"Just drink more water" isn't viable!!

[Blackbird1234]

I feel like I'm missing something here. Everyone is told that they should be drinking more water for their health, but every time I do it I end up running back and forth to the loo every 20 minutes. I can literally only drink an "adequate" amount of water when I'm sure to be at home for the entire day. I've always had a weak bladder but it really is ridiculous and some of my friends experience the same thing. Am I doing something wrong?!

5 large glasses daily is my daily consumption. I have to push myself to achieve it. If I have to go out shopping I make sure I do not drink beforehand or I will have to come home after an hour in the cold this time of year.

lots of vegetables especially salad have a lot of water in them.

So does meat. Humans are 60% water.

I don't drink tea or coffee but I do drink soft drinks throughout the day which I know is bad for me, especially my teeth, so decided to have a rule at work that I can only have a soft drink once I've drunk 500ml of water. I've only been doing it a week but definitely noticed a lot more loo breaks!! (And I'm not drinking more liquid, it's just plain water rather than a fizzy drink)

@chillydownwiththefiregang Glad to be of service!

I have interstitial cystitis which most urologists admit they have no clue about so I’ve spent a lot of time researching bladders!

Guacamole001 That's so true about the cold, I always need the loo more often when it's cold, why on earth is that?!

Go by what colour your wee is rather than articles telling you how much you should drink.

@AlphabetStew

Your bladder is not a muscle! 😂

Well one layer of it is... Not sure what's funny

I wouldn't worry too much about coffee, as though caffeine is a bit of a diuretic, you're only going to be potentially excreting an extra small fraction of that fluid volume in the coffee. Your body has some very good mechanisms to regulate what it needs.