• @LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Reminds me of that day in 2015 I tried to commit su*cide by intentional hyponatremia. because I’m a hydrohomie and I really love water and my body is accustomed to drinking a lot of water, so I thought excessive hydration would be a nice way to check out of this torturous earthly existence.

    (Edit: DISCLAIMER: NSFW DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS!)

    I set a goal and stayed on schedule drinking 1 gallon per hour.

    well apparently hyponatremia hits differently for different people. The effect it had on me was:

    first vomiting the extra water, But I was persistent and kept drinking more,

    and of course lots of peeing, within an hour my pee was crystal clear,

    Next, the only way I can describe how it felt was that every cell in my body felt puffy.

    I kept drinking,

    Then dizziness, the room is spinning

    so after 5 hours of constant drinking, peeing, vomiting water, feeling cellularly puffy, dizzy, then still drinking more, for 5 hours, I was exhausted and disappointed that I wasn’t dead yet, so gave up & fell asleep.

    next day I woke up fine but feeling actually pretty awesome because super hydrated. Felt physically awesome & healthy, so it gave me a little more courage to keep moving forward with this miserable earthly existence.