Jpony

I posted a year and 1/2 ago that I was starting on probiotics, digestive enzymes and folate, I'm not sure which one did the trick but I am able to drink water without a problem. I'm still taking the folate everyday. It's actually L-methylfolate. I honestly think it was the probiotics that helped me. I will take them occasionally now if I feel a little unbalanced. A few months ago I started adding apple cider vinegar to my water for other reasons. It took a few days to get used to the smell and taste but antidotally at least, it's supposed to be good for you. You could start out with just a drop or 2 to see if that makes the water less upsetting. I add 2 tablespoons to 12 oz of water, twice a day. Hope this helps

I like this thread too and was happy? to see others with a similar problem, misery loves company, not really, just nice to know that there's someone else out there can relate. I get nauseous if I drink ANY plain water at a normal rate, not so bad if I sip it but makes it hard to swallow vitamins. Like previous posters, when I tell someone about it, I get the same reaction, it's all in your head. It's not and unless you're a psychiatrist who has examined us, you really should stop saying it. This thread has given me some insight as to the possible causes, the pH level is something I will check into, that could make a lot of sense. The body is an extremely complicated mechanism that even the doctors and scientist are still discovering new things daily. When I was a kid, we had that 5 second rule, mainly because eating a little dirt didn't hurt and could actually help until we pesticided ourselves to death. Dirt was full of 'good' bacteria that all these 'anti-bacterial' soaps that we use along with shots of antibiotics for every sneeze, are killing off. We sterilize everything but our bodies are a caldron of micro-organism, most of them doing the good things we need done. FYI 100 trillion microbes in the average gut, 37 trillion cells in the human body, bacteria out number us 3 to 1. Throw in enzymes, vitamins, minerals etc and if some of them are out of balance, who's to say you can't be 'allergic' to water. Jamie, saying it can't be physical is just plain ignorant. There are people 'allergic' to water touching their skin, tell them it's psychosomatic as their skin is blistering off their bodies because they got caught in a spring shower. It's not common but it does happen. As for a cure or at least a possible reason, at the moment I'm working on the possibility that this might be one of the symptoms of my gut being "out of balance". I have already been tested and found that I have a defective gene (MTHFR) that makes my body process folic acid (B9) very inefficiently causing all kinds of problems, including anemia and maybe this is another one of them. I don't have IBS but tested positive for other gastrointestinal problems that seem to be getting better by adding probiotics among other things. My suggestion is trying probiotics, digestive enzymes and folate. It's taken me about 6 weeks to see a slight change in the water thing but a significant change in all many of my other symptoms. I also cut out ALL diet drinks including the flavorings for water, like MiO. Previously that was the only way I could drink water, I did wean myself off of that by adding less and less each time. Hope that helps