Florida Guy
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Usually, pwme/cfs are thirsty. Its good to drink a lot of water but too much like drinking 10 liters of water a day is excessive. I've always drank 2 liters a day which seems ok. The rda for water is a quart but that assumes the person drinks coffee, tea, soda or other liquids so 2 liters is probably about right.
Recently I noticed I'm drinking a lot less. Several days ago I saw that my recycle bag which I empty every 2 days was light and it was light the time before. So I counted the bottles and there were only 5 half liters so I was drinking only about 1.25 liters a day which is not good. I tried drinking more and the next 2 days I drank almost 7 1/2 liters, better but not good enough. Now I force myself to guzzle frequently to combat the decline
They say older people might lose the sense of thirst but I assumed it would happen gradually if at all. Has anyone noticed this? Another weird thing that happened was about a month or month and a half ago I woke up super early in the morning with a raging thirst that forced me to get up and drink water. I was not thirsty when I went to bed and this has not happened before. Now I have to remember to drink
Recently I noticed I'm drinking a lot less. Several days ago I saw that my recycle bag which I empty every 2 days was light and it was light the time before. So I counted the bottles and there were only 5 half liters so I was drinking only about 1.25 liters a day which is not good. I tried drinking more and the next 2 days I drank almost 7 1/2 liters, better but not good enough. Now I force myself to guzzle frequently to combat the decline
They say older people might lose the sense of thirst but I assumed it would happen gradually if at all. Has anyone noticed this? Another weird thing that happened was about a month or month and a half ago I woke up super early in the morning with a raging thirst that forced me to get up and drink water. I was not thirsty when I went to bed and this has not happened before. Now I have to remember to drink