I have a crazy idea. Water intoxication?

[CancerGuy16]

I have a medical condition where I'm thirsty no matter how much I drink and pee every hour. I have a medicine called desmopressin which controls my peeing and thirst. When I take my medicine peeing goes away but the thirst stays for maybe 10 minutes. Would water intoxication be a painful death?

 

[Deleted member 14386]

Yes to the last question, just google the few times it's happened on molly since the person thinks "I better drink loads of water", it's not pleasant and not fast (12 hours I think?). I'd look into other methods here
edit: also the ld50 in rats is 150ml/kg. So if you weigh 10 kilos(20ish lbs) you need to drink 1.5liters. Not feasible imo. Youd need over a gallon of water with no electrolytes, they control your nerves so it'll be likely painful

 

[Life sucks]

I force myself to drink water and keep hydrated and its not good idea. This probably works only for certain types of athletes. Pure water is the least toxic chemical and the overdose is extremely high.

 

[Disco Biscuit]

Water intoxication always reminds me of the Leah Betts case in the UK in the 90s. She took Ecstacy at a party and then drank enough water to kill herself after taking advice to keep hydrated a bit too literally. Her name became synonymous with the dangers of illegal drugs and the image of her in a coma was used to scare kids away from taking them. The irony was that it was the water that killed her, not the drugs.

Anyway, I don't think it was a quick death.

 

[autumnal]

I have a medical condition where I'm thirsty no matter how much I drink and pee every hour. I have a medicine called desmopressin which controls my peeing and thirst. When I take my medicine peeing goes away but the thirst stays for maybe 10 minutes. Would water intoxication be a painful death?

I believe there have been threads asking about this method before, although not with particular reference to your condition or medication. A search should find them.

 

[Alucard]

A bit gore, I'm afraid...

 

[grungeCat]

Maybe it's not directly related to what you mean but I'll describe my experience with water.
In my life I used to drink huge amounts of water (about 10 l, I weigh 80 kg)at once several times in order to pass the drug tests (yeah, I'm a douchebag, I know). It's very unpleasant, in no time you get terrible headaches, huge painful stomach cramps and you have to use a lot of will power not to throw up. Keep in mind that it's not even the ld50 dose.