Constantaly thirsty?

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diabetes insipidus is something COMPLITELY different than the "sugar diabetes". Those two conditions are not even related to each other and the only symptoms they share is exsessive thirst and exsessive pee. And if you have diabetes insipidus than normal sugar diabetes tests are negative, because those conditions are NOT related.

I'm getting checked for diabetes insipidus too and I've the feeling that it's more common in autistics AND that it's underdiagnosed in general.

Last edited by Raziel on 08 Aug 2013, 10:38 pm, edited 2 times in total.

I have The same so I counted everything I drank an entire day was like 4 liters of water.

Tomorrow you will count every drop of water you drink. Then you have some information to go on. Then see doctor take blood test.

Mine was fine. If you eat very healthy like vegetables and such body needs more water. Basicly the more fiber dense food the more water is needed.

I would definitely get tested for DI. They would not test for that in a regular diabetes test because it is different and it's not as common. And if you take certain meds it can bring it on also, I heard that bipolar meds can cause it. But you can still have it even if you don't take meds. DI is caused by a miscommunication between the nerves of the pituitary gland and the kidneys. I think it's the pit gland if I recall correctly but please correct me if I am wrong. But it has nothing to do with sugar diabetes so those tests like the other poster said don't apply, And it can be managed with hormone therapy or with a very simple operation.

You've test especially for diabetes insipidus, otherwise you wouldn't find it.
It's totally underdiagnosed and normal doctors don't even consider it or test for it.

I have the same probleem but not nearly to that extent. I also have been tested for diabeties and it came back negative. Perhapse its hyperglocemia. Sorry to hear you went through all that.

There are medications that will make the mouth Less dry. ... maybe try one of those?

I used to have the same problem during my teenage years. I'd carry a water bottle with me everywhere I went. The teachers didn't mind most of the time and my doctor actually commended me when I saw him for a cold because he said I should be drinking a lot of water when I've got a cold anyway. Then was I was 18 I got diagnosed as prediabetic. I switched to diet soft drinks and learned to like coffee without any sugar and my insulin resistance levels went back to normal. I don't have this problem to the extent that I used to but I still like to keep a glass of water on my desk at the office. Only now do I realise the connection between thirst and diabetes.

I have the same probleem but not nearly to that extent. I also have been tested for diabeties and it came back negative. Perhapse its hyperglocemia. Sorry to hear you went through all that.

There are medications that will make the mouth Less dry. ... maybe try one of those?

öAö I have this problem too! Well, not to the extent that I drink so much I throw up.. But I do have excessive thirst/ a chronically dry mouth

But definitely check for DI because you want to make sure you at least rule that out since I think it can hurt the kidneys over time.

Well ill definitely have to try and get checked for that. To be sure then. Odd why on earth my doctor didn say anything.

Good idea to keep track of how much your drink over a periode. Sometimes it can feel like a lot more than it really is.

Write down how much you drink, what you drink and how much you pee (measuring container) and also the exact time to it and do this for at least three days. (This is what my doctor toled me to do and is standart to do for test for diabetes insepides and conditions with similar symptoms.)

I would ask your doctor to test for diabetes insepides.
I've met more autistics than you would expect by chance, with symptoms of diabetes insepides.

By the way the part of the brain that produces ADH (also called Vasopressin), the hormone that's lacking in diabetes insepides, is the same part of the brain that also produces oxytocine who is very often lacking in autistics:

"The posterior pituitary (or neurohypophysis) comprises the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland and is part of the endocrine system. Despite its name, the posterior pituitary gland is not a gland, per se; rather, it is largely a collection of axonal projections from the hypothalamus that terminate behind the anterior pituitary gland. It is where neurohypophysial hormones are stored and released."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_pituitary

My urologist dx me today with overactive bladder and I agree that I have an overactive bladder BUT I also pee altogether around 4 Liters a day and is 4 Liters pee a day really normal?

I have the opposite problem-I don't drink enough and have to remind myself to drink as I rarely feel thirsty.