[Paradox]

It has happened to me, once. I sometimes overheat, and am often dehydrated, so a couple of years ago, as I prepared to mow the lawn, I drank 2 liters of water. Took me several minutes, but I sure didn't want to dehydrate, did I? So I went outside, and started mowing, and as I sweated, I drank another liter. I started feeling a bit dizzy and disoriented, I thought it was overheat and dehydration, so I drank another liter. I felt awful, disorented, headache. I was going to drink even more, but by then, I had started p*ssin like a racehorse. Over and over again, my body was getting rid of uring that was totally water clear. I figured I had had more than enough. Back in the old days, before Gatoraide became popular, they use to give people salt and electrolyte pills when they were sweating alot, so I had a banana, and actually drank a mixture of salt water I made. Slowly, that and more p*ssing made me feel better. Only afterwards did I go on the internet and realize what I had probably done.

The vast majority of people don't understand how this is possible. I feel sorry for that lady, as well as the radio station people.

[Buddy B]

During WWII the military give Salt tablets to the GI's.

Especially in the Ssouth Pacific zones.

I believe the tablet were pure salt?

WWII salt tablets - Google Search

Standard List Of Medical Supplies Issued to U.S. Merchant Ships During World War II

[WV Mountain Mama]

That happened to me when we hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. It was so bloody hot, etc that I kept drinking water. The more I drank, I couldn't understand why I didn't start feeling better. I participated in sports since I was 4 through college and had never had a problem like that before. Luckily we signed up for the steak dinner down there and I got some food, pop and peanuts (lots of peanuts) in me.

[capt.P]

I'm taking a shipboard medical course right now- the other day the instructor said that sports drinks should be diluted 3:1 water to gatorade- the sugar in those drinks prevents rapid uptake of electrolytes in cases of moderate to severe dehydration.

[Paved Paradise]

Glad nothing terrible happened to you. Very few people know that too much water can kill.