Guest guest Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 A discovery today - I am low in potassium. I was looking through the labs I had done in ER last week and noticed that potassium was low - just a notch below low normal but low regardless. No one in ER even thought to mention this to me - they wanted to put me on beta blockers which I can't take. Could no one say 'hmmmm' - they amaze me in their thought processes. I called an old doc friend of mine and he said to go on low dose supplements and 2 bananas a day - that PVCs were definitely connected to low potassium. Low enough and a heart attack could occur. My current doc poo poo things and said to go ahead and take the potassium but he was skeptical but to retest in 2 weeks. His comment was that until things dropped to around 1.7 - then they take notice. By then, a person could have blasted heart attack!!!!!!! In research, I read that low potassium can inhibit thyroid med uptake into the cells. THAT was definitely interesting. Will see how the potassium issues does on both PVCs and future thyroid tests!!!!!!!!! > > Hi - I am new and confused. I have been hypo/Hashi's for 27+ years - treated for 26 years with Synthroid. I went off Snythroid Nov 08 to prep for nodule testing and then went on Armour 60 mg Dec 08. I raised to 90 mg in January 09 and did really well. > > Late summer, mild symptoms began to return and tests revealed low Free T4 0.81 (0.93 to 1.70) and normal TSH 2.95 (0.27 to 4.20). Also, TPO antibody test revealed >1000 (<35), TG <20 (<20). I felt pretty good despite these readings. > > Doc increased me to 105 mg Armour, and I haven't done well since that raise 5 weeks. Latest labs are as follows: TSH 0.59 (0.40 to 4.50), Free T4 0.8 (0.8 to 1.8); Free T3 289 (230 to 420 pg/dL); Reverse T3 22 (11 to 32 ng/dL); and Ferritin 15 (10 to 232). I am still waiting for the saliva cortisol test results. Doc says labs are fine - but I don't think so. > > I have developed (after an ER trip this week) PVCs - something I never had with all my time on Armour. I feel tired yet unable to sleep soundly, very cold one moment, very hot the other (NOT hot flashes), my chest feels tight, BP higher than normal then dropping to high normal - just feel crappy. My current doc doses to labs, my ex doc suggests dosing to symptoms - and HE feels I should back down to the 90 mg for awhile. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? I am at my wits end on this Armour thing - never had these problems with Synthroid. > > THANKS. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 My ferritin was 15. Can low iron trigger PVCs and ventricular tachycardia? Is it safe to add iron supplements if you having daily PVCs? I will be having a cortisol test soon - I had one but they sent to the wrong lab and by the time it was all done, the vials were considered untestable. I have new vials but just haven't done the test again. I will check to see if I am having a temp drop about that time. > > >I am hopeful that the supplements will help - I already know I was low in potassium and on the very low end of normal on ferritin. We wll see how things go. > > What was the Ferritin reading, you need 70-90 if you have thyroid > issues. > > The issues 2 hours after Armour can be low cortisol, not necessarily > high T3. If they are accompanied by a drop in temperature this is > almost certainly the case > > Nick > > -- > > for more information on RT3 and Thyroid Resistance go to > > www.thyroid-rt3.com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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