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Anyone else forget to eat and drink?

Marsi

Hey, so I've recently learnt thar I'm chronically severly dehydrated. I just forget to drink. also forgetting to eat. Best way to describe it is I forget that drinking and eating exist. I also forget going to the bathroom exists as well until it's bad. What should I do to try and fix this? I'm alone most days of the week. My partner comes home in the evening. and even if I have drink near me I still forget. I've also tried setting alarms and I just tick them of then forget to actually drink. Any advice is great. 

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  • Hi Marsi

    I find myself in a similar position. I rarely feel thirsty or hungry. I recently went to my GP for a well person check up and that flagged up a potential issue with my kidneys which resulted in a follow up blood test to be sure my kidneys are stable. I have health anxiety issues so I spent a very traumatic  week imagining all sorts of dreadful things as I thought my kidneys were most likely packing in :(   Fortunately my second test came back satisfactory with a recommendation from my GP to drink between 2-3 ltrs of (water)  a day as I'm very dehydrated.

    This seemed like a huge amount but so far so good. I fill a 2ltr jug in the morning then set a reminder called Drink on my Alexa device. When the reminder goes off I take 4 gulps of water then snooze the reminder for 30 minutes and this continues until I've finished the jug of water. 

    I've used Alexa to remind me to do other tasks too - but after a few days I've ignored them but I think this one is working for me (so far) because I was so scared when I was sent for that second blood test. 

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  • Hi Marsi

    I find myself in a similar position. I rarely feel thirsty or hungry. I recently went to my GP for a well person check up and that flagged up a potential issue with my kidneys which resulted in a follow up blood test to be sure my kidneys are stable. I have health anxiety issues so I spent a very traumatic  week imagining all sorts of dreadful things as I thought my kidneys were most likely packing in :(   Fortunately my second test came back satisfactory with a recommendation from my GP to drink between 2-3 ltrs of (water)  a day as I'm very dehydrated.

    This seemed like a huge amount but so far so good. I fill a 2ltr jug in the morning then set a reminder called Drink on my Alexa device. When the reminder goes off I take 4 gulps of water then snooze the reminder for 30 minutes and this continues until I've finished the jug of water. 

    I've used Alexa to remind me to do other tasks too - but after a few days I've ignored them but I think this one is working for me (so far) because I was so scared when I was sent for that second blood test. 

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