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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Robbity" data-source="post: 1426699" data-attributes="member: 93179">I often drink more than the usual 2 litres a day, but I've always taken a lot of salt with my food, and years ago when I was on diuretics I used to get bad leg cramps, and sometimes now too when I wee too much, so I make sure that I also get plenty of potassium and magnesium (much of the latter from my fancy water filter) to replace what I'm flushing out.  My body usually tells me how much I need to drink, so I tend to go by that.  But certainly, it's not always a case of the more the better, and advice can sometimes get distorted/exaggerated so we do need to be aware that seriously over-drinking can be life threatening too.If  you think you might not getting enough fluid and are possibly dehydrated, other than your body's own "thirst meter",  there's  a little test you can do to check: just pinch some loose skin on the back of your hand, when you're OK it just jumps back quickly , if dehydrated it will tend to stick... I learned to do a similar test when I had a very sick dog on furisimide (durietic)   and needed to keep his fluid intake up.  Being little, dehydration could have had dire consequences for him.Robbity</blockquote>

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