Is drinking too much water bad for your health?!
Question:
Is drinking too much water bad for your health?
Answers:
Yes. It can mess up your electrolytes and acid/base balance. It can cause a lot of problems, the first of which is you would be likely to pass out.
That's why they have those so-called "sports drinks" like Gatorade with electrolytes (sodium, potassium, etc.) added.
I used to work in a state mental hospital, and a lot of people with Schizophrenia have a thing called "water intoxication" where they keep drinking water and they get light headed; almost like they are drunk. Some of them have terrible behavior problems when they do that. The staff has to try their best to control how much water they drink.
I'm not sure if it goes along with Schizophrenia or if it's a side effect of the medication. I think the effects of water intoxication might be a little more dramatic on people with Schizophrenia than the average person, but I'm not totally sure about that.