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Never Thirsty

Emmy

I've never felt particularly thirsty but these last six months I don't feel thirsty at all. I've set reminders in my phone to tell me to drink but I don't always because I never feel thirsty. Some days I only have two glasses of water.

Because of this I've been in and out of hospital these last few months. At times I feel awful because of the dehydration but I don't know how to sort this out. I have no idea why I'm like this now. I saw my GP and I've had tests but they can't find a reason why I'm not feeling thirsty.

I'm guessing it is just an autism problem but I don't know why it went from infrequently feeling thirsty to never feeling thirsty. Is it possible it's triggered by anxiety? I'm chronically anxious I thought that might be a cause of this.

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  • I don't feel thirsty most of the time. I get dehydration symptoms eventually (headache, dizziness, swimmy vision) which reinforce it if it gets quite hard. 

    This leads to me getting a lot of UTIs, which sucks.

    This has been a problem my entire life so I've developed a few ways of managing it.

    I always have a water bottle with me. It has to be out in front of me not in a bag. If it's in my bag I don't use it. 

    I try to fit drinking into my routine. Get dressed = make mint tea and drink it. Eat food = drink a glass of water (eating is a different issue as I often forget that too but I'm getting better at scheduling it). Get in from an appointment or shopping = drink water. Taking a moment to read rather than write = takes a mouthful of water. 

    At pretty much none of these moments do I want to drink or feel thirsty, but I know I have to or I tend to end up ill. 

    In terms of the anxiety triggering the lack of thirst, this is definitely something that I have heard of happening in terms of food so I see no reason it couldn't also happen for thirst. For me personally I find anxiety makes me drink excessive amounts of water instead of too little, but it could easily be the other way round. 

    Hope any of that helps. or none of it but you just felt slightly less alone.

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  • I don't feel thirsty most of the time. I get dehydration symptoms eventually (headache, dizziness, swimmy vision) which reinforce it if it gets quite hard. 

    This leads to me getting a lot of UTIs, which sucks.

    This has been a problem my entire life so I've developed a few ways of managing it.

    I always have a water bottle with me. It has to be out in front of me not in a bag. If it's in my bag I don't use it. 

    I try to fit drinking into my routine. Get dressed = make mint tea and drink it. Eat food = drink a glass of water (eating is a different issue as I often forget that too but I'm getting better at scheduling it). Get in from an appointment or shopping = drink water. Taking a moment to read rather than write = takes a mouthful of water. 

    At pretty much none of these moments do I want to drink or feel thirsty, but I know I have to or I tend to end up ill. 

    In terms of the anxiety triggering the lack of thirst, this is definitely something that I have heard of happening in terms of food so I see no reason it couldn't also happen for thirst. For me personally I find anxiety makes me drink excessive amounts of water instead of too little, but it could easily be the other way round. 

    Hope any of that helps. or none of it but you just felt slightly less alone.

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