Not from people overdosing on water. Those cases are failure to consume salt with their water.
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I had three similar fainting experiences over a year. It was initially diagnosed by two doctors as syncope. After the second time I was delighted that my doctor said eat more salt to keep my blood pressure up and I purchased several bags of chips.
After the third time fainting a cardiologist fitted me with a Zio monitor. It was attached on my chest with an adhesive and it monitored my heart for 14 days. The Zio report came back “8 Pauses occurred, the longest lasting 14.3 seconds at 4 bpm.” Before the Zio results my in person EKG always came back as normal.
There are also implantable loop recorders the size of a paper clip that are inserted just under the skin to monitor your heart for longer.
Regarding your doctor saying “Lots of people faint sometimes.” During the time I was wearing the monitor I read an online discussion between emergency medical workers questioning what to do when a patient presents with syncope, this line stood out to me “Unfortunately, no one has come up with a clear guideline that allows you to clearly risk stratify a patient with syncope.” This line did not give me confidence. You may want to have your fainting checked out further?
My outcome has been good. I was eligible for a Micra leadless pacemaker made by Medtronic. It was inserted directly into my heart through a vein from my groin. My recovery time was three days. The pacemaker is about an inch long and about the diameter of a vitamin capsule. It keeps my pulse above 50 bpm. The battery life is 10 to 15 years. Yes, I want that battery technology in my Apple devices!
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I wore a Holter monitor for 24 hours, but it showed nothing abnormal, and since I’d only had a single event in my life, it wasn’t deemed worthy of more investigation.
Battery tech has nothing to do with it. Your pacemaker is drawing over 5 orders of magnitude less current than a small laptop.
According to this article pacemakers typically consume about 10-25 µA.
Power-draw from a computer or phone depends greatly on what you’re doing with it. But for reference, the (aftermarket) battery in my 2011 MacBook Air has a capacity of 5.1 Ah. A new battery lasts about 4 hours at my usage pattern, for an average consumption of 1.275 A. That is over 51,000 times the current-draw of your pacemaker (1.275/0.000025 = 51,000. 1.275/0.00001=127,500).
15 years at 25 µA is only 3.3 Ah (25 µA * 15 yr * 365.25 days/yr * 24 hours/day = 3,287,250 µAh).
In contrast, 15 years at 1.275A would be (1.275 A * 15 yr * 365.25 days/yr * 24 hours/day = 167,650 Ah.
For comparison, a Tesla PowerWall 3 can provide 13.5 kWh (plus an additional 13.5 for each expansion unit you may have connected to it). Assuming a 1:1 power factor and no losses (to keep the math simple), at 120 V RMS, that translates to about 112.5 Ah. So you’d need 1490 units to power your laptop for 15 years.
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I’ve been logging since the post. Haven’t managed above 87%. Buying a new water bottle…
I did it! I finally hit 100% the other day. It wasn’t for a really good reason though–I’ve been a little sick, and Tonya encouraged me to drink herbal tea throughout the day in case it was the same bug she had gotten a few weeks ago. (It wasn’t; I’m just unusually tired and having trouble mustering energy to concentrate well or start new things.) Adding a quart of tea to what I normally drink allowed me to hit 100% with my final cup of water before bed.
Of course, I had to get up twice in the night to pee instead of once. Sigh.
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According to the app, I’m supposed to drink 105 fl oz a day, which to this European means over three liters. Or about ten full glasses. It seems crazy high… but am trying. I’m drinking in the morning as your experience is all too familiar. Adam. I try not to drink at all after dinner.
Interesting. Due to the heavy chlorination here, I buy bottled water in 40 bottle cases. I get “purified” water for making coffee & tea, and spring water for drinking straight. The bottles are 16.9 fl oz (.5 liter) and I go through maybe 3 - 4 bottles for coffee/tea, and another 2 - 3 bottles of spring water each day. I decrease the former and increase the latter in the summer.
Oh, Adam, I understand the night since my urologist put me on Tamsulosin at bedtime! I’m in the upper half of my 70s so it is to be expected.
Given the cost, have you considered the cost of a good filter for your kitchen faucet or possibly for your home?
Good filter systems aren’t cheap, but neither is going through 5-7 bottles a day.
When I bought the house there was an RO system filling the area under the kitchen sink that I removed as I could not see wasting 3 gallons just to get 1 gallon. Looked at filters but the annual cost is close to the bottled I get from Costco. Maybe when it gets too much to tote the cases from the car to the kitchen, I’ll look at other options.
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@ace I made over 100% two days in a row. Finally… toting around a water bottle in the morning certainly helps.
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