

Someone with MUCH more knowledge than me will be along in a moment to gie you more information, but when you say your glucose levels are fine, what are we actually talking about? Do you self test?
 
Hi. I drink between 3-5L of water a day. Yes, the trips to the loo are often, as would be expected. If you are up and down in the night, try stop drinking at say 6-7pm and see if that helps. Remember drinking water flushes out all the bodies nasties. I wouldn't go above 5L a day though. Most days I am around 4. Hope this helps.
 
Have you been told to drink that much water? I don't drink any water during the day just tea.
 

that sounds like a lot of water to me Defren :?

I try to drink about 2-3 pints, but also have 3-4 cups of coffee (all but the first is decaff)
 

5L is a lot and it's rare I drink that much. I usually drink 4L a day. I also only drink about 2 maybe 3 cups of black tea, so water is my only fluids. I am up a little at the moment as I am not getting fluid from food. It's the same with everything, we are all different, so have to work out what is right for us.
 

Hi and welcome to the forum.

I see from your introductory post that you live in Turkey where the climate is warmer than here. I really cannot see that you are drinking excessive amounts as even in cold climates the recommendation is 8 -12 x 8oz. glasses of water.

I looked at the weather forecast temperatures in your region and they are warmer than here,
http://www.holiday-weather.com/side/for ... rteen-day/

You say that your glucose levels are fine. What are your day to day readings and last HBA1c?
 
You need to find out what your BG's are running at.

wiflib
 
Thanks for your replies and sorry for not responding earlier! I was expecting an email when I get replies.

My last HBA1c is 5,1. And I do self test at home. My hunger glucose levels are around 80-90mg/dl and after meal levels are around 98-110mg/dL.

And now that I think about it, my close and extended family drinks a lot of water too. My mom and dad both drink a lot. So maybe it's genetic? And we drink a lot of tea over here. Since tea and coffee are diuretic, that might be another reason for why I get more thirsty and salt.

Thanks again for the replies!

@catherine-- That's so sweet that you checked the weather here! Yes the Mediterranean is warmer and more humid. I'm going up north in a few days where its a lot cooler so maybe water consumption will go down.
 
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