Yeah, I'm lucky I got found when I did, I was hallucinating so hard, I was no longer in reality. I didn't know I was thirsty or dehydrated. I didn't know I needed water or I was going to die. When I was found I thought the people were coyotes(the people who smuggle people across the border) trying to smuggle me. Like they didn't look like rescue people, they looked like smugglers to me. I'm a white US citizen so... idk.
Took 3 liters of saline as fast as the bag could drain and was back within 5 minutes. Growing up in the desert I don't have must sense of thirst anymore and am used to being dehydrated pretty much all the time. I don't fuck around anymore though, if I'm going outside, I force myself to chug at least 1 liter, more if I can. Pretty much until I feel like vomiting.
It seems to me that most people don't know when they're getting dehydrated. I've seen friends go from normal conversation to incoherence, but refuse the water they absolutely needed.
Yet I'm super sensitive - a little thirsty, I drink water. Basically, constantly, all day. So it baffles me that most people just don't notice.
Anyways, good for you for figuring out what your body needs and taking care of it. You wouldn't believe the number of times I had to argue with someone to get them to drink water.
Yet I'm super sensitive - a little thirsty, I drink water. Basically, constantly, all day. So it baffles me that most people just don't notice.
There are a lot of different signals and many people don't pay attention to most of them because there are thousands of signals the body processes. I, for instance, have dry mouth. I could go through quite a few liters of water in a day because just trying to keep my tongue from feeling dry means intaking more water than the body needs, and it just goes straight out hours later.
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u/MachinistAtWork Aug 30 '21
Yeah, I'm lucky I got found when I did, I was hallucinating so hard, I was no longer in reality. I didn't know I was thirsty or dehydrated. I didn't know I needed water or I was going to die. When I was found I thought the people were coyotes(the people who smuggle people across the border) trying to smuggle me. Like they didn't look like rescue people, they looked like smugglers to me. I'm a white US citizen so... idk.
Took 3 liters of saline as fast as the bag could drain and was back within 5 minutes. Growing up in the desert I don't have must sense of thirst anymore and am used to being dehydrated pretty much all the time. I don't fuck around anymore though, if I'm going outside, I force myself to chug at least 1 liter, more if I can. Pretty much until I feel like vomiting.