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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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  • Emmy said:
    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.

    Autism involves essentially being in a consistent state of fight or flight ~ were normally hunger and thirst remain latent until the fight or flight reflex becomes itself latent, and stress hormones are no longer required to boost the functioning of the metabolism to a higher capacity than would otherwise be the case. Whilst the fight or flight reflex is engaged, sense of pain and other sensibilities that would otherwise get in the way are rendered latent also.

    Hence the following topic of poor 'interior perception' otherwise known as 'interoception' is addressed:

    The Impacts of Poor Interoception

    The signals our bodies send us are critical to our survival. That means when someone experiences interoception problems, serious issues can arise as a result. These include issues with maintaining homeostasis, self-regulation, emotional regulation, hydration, nutrition, thermoregulation, pain, and injuries, differentiating between self and other, empathy, perspective, and other health and relationship issues. Autism and ADHD already impact all of these areas of our lives, but the interoceptive difficulties make these issues worse.

    https://neurodivergentinsights.com/blog/autism-adhd-interoception-profiles

    Emmy said:
    Is it possible it's triggered by anxiety? I'm chronically anxious I thought that might be a cause of this.

    It is very much triggered by anxiety, and the more stress hormones one produces, the more one is likely to have increasing trouble with poor interoception, particularly as the essential bacteria colonies that inhabit the fluid systems of the body and govern the genes and endocrine glands functionings are depopulated by stress hormones, so physiological detoxing and biodome repopulation are a basic requirement for quite a number of people on the autism spectrum.

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  • Emmy said:
    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.

    Autism involves essentially being in a consistent state of fight or flight ~ were normally hunger and thirst remain latent until the fight or flight reflex becomes itself latent, and stress hormones are no longer required to boost the functioning of the metabolism to a higher capacity than would otherwise be the case. Whilst the fight or flight reflex is engaged, sense of pain and other sensibilities that would otherwise get in the way are rendered latent also.

    Hence the following topic of poor 'interior perception' otherwise known as 'interoception' is addressed:

    The Impacts of Poor Interoception

    The signals our bodies send us are critical to our survival. That means when someone experiences interoception problems, serious issues can arise as a result. These include issues with maintaining homeostasis, self-regulation, emotional regulation, hydration, nutrition, thermoregulation, pain, and injuries, differentiating between self and other, empathy, perspective, and other health and relationship issues. Autism and ADHD already impact all of these areas of our lives, but the interoceptive difficulties make these issues worse.

    https://neurodivergentinsights.com/blog/autism-adhd-interoception-profiles

    Emmy said:
    Is it possible it's triggered by anxiety? I'm chronically anxious I thought that might be a cause of this.

    It is very much triggered by anxiety, and the more stress hormones one produces, the more one is likely to have increasing trouble with poor interoception, particularly as the essential bacteria colonies that inhabit the fluid systems of the body and govern the genes and endocrine glands functionings are depopulated by stress hormones, so physiological detoxing and biodome repopulation are a basic requirement for quite a number of people on the autism spectrum.

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