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A 25-year-old female asked:
can psychogenic polydipsia happen on and off through your life? or is it consistent?
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Dr. Matthew Smith answered
Psychiatry 40 years experience
Variable: PP is usually a one-time episode. When it recurs, it is an indication that something has not been fully treated.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
I have psychogenic polydipsia, can you tell me the treatments?
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Dr. Daniel Mintz answered
Diabetology 65 years experience
Slowly reduce H2O in: Confirm that the diagnosiis. Incidental drug therapy is often the culprit, rare brain lesions can also masquerade as pp .See endo md, pp can be managed.
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