Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi my 16 year old daughter was diagnosed with high functioning autism in August 2017. She has never drunk much and says she never experiences thirst. This resulted in her being hospitalised this weekend for rehydration. Even though my daughter is very intelligent I can't get her to believe that she needs to drink more. Even though she ended up in hospital she had no physical shmptoms of dehydration, it was a blood test that highlighted it. As far as my daughter is concerned no physical symptoms = not important. Has anyone else any experience of no sensation of thirst with their ASC CHILD/adult? Thank you.
I am the complete opposite: thirsty all the time. I get up 1 or 2 times in the night to get more water. It's getting worse as time passes...
Diabetes?
I've been tested for that a few times, apparently I'm in perfect health?!?! My problem is more low blood sugar than high, and apparently that doesn't matter. There is obviously something wrong but doctors can't be bothered to find out what it is.