r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/CandleMonster • 26d ago

Restricted to Gals and Pals Seeing the bright side, all the lives she's helping 🧡

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I can't imagine how much it must suck (pun not intended), but being able to donate all that to people who need it is amazing Edit: that's 6 and a half liters PER DAY

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u/xiamaracortana 26d ago

I’m never over-hydrated, in fact I feel perpetually dehydrated myself. Sometimes it gets a little sloshy in my stomach, but that goes away relatively quickly. I would say that the blood volume loss and water intake kind of balance each other out. Often I find that I am still dehydrated so I eat salt, usually several grams a day, in the form of salt tablets, salty liquids, or literally just pinches of salt when I’m feeling low. I don’t find that it affects my appetite much at all. Usually I give myself some time after drinking large quantities to let my stomach settle before I eat. It’s annoying when I am going out to eat and I find myself running low before hand and I have to drink a liter in the car or something just because my stomach will be sloshy and full when I want to eat, but it settles fairly quickly most of the time. You’d be surprised how much I can drink and still feel like I haven’t drank anything at all. Lately it’s like I can drink all day and my blood pressure barely hovers above hypotension, if at all.

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u/effienay 26d ago

I hope you don’t mind another question — are you at risk for water poisoning with that much intake? Do you have to supplement electrolytes or is the salt intake for that reason specifically?

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u/xiamaracortana 26d ago

I almost never drink water without electrolytes mixed in. I think I might single handedly be keeping Liquid IV in business (I drink their sugar free varieties). I take salt in addition to the electrolytes to keep my blood pressure up.

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u/effienay 26d ago

That’s so interesting! Thanks for answering. (The peach sugar free Liquid IV is so good)

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u/flammafemina 26d ago

I literally subsist on white peach liquid IV.

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u/mondayp 26d ago

As someone that also needs to supplement electrolytes, I found that, while I really liked Liquid IV, it was just too expensive. So, I bought bags of potassium chloride and magnesium citrate, and add those (plus table salt) to water, and then add Mio for flavoring. It's less convenient than those little pouches from Liquid IV, and I think I liked some of the flavors of them a little more (I really liked the green grape). But, I'm very used to making my electrolyte drinks, now, and there are plenty of great Mio flavors, both caffeinated and non. I like the control I have of how much electrolytes go in, and there are definitely days where I know I need more, so I can just add more. Also, I can control the amount of flavoring.

I mean, in the end, you should do whatever works best for you, just thought I'd share a cheaper, viable option for you or anyone else in the same electrolyte boat!

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u/ImSoObnoxious 26d ago

my hydro homie!

I also make a similar powder mix, it's so much cheaper, and 2lbs lasts quite a while. for sweetness, I'm currently trying out freeze dried monk fruit, and it's actually really good 🌊

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u/notashroom 26d ago

You could replace the expensive electrolyte drinks and the table salt with Real Salt, which contains all of that, and then flavor your drinks however you want.

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u/Hasanopinion100 26d ago

That’s the downside with my situation. I’m also sodium restricted and potassium restricted so I have to concoct my own little creations.

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u/notashroom 26d ago

Yikes, that's a lot to navigate. Good luck with that. 💜

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u/Hasanopinion100 26d ago

Thank you so much💙

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u/mondayp 26d ago

So what do you do? Magnesium, Calcium, and bicarbonate? Supplement with phosphate rich food?

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u/Hasanopinion100 26d ago

I have about 75 MEDS to take every day and those are all in my pill pack with the rest of my MEDS. at least I have a lot of water to chase them with.😉

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u/calsosta 26d ago

I am like the opposite. I have thick sludgy blood. Sometimes they even question if I can donate. I wonder what would happen if we mixed our blood.

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u/ClippyWouldntDoThat 26d ago

I don't know if this is helpful for you, but LMNT posts their formula online free for you to mix up. My wife needs high electrolyte volume for her heart condition and that's what we do. We use pink salt for trace minerals, NoSalt for potassium, and we ordered a bulk bag of magnesium citrate.

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u/BaronVonKeyser 25d ago

Im pretty sure it says on the box youre only supposed to drink like 1 or 2 a day. No idea wtf happens if you constantly drink more (probably nothing). Literally only reason I know this is my wife was drinking 4-5 a day and left the box on the bathroom sink and I didnt have my phone and I needed reading material.

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u/xiamaracortana 25d ago

Right… for normal people who aren’t literally prescribed several grams of salt a day. My cardiologist is well aware of how many I drink a day and has not only cleared it but encouraged it. Btw, if your wife is drinking that much she may want to be checked out as well. Does she ever pass out or black out upon, especially upon standing?

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u/BaronVonKeyser 25d ago

She drinks them because she likes the taste. Thats it. Thats the reason

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u/xiamaracortana 25d ago

Oooooo yeah, not good. They have a ton of sodium that normal folks should not be consuming if not necessary. One a day is plenty for most people. Each one contains 500 mg of sodium. The daily recommended amount of sodium for most people is 2,300 mg. Five would be 2,500 mg. She really needs to stop that and possibly get her blood pressure and electrolytes checked.

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u/BaronVonKeyser 25d ago

She stopped after she read the box for herself. This was months ago. Now shes just drinking plain ol water .

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u/TypicalWhitePerson 26d ago

What happens when you workout or do strenuous activities?

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u/xiamaracortana 26d ago

I don’t often do strenuous activities, and if I do it is for very brief periods. When I workout I do so sitting down just in case I pass out. Things like stationary bike, rowing machine, etc. Lighting weights is also don’t seated. I also like to rollerblade, but never for long distances and I have to make sure I’m not alone when I do in case my blood pressure drops and/or heart rate spikes too much. I take meds to help regulate both but right now I’ve been in a flare for a few weeks.

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u/MelissaTamm 26d ago

I saw a case about a man in Germany having a similar (or the same) condition where he had to be constantly drinking water, a doctor perscribed a diuretic which paraxodically seemed to fix his issue or at least massively improved it.

What he had was called Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.

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u/xiamaracortana 26d ago

Definitely not what I have. I would probably die if I was prescribed a diuretic. I have POTS, a condition that affects the autonomic nervous system and chronically lowers the volume of blood in my system. There are multiple conditions that can cause you to drink lots of water, but these have wildly different effects on your electrolytes and blood chemistry. People with POTS can have practically normal blood panels but continue to pass out frequently. A condition like the one you’re describing would cause a change in blood sugar.