never thirsty - drink less than a pint a day

[OnZephyrstdayofXmas]

Hi everyone - I'm just putting this up to see if I'm the only one!!!
I'm hardly ever thirsty. Sometimes I'll have a glass of water in the evening and realise that its the first drink i've had all day! I must be really dehydrated but I dont feel it.
I've been like it as long as i can remember - my Mum used to say to me "If you don't start drinking properly you'll die"!!!

I have had kidney stones and as Juliehafrancis says - it is the most intense pain on earth (next to giving birth and an acute ear infection). The worst bit is when you think it's all over and then you have to pass them about a week over - and there's that incredible pain all over again.

Even after this, i don't drink enough but I DO get thirsty! Will do as Julie suggests and try emptying a bottle a day - anyone else up for it?

just had my first drink of the day!! A swig from a bottle of water - that's pathetic isnt it??!! I'm with you chocol8 - i'll aim to drink a bottle a day (a litre bottle right?!)

Do you overeat???

Supposedly in many people (me included) we mistake thirst for hunger (because you get fluids that way too) .. that can make you put on weight .. although you're probably a skinny-belinky aren't you zephyr

Can you make yourself up your liquid consumption

Yep, I'm the same Zephyr. I always have a huge mug of tea for breakfast, but then might not drink more than 2 glasses of water for the rest of the day. I am very conscious of how much I drink though because I had a major kidney op years ago (nothing to do with how much I drank though) and had cystitis a few times. I try to make myself drink more and usually drink out of huge mugs or pint glasses as I take the attitude that if I am going to drink it had better be a big one, but I often leave fluid in the glass. I rarely feel thirsty though.

I wish i was twiglett!! I think that's half my problem though - I barely eat either and sometimes not anything for a day or two (or maybe go a couple of days with a bit of toast) which i know is really bad.
I tried doingf the atkins diet but couldnt eat enough so it didnt work!!

Can you drink hot water instead of tea/coffee if you don't like that? I drink hot water quite often. It takes a bit of getting used to .

wouldnt be able to do it - i hate all hot drinks- have never been able to have lemsip or anything

unless it's cadbury's hot chocolate.....thats different!!!

drink 5-6 cups of tea coffee a day and try with 2 litres of water a day..it is hard to do this when you don't feel like but if you look at 8 glasses a day as having a swig every 2 hours and the fact that it flushes your system and is really revitalising...take a little 1/2l bottle to work and drink that...replace it with tea and coffee...hard but so good for you...it really is pushing yourself to do it as I could easily forget but last job got through 2 litres plus a day and it really felt good...take it steadily and drink when you're not thirsty..it wont hurt and will do you more ggod than harm...sorry if seem lecturous but just have experience of lots of drinking water that is

I don't drink much either but i've been trying to drink more apparently it helps you have better quality sleep. so i walk around with a 1'5 litre bottle of brita filtered water (tastes better to me and cheaper than the shop stuff). and it's true once you start the habit and then you stop your body starts missing the water and you get thirsty more often. I do still forget tho just not as much as i used to. they say that if your pee is dark yellow you need more fluid but if it's light yello or even clear then your body is getting a decent amount of fluid

I know this is an old thread but...

I'm exactly the same. I don't drink anywhere near enough. I'm sitting here at 5am as I've got a flare up of cystitis which I'm sure has been brought on because of my constant dehydrated state. I wanted to share this info with you all as it surprised me and I'm going to try this 'fix' to hope I can re-start my thirst mechanism!

Here's part of the article I found and the 'fix' is at the bottom. This isn't a 'click this link' to make anyone part with cash. It's a genuine medical article about us dehydrated lot!

How can a chronically dehydrated person not be thirsty? It doesn’t make sense. True, it doesn’t make sense, but there is a reason.

First, let’s define what exactly dehydration is. It’s all about the cells. Our cells need water in order for our bodies to function, and that water needs to be continuously replaced. In much the same way that our bodies absorb water then excrete waste in the form of urine, our cells absorb fresh water and excrete waste fluid, and that waste is then disposed through various means, including urination, sweating and even breathing. Moist breath anyone?

When those cells don’t get the fresh water they need, we’re dehydrated, and the body lets us know it needs water through the thirst mechanism. However, that thirst mechanism has been hampered in many of us. Basically, we’ve lost it because we’ve misplaced the gift of metabolic balance in our bodies. The human body is a motion machine. Through our sedentary lifestyles, we’ve reduced so much of our motion that we’ve compromised our alignment and altered our cellular energy, and one result is a hindered thirst function.

So how do we solve this problem? Some experts say to drink more water, but that usually doesn’t work because it quickly grows uncomfortable. Since the cells have shut off that thirst mechanism, they’re tenaciously retaining the old fluid, so the water that enters the body just sits in the stomach rather than being absorbed by the cells throughout the body.

The fix:
Get a small shot glass. Fill it up with water and drink three to five shots in quick succession, one right after the other. Wait 30 minutes then do that again. Do that in the morning and in the evening, and by the second day, you’ll probably start noticing your mouth getting dry more frequently throughout the day. Do that routine for a week, and your thirst mechanism should be in full functioning order.

This interesting. I had years of not drinking enough. I never felt thirsty and drinking a few mouthful is enough before it makes me feel sick. All was fine, never had an issue until I approached the menopause and I ssltarted to feel lightheaded, dizzy and noticed my heart rate and blood pressure was very low. Got referred to cardiologist who said heart was fine but needed to drink 3l a day. That in addition to giving up all caffeine and alcohol (latter not an issue as don't drink alcohol at all).

I'm tryi g but do find it hard. Doesn't help that menopause makes holding to go to toilet much more challenging!

I also exercise quite a lot and have increased it in the last 5 years so probably doesn't help.

I find drinking 2l each day hard but new year reslotion is to do so as my symptoms are really affecting my life.

This thread is over 14 years old. Fourteen years. Start a new one, for crying out loud!