I was diagnosed with POTS and DI during the same hospital stay. They did a water deprivation test in the ICU and the DDAVP worked like a charm to bring the urinating under control. DDAVP can be wonderful if you make sure you don't over drink. I take .1 twice daily (no dump)--it took several months to get used to drinking less since I was used to consuming so much water.
A note about sodium--I was in the hospital over two weeks before they considered a DI dx because they were thrown off by the fact that my sodium was too LOW. I found out from my endo months later that it's not uncommon for those with undiagnosed partial DI to overcompensate on water drinking and flush out their electrolytes.
Ddavp Does Anyone Have Experience With This
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I was diagnosed with POTS and DI during the same hospital stay. They did a water deprivation test in the ICU and the DDAVP worked like a charm to bring the urinating under control. DDAVP can be wonderful if you make sure you don't over drink. I take .1 twice daily (no dump)--it took several months to get used to drinking less since I was used to consuming so much water.
A note about sodium--I was in the hospital over two weeks before they considered a DI dx because they were thrown off by the fact that my sodium was too LOW. I found out from my endo months later that it's not uncommon for those with undiagnosed partial DI to overcompensate on water drinking and flush out their electrolytes.