My mother was forever hydrating herself because she refused to drink water. She spent more time in the hospital with an I.V. in her arm and you could literally see her coming out of the daze. A few weeks ago, I woke up in the middle of the night so neauseated that I had to change everything on my bed. This continued the next day plus I then had diarrhea. I felt tired and slept most of the time. What has scared me is that during this time, I was slurring my words, making statements that made no sense and my brother thought I had been drinking (I do not drink). One of my children thought I had had a stroke And me,I went on through the days totally unaware anything was wrong with me. In fact, I remember not a thing. My spouse went out and got me a bottle of a rehydrate drink. It helped. I was also taken to the doctor, however by then, I had rehydrated myself. My problem is that I don’t know what caused it unless it was the long drive I drove to Florida and back. Plus just prior to this trip, I quit my job as a Greeter at Meijer. What was a part-time job ended up with me working 40 hours per week standing in one spot with no liquid til break time which was often over a 4 hour wait. My problem is that I am terrified that this is going to happen to me again and I don’t know how to keep it from not happening. I am still drinking the hydration drinks and they are helping. But, I remain so scared and now have myself stressed out. So keep drinking fluids and hopefully none of us will have this frightening episode again.