Re: What to do with my new meds..

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>February 2009, ON-HC and ON-Sea Salt: Aldosterone 12.5 (5 - 20) - Different

laboratory, different range.

Firstly Aldosterong labs are meant to be done SALT FASTING as far as I

know, were any of these done like that??

>So what do we make out of this? I'm just confused and scared... Don't want that

arrytmia again, it was slow, hard, I really felt it, and it felt wrong and

dangerous! Why do you think this happened ? Because I drank less sea salt

in those 4 days before this, or because I took Fludro & DHEA that morning AND

did not drink sea salt that day, until AFTER the arrhythmia happened?

When you went to the hospital they did electrolyte labs and sodium was

very low as far as I can recall.

The chances are it was THIS which was due to you suddenly stopping the

sea salt that caused it and NOT the meds you took.

We may not see Val here till Monday as she has a busy weekend working

but the adrenal list opens soon from moderator break and there are

several mods there who know a LOT more about Aldosterone than I do

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

Nick

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>February 2009, ON-HC and ON-Sea Salt: Aldosterone 12.5 (5 - 20) - Different

laboratory, different range.

Firstly Aldosterong labs are meant to be done SALT FASTING as far as I

know, were any of these done like that??

>So what do we make out of this? I'm just confused and scared... Don't want that

arrytmia again, it was slow, hard, I really felt it, and it felt wrong and

dangerous! Why do you think this happened ? Because I drank less sea salt

in those 4 days before this, or because I took Fludro & DHEA that morning AND

did not drink sea salt that day, until AFTER the arrhythmia happened?

When you went to the hospital they did electrolyte labs and sodium was

very low as far as I can recall.

The chances are it was THIS which was due to you suddenly stopping the

sea salt that caused it and NOT the meds you took.

We may not see Val here till Monday as she has a busy weekend working

but the adrenal list opens soon from moderator break and there are

several mods there who know a LOT more about Aldosterone than I do

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/

Nick

--

for more information on RT3 and Thyroid Resistance go to

www.thyroid-rt3.com

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>>February 2009, ON-HC and ON-Sea Salt: Aldosterone 12.5 (5 - 20) - Different laboratory, >>different range.

 

>Firstly Aldosterong labs are meant to be done SALT FASTING as far as I 

>know, were any of these done like that??

I've learned that I should stop sodium intake when doing the test, but I didn't take any salt at all during the first tests in early to mid 2009. The test where my Aldosterone was at 28 in november was it, was done without drinking a lot of sea salt. However, the other tests, including the one analyses in Belgium (result: 12.5 - range 5 to 20) was done while drinking sea salt. I just felt I couldn't stop drinking sea salt... I might be right! I might be severely deficient in salt!>>So what do we make out of this? I'm just confused and scared... Don't want that arrytmia >>again, it was slow, hard, I really felt it, and it felt wrong and dangerous! Why do you think >>this happened ? Because I drank less sea salt in those 4 days before this, or >>because I took Fludro & DHEA that morning AND did not drink sea salt that day, until >>AFTER the arrhythmia happened?

>>When you went to the hospital they did electrolyte labs and sodium was>very low as far as I can recall.

It was a point under the low range. AFTER DRINKING 1/2 bottle of sea salt (1/2 tea spoon) 1 hour before the test. I got scared after the arrhythmia, and drank the salt on the way to the hospital before the blood was drawn! 

>The chances are it was THIS which was due to you suddenly stopping the 

>sea salt that caused it and NOT the meds you took.

Well, I know for sure POTASSIUM is known for giving arrhythmias. Look at my latest post, Nick! With the full blood analysis results! 

>We may not see Val here till Monday as she has a busy weekend working 

>but the adrenal list opens soon from moderator break and there are 

>several mods there who know a LOT more about Aldosterone than I do

>http://health. groups.yahoo. com/group/ NaturalThyroidHo rmonesADRENALS/

Thanks! I'll give it a go then!

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>>February 2009, ON-HC and ON-Sea Salt: Aldosterone 12.5 (5 - 20) - Different laboratory, >>different range.

 

>Firstly Aldosterong labs are meant to be done SALT FASTING as far as I 

>know, were any of these done like that??

I've learned that I should stop sodium intake when doing the test, but I didn't take any salt at all during the first tests in early to mid 2009. The test where my Aldosterone was at 28 in november was it, was done without drinking a lot of sea salt. However, the other tests, including the one analyses in Belgium (result: 12.5 - range 5 to 20) was done while drinking sea salt. I just felt I couldn't stop drinking sea salt... I might be right! I might be severely deficient in salt!>>So what do we make out of this? I'm just confused and scared... Don't want that arrytmia >>again, it was slow, hard, I really felt it, and it felt wrong and dangerous! Why do you think >>this happened ? Because I drank less sea salt in those 4 days before this, or >>because I took Fludro & DHEA that morning AND did not drink sea salt that day, until >>AFTER the arrhythmia happened?

>>When you went to the hospital they did electrolyte labs and sodium was>very low as far as I can recall.

It was a point under the low range. AFTER DRINKING 1/2 bottle of sea salt (1/2 tea spoon) 1 hour before the test. I got scared after the arrhythmia, and drank the salt on the way to the hospital before the blood was drawn! 

>The chances are it was THIS which was due to you suddenly stopping the 

>sea salt that caused it and NOT the meds you took.

Well, I know for sure POTASSIUM is known for giving arrhythmias. Look at my latest post, Nick! With the full blood analysis results! 

>We may not see Val here till Monday as she has a busy weekend working 

>but the adrenal list opens soon from moderator break and there are 

>several mods there who know a LOT more about Aldosterone than I do

>http://health. groups.yahoo. com/group/ NaturalThyroidHo rmonesADRENALS/

Thanks! I'll give it a go then!

[Guest guest]

>>February 2009, ON-HC and ON-Sea Salt: Aldosterone 12.5 (5 - 20) - Different laboratory, >>different range.

 

>Firstly Aldosterong labs are meant to be done SALT FASTING as far as I 

>know, were any of these done like that??

I've learned that I should stop sodium intake when doing the test, but I didn't take any salt at all during the first tests in early to mid 2009. The test where my Aldosterone was at 28 in november was it, was done without drinking a lot of sea salt. However, the other tests, including the one analyses in Belgium (result: 12.5 - range 5 to 20) was done while drinking sea salt. I just felt I couldn't stop drinking sea salt... I might be right! I might be severely deficient in salt!>>So what do we make out of this? I'm just confused and scared... Don't want that arrytmia >>again, it was slow, hard, I really felt it, and it felt wrong and dangerous! Why do you think >>this happened ? Because I drank less sea salt in those 4 days before this, or >>because I took Fludro & DHEA that morning AND did not drink sea salt that day, until >>AFTER the arrhythmia happened?

>>When you went to the hospital they did electrolyte labs and sodium was>very low as far as I can recall.

It was a point under the low range. AFTER DRINKING 1/2 bottle of sea salt (1/2 tea spoon) 1 hour before the test. I got scared after the arrhythmia, and drank the salt on the way to the hospital before the blood was drawn! 

>The chances are it was THIS which was due to you suddenly stopping the 

>sea salt that caused it and NOT the meds you took.

Well, I know for sure POTASSIUM is known for giving arrhythmias. Look at my latest post, Nick! With the full blood analysis results! 

>We may not see Val here till Monday as she has a busy weekend working 

>but the adrenal list opens soon from moderator break and there are 

>several mods there who know a LOT more about Aldosterone than I do

>http://health. groups.yahoo. com/group/ NaturalThyroidHo rmonesADRENALS/

Thanks! I'll give it a go then!

[Guest guest]

Btw, when I checked my electrolytes in the hospital 2 nights ago they looked like this:Sodium 136 (137 - 145)Potassium 3.8 (3.6 - 4.6)Ok, so Sodium looked too low. But Potassium also looks a bit low. Does anyone here know if a low serum potassium is more dangerous than a high tissue potassium? Looks like I have both!Heart just beat a little irregularly, maybe for 3-4 seconds now..... :-( What do I do?

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Thom,

I'm new with florinef but from what Val told me is very powerful drug.

She wanted me to start with a 1/4 tab first and then in a week to increas to

1/2.I started with a 1/4 and after 3 days I incresed to 1/2 but when I tryied

taking the 1/2 at once I had some ;roblems.I got a headache and I felt some

presssure in my heart.So,on base of that I do split my dose in morning 1/4 and

after lunch 1/4.i feel OK in this way but could nbot handle the 1/2 dose at

once,although I sure need the 1/2 tbalet and the 1/4 was not enaugh. Today is my

11th day being on 1/2 and I just added one more 1/4 tab at 4p.m to see how I

will feel.Val ,told me to do an electrolyte test in a 10 days after starting the

florinef and only tehn to increse more. I'm risking here with 1/4 tab more but

since I already been on 1/2 and followed my blood pressure and water retantion

,which Val told me to keep eye on it and I did not have any of that I decided to

include this 1/4 in the late afternoon.I don't know why your doc will order a

capsue of this big amount and ask you to start taking it right way.It does not

sound right to me and from what I know and i'm expereincing.That is just my

little knoweldge I have to share with you.

Milena

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> I only tried this generic fludro once. I don't dare trying it again til I've

spoken with Hertoghe himself. Now, everybody keeps telling me to split pills,

but they aren't splittable! They're capsules! Plastic with powder inside! I

don't get it - How can taking too much fludrocortisone the first time be bad?

And how would taking fludrocortisone 0.10 mg once mak emy heart go all nuts and

beat irregularly for 30 seconds? Felt like it was gonna stop! _I DID NOT DRINK

SEA SALT THAT DAY TIL AFTER IT HAPPENED_ !!! And look at my urine levels of

Aldosterone before and after I started HC and sea salt:

> May 2009, PRE-HC and PRE-Sea Salt: Aldosterone 16 (5 - 77)

> October 2009, ON-HC and ON-Sea Salt: Aldosterone 45 (5 - 77)

> Why is aldosterone going up if you say it will go down?

> November 2009, ON-HC and ON-Sea Salt: Aldosterone 28 (5 - 77)

> Here it went down again. How can it go up and down like that when I'm taking

the same sea salt every day?

> The latest Aldosterone lab, analyzed in Belgium (I have no idea if my huge

amount of urine, diurese: 5800 ml/almsot 6 liters) would make this result

something we can't trust, but:

> February 2009, ON-HC and ON-Sea Salt: Aldosterone 12.5 (5 - 20) - Different

laboratory, different range.

> So what do we make out of this? I'm just confused and scared... Don't want

that arrytmia again, it was slow, hard, I really felt it, and it felt wrong and

dangerous! Why do you think this happened ? Because I drank less sea salt

in those 4 days before this, or because I took Fludro & DHEA that morning AND

did not drink sea salt that day, until AFTER the arrhythmia happened?

>

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[Guest guest]

>I've learned that I should stop sodium intake when doing the test, but I didn't

take any salt at all during the first tests in early to mid 2009.

There is salt in pre-prepared food, you may have salted your food that

you ate.

Nick

[Guest guest]

> But Potassium also looks a bit low. Does anyone here know if a low serum

potassium is more dangerous than a high tissue potassium? Looks like I have

both!

If they are within range you are not in dangerous territory, there may

well be a place in the range where you feel a lot better but it's not

dangerous if it's in range.

Nick