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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.
 
Defren said:
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.
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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)
 
tree-peony said:
Defren said:
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.
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that sounds like a lot of water to me Defren :?
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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.
 
burcidi said:
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.
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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?
 
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. :D

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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