Hi! Im not sure myself how much you're supposed to drink on diamox. I, myself, drink about 8 glasses a day and am realizing this definitely isn't enough!! I'd love to know how much to drink, too~ :)

My neuro has me on 80 oz per day, minimum. I take 200 mg/day Topamax; this increase in water intake seems to have helped my dizzy spells a bit.... And I am ALWAYS thirsty! I always have a water bottle with me, so you're not the only one. :)

Lisa

I am always thirsty as well. I say I drink between 1-2 gal. Depends if I'm working or not that day. When I was first dx I was started out with 500mg Diamox twice daily with 50 mg topimax every night so I had a lot of trouble keeping food down so water and meal supplement drinks were all I could handle and I never learned to cut my water back but SOS long as you aren't drinking like 6+ gal a day of water then u are fine. Nothing wrong with water at all. : D

i'm on diamox. I drink just shy of a gallon a day, per my nephrologist's instructions. I have problems with kidney stones. I think that's the reason my dr's want me to drink so much. I got a 32 oz drink cup from walmart and use that to drink out of. I drink 4 of those a day.

When I was on Topamax I drank a lot more. I just constantly sucked down the water because I was so thirsty all the time and nothing would make it better. So I drank and drank and drank.... couldn't help it.

I try to drink 8 cups a day. All I drink is water and I can't seem to get that much down. I really need to up my game.

I drink about 100oz a day, if in outdoors in this awful heat and humidity, I am drinking alot more, I focus on hot dam hot it is not really the oz im drinking, lol.

LISA.....hey girl, long time no see, so good to hear of the little victories-im glad the water seems to be helping the dizzyness.


@Beautifulgirls, I drink from a straw many times, might that help you?

After my two rounds of kidney stones, (due to Diamox), I drank as much water I can, as recommended by my Urologist. I noticed that since I increased my water intake the stones have not been an issue. I rather deal with another issue related to "too much water intake", than the pain of passing kidney stones.

I don't know about the rest of you but when I was really bad with the headaches and foggy head, lots of water helped. I think of it as, in my case, the used CSF is not being reabsorbed fast enough so my brain is stewing in its own waste and I'm getting dumber and dumber. Gross. The more water I drink the faster that used fluid may be able to turn over. I don't think it makes the headache worse, personally I think it helps move things along. I am not on the medications, couldn't tolerate them. Oh but I really do need an ice cold coke a couple times a week! Just can't kick it!

On another note, has any of you had cranial sacral therapy. I like it when I have the extra cash to go, and my therapist, just like a massage therapist, thinks it flushes out those impurities and used fluids faster.

Amy

I'm on 3k mg/day of Diamox...
Let's just say ALLLLLLLLL the water!
Seriously.
I'm always thirsty...
...and with the Diamox it just goes straight through me.

Sometimes I don't drink as much if I'm away from the house.
But I definitely feel better when I drink plenty!
I use those big 24oz tumblers from Walmart with the screw on lid and straw... maybe 6-10 of them a day, 1 to 2 gallons of water. (With a squeeze of lime for flavor.)