Why do you sometimes wake up very, very thirsty?

[beer]

Lately the last couple of days I have been waking up in the morning almost deathly thirsty. I don't know why. I drink tons of water (over 75 Oz/day), and nothing different has been happening other than this? Does anyone have a clue?

 

[mundania]

Maybe you're sleeping with your mouth open? It may sound odd..but I'm serious.. I think that could be a cause.

 

[beer]

nope...no drool whatsoever...

I usually sleep on my side, too.

Could it be a sign of getting mono? I dated a girl a few weeks ago that came down with mono the following week.

 

[Budman]

Yes the Morning after i had a few i wake up VERY thirsty.

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

If you are breathing through your mouth at night, that might do it despite the lack of drool. Do you notice any nasal congestion when you wake up?

 

[Littlenikki]

I've always had that problem. I just go too sleep with a drink next too the bed

 

[beer]

No nasal or sinus symptoms out of the ordinary.

 

[LAUST]

If you do get a Humidifier

 

[Passions]

keep a bottle of water next to ur bed and splash yourself every once in a while.

 

[TomJones]

Beer will do it to you.

 

[beer]

It's dry but only because of the cold air, err somewhat cold air in Texas. Cold = 40 degrees or so.

 

[pillage2001]

If you're living near where I'm at, which is in Michigan, the air around is rather dry these days. I'm getting dry throats each time I wake up.

 

[Mule]

<< I've always had that problem. I just go too sleep with a drink next too the bed >>


Ahh, nothing like 151 proof bacardi in the morning to rid that thirst!

 

[divinemartyr]

Some of your body's functions slow down at night, such as the production of saliva. It isn't nearly as necessary if you aren't talking so this is one way your body saves energy.

dm

 

[LAUST]

pillage2001

I lived in Ludington for 6 month's doing contract work on some of the public schools in places like Bad Axe, Alpena and Atlanta. Michican gets some REALLY weird weather from those lakes. But the summers man that was some wild humidity I wasn't used to, I remember typing on my keyboard and sweating like crazy, but in the winter time as you said it dried right up some days.

 

[dabuddha]

excessive thirst is also a symptom of diabetes
might want to check just to be safe

 

[GoldenBear]

Check your sheets. You might be losing liquid THAT way.

 

[The Stigenator]

i drool sometimes and that causes me to get thirsty.
however what maybe the reason is a good thing to know.

 

[Sundog]

Even with a humidifier going, I also am really thirsty in the mornings. Sometimes in the middle of the night I will get up just to drink some water.

 

[Doggiedog]

Just a word of advice. If you have dry mouth, your chances of getting tooth decay are A LOT higher (trust me I know). So make sure you take care of those teeeth.

 

[willawake]

yeah, if you are also thirsty through the day - check for diabetes

 

[Supradude]

well, during the day, don't you drink something maybe at least once an hour?... when you sleep you go like 6-8 hours with nothing,... hence it seems totally normal to wake up thirsty AND hungry...

 

[crab]

when I was, I found out it was a blood infection...I was going into some kind of shock.

 

[Entity]

<< excessive thirst is also a symptom of diabetes
might want to check just to be safe >>



I second this. Those symptoms are how I detected my diabetes before I went into a coma (like many people do). Go get a blood test immediately would be my advice.

take care,
Rob