Is anyone else with MS always thirsty?

[jtjdmj]

seem like I can't get enoutgh liquid, luckily I like water, seems like I ALWAYS havef to have some liquid, it that just me or normal?

[Algis]

I am always thirsty too; but thought it is due to medication (Methotrexate).

[flautenmusik]

I do not have that problem.

BUT, you may want to head to your doctor. Increased thirst, such as what you are describing, is one of the first symptoms of diabetes.

[jtjdmj]

I'm not on that particular medicine and I know it's not diabeteic due to having a problem with that back in 2006, I now take my sugar every other day of so unless I have a problem, which luckily I don't.

[Leonard]

I think it is diabetics related.
see http://www.thisisms.com/ftopict-15188.html
yet another pice of the puzzle that fits in neatly into the low-glucose hypothesis.

[Bender]

I've always been very thirsty and as a result my doctors have tested me for diabetes a number of times. I don't think it's due to the MS, but I also have never had an explanation for it other than that I like water.

on 2nd thought i do sweat a lot when I'm hot (and as many on here I get hot easily) so maybe it's something to do with that, but I have no real idea.

[lyndacarol]

I agree with Leonard and flautenmusik. Increased thirst is an early symptom of diabetes. If your GP or endocrinologist has tested your glucose level and it is "normal," ask that your fasting serum insulin level be tested. (I suspect the insulin level will be above 7 UU/ML.)

[flipflopper]

I had my first relapse in 1999 (later officially diagnosed as ms) and I have been extremely thirsty all the time since about 1998. After my first relapse (optic neuritis), I asked to be tested for diabetes. I have been tested for diabetes every year for the past 12 years and I definitely do not have diabetes. I have also been tested for numerous things but my tests results have always been normal. So I am always thirsty and I have not found an explanation for this yet...

[Leonard]

From recent papers, I understood that insulin resistance starts developing long before you are diagnosed with diabetes. That may perhaps be as much 10 years or more. Also the process of demyelination and nerve damage has started earlier, but the signs, in our case MS, will only show up much later.

We are breaking new grounds here. The key metrics to qualify and quantify will need to be determined. I think the posting by Lyndacarol is extremely important here as we may need to look for early indicators.

... If your GP or endocrinologist has tested your glucose level and it is "normal," ask that your fasting serum insulin level be tested. (I suspect the insulin level will be above 7 UU/ML.)

the link between nerve damage and diabetics has been known for a long time: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/neuropathies/

insulin resistance is also thought to be the cause of other neurodegenerative diseases as ALS http://www.als.net/forum/default.aspx?g=posts&m=326324

http://care.diabetesjournals.org/conten ... 984.1.full

[hector]

Can somemeone explain why the MS patients feel constantly thirsty?

thanks, Hector

[Scott1]

Hi,

I'm the opposite. I rarely feel thirsty but when I do drink water I seem to need a lot. It's like I forgot I was thirsty and drinking something reminds me.

Regards,

[hector]

Can somemeone explain why the MS patients feel constantly thirsty?

thanks, Hector

The thirst can is caused by the of SETRUSITOL (overactive bladder) which causes dry mouth.

[C02]

I have also been very thirsty with MS and have been tested for diabetes and my doctor said that it is probably any of the interferon's which are causing my mouth to not produce saliva and thus making my brain think that I am thirsty

[Pesho]

Can somemeone explain why the MS patients feel constantly thirsty?

thanks, Hector

The thirst can is caused by the of SETRUSITOL (overactive bladder) which causes dry mouth.

I have overactive bladder and I'm always thirsty. This is from like 3-4 years before being diagnosed with MS and might have been the initial symptoms. Doctor's don't have explanation for either one of them besides MS, they blame everything on it.

[David1949]

Just for the record I don't have extreme thirst. I have PPMS.