Member Since: September 19, 2009
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Last Update: September 19, 2009
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I wake up in the middle of the night or around like 3 am usually and get up and just drink so much. Like this morning, for instance, I remember getting up and drinking two cans of coke a cola and then a glass of chocolate milk and then just going right back to sleep. I usually do this very fastly. It seems like i cant control it, i just get up and do it without thinking. But i dont even wake up when i need to use the potty!!
Is this/Am I Normal?
What should I Do?
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Ok first of all, as a NURSE...I think I know what the hell I'm talking about. Milk does NOT leech calcium out of your system. WTF is wrong with you? The reason America has so many ppl with osteoporosis is because ppl DON'T drink their milk and don't take their calcium supplements like they're supposed to. Are you a doctor? No, you're not. Milk is good but can thicken your mucous/saliva and make you feel more thirsty. Water is much better to drink at night.
The only things I can think of that could be causing it are the fact that you might sleep with your mouth open, causing your mouth and throat to dry out quickly and make you extremely thirsty. I do this, and I tend to wake up and drink water that I keep at my beside table.
Another thing might be diabetes. I hate to say it but excessive thirst can be a symptom of type 2 diabetes.
But you could also be starving your body of thirst during the day. Eating a salty meal such as Chinese food, Mexican food, or fast food depletes your body of about 1 liter of fluid. So if you normally drink 2 liters of fluid a day, try drinking 3 and see if that doesn't help.
If you see that the thirst starts to take over your life, wanting to drink constantly through the day as well as at night, make sure you see your doctor and have them do a glucose tolerance test. If that comes back abnormal they will probably do some further testing to see if you have diabetes. I hope this is not the case.
If you have any further questions please feel free to ask!
-Warmthoughtsofyou04
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