marika [insert last name here] wrote:
[...] my doctor has said
that I shouldn't drink water without anything in it, because it has
paradoxical effects of dehydrating me if I drink too much. I fainted
once a few years ago because I had had more water that flushed out all
the salt in my system.[...]

Hyponatremia, most likely: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyponatremia.

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