Is there such a thing as over hydrating?
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YES, there is...
...To a degree
I remember reading about some condition where (on RM) that, on rare occasions, while doing endurance length events, if you only drink water you can sweat out all your salts, and when your salinity gets below a certain point, your whole body (heart... brain...) shuts down.
Or maybe you first go into a coma, and THEN die.
...To a degree
I remember reading about some condition where (on RM) that, on rare occasions, while doing endurance length events, if you only drink water you can sweat out all your salts, and when your salinity gets below a certain point, your whole body (heart... brain...) shuts down.
Or maybe you first go into a coma, and THEN die.
Well, I thought you just lost time because you had to pee a lot
Maybe people who do X often die from drowning which is caused by drinking too much. A normal body will usually let you know (vomit anyone) but a drugged out body may let you know by falling on the ground in a heap. 
Yes you can - I take salt tablets when I run ultra-marathons events on courses that are likely to take me over 6 hours to finish. I will also take salt tablets while running a marathon in temperatures over 70 degrees. Over precaution maybe as women are more likely to suffer from over-hydration than men. Over hydration occurs during intense indurance activity. I found this on the net:
Over-hydration
Over-hydration with water can lead to dilution of salt in our body fluids which causes a condition known as hyponatremia. Symptoms of hyponatremia are fatigue, weakness, cramping, nausea, vomiting, bloating, swelling and tightness of the hands and feet, dizziness, headache, confusion, fainting, seizures, coma, and even death. The symptoms are very similar to heat injury, and for doctors, the clue to telling these two conditions apart is the core body temperature and blood work. It is very important to get the correct diagnosis quickly, as the treatment for each is very different.
Hyponatremia due to exercise has previously been a very uncommon condition. However, with increased participation in marathons and other ultra-events, and the pendulum swinging to athletes over-hydrating with water, more cases are occurring. Risk factors include being female, sustained activity greater than 4 hours, excessive water intake 1 to 2 days before an event, and taking medications such as ibuprofen, naproxen or aspirin before an event. Many other types of medications can also impair our ability to conserve salt.
Over-hydration
Over-hydration with water can lead to dilution of salt in our body fluids which causes a condition known as hyponatremia. Symptoms of hyponatremia are fatigue, weakness, cramping, nausea, vomiting, bloating, swelling and tightness of the hands and feet, dizziness, headache, confusion, fainting, seizures, coma, and even death. The symptoms are very similar to heat injury, and for doctors, the clue to telling these two conditions apart is the core body temperature and blood work. It is very important to get the correct diagnosis quickly, as the treatment for each is very different.
Hyponatremia due to exercise has previously been a very uncommon condition. However, with increased participation in marathons and other ultra-events, and the pendulum swinging to athletes over-hydrating with water, more cases are occurring. Risk factors include being female, sustained activity greater than 4 hours, excessive water intake 1 to 2 days before an event, and taking medications such as ibuprofen, naproxen or aspirin before an event. Many other types of medications can also impair our ability to conserve salt.
Too much of anything will kill you.
There was a tourist over in Amsterdam who completely overindulged. He had either a heart attack or stroke "during" and had to be carried out of the proprietor's place of business naked with a stiffy. He had been abusing Viagra, as in using it repeatedly in the same night to fuel his orgy of excess.