Guest guest Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 > > I had a bad spell yesterday that I think was partly due to > low potassium. Alka-Seltzer Gold has never tasted good to > me before - in fact it always tasted so bad to me that I could > not even imagine it tasting good. Yes, it's nasty! I've used it to stop food reactions in my son, but it was never easy to get him to drink much of it. > The salt didn't taste bad yesterday, but it didn't taste > especially good and it didn't help. Alka-Seltzer Gold tasted > incredibly good. I drank two packets. It helped somewhat, > but I still felt pretty bad all evening. I had a bad spell last spring and came here for help, and I think JT suggested salt, water, and potassium. I had several helpings of Twinlabs Allergy C powder in water -- it's fizzy and tastes good to me, has potassium bicarb in it, and I was a lot better. Did your bad spell feel kind of scary, like you just felt very bad but in some weird unfamiliar way? Very fragile? > > In any case, I think I've got the message now. I just don't > understand why I am different from other people - I'm not > so profoundly fatigued as many with adrenal problems. And > I'm really not as bad as in the past - my blood sugar seems > fine and this is the first spell like this in a long time. Are you going to drop HC and go back to herbs? It does sound like that was working better for you. Nell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 When I first started taking Armour, I did nothing for adrenal support, not knowing about it. I felt horrible for a long, long time and took to taking just about everything and anything to feel better. The only thing that helped me was some left over trace mineral product from Thorne Research called " Citri Mins " which has potassium in it. And lots of fruits and vegetables worked as well or better, particularly bananas and watermelon both of which are high in potassium. Re: low potassium > >> >> I had a bad spell yesterday that I think was partly due to >> low potassium. Alka-Seltzer Gold has never tasted good to >> me before - in fact it always tasted so bad to me that I could >> not even imagine it tasting good. > > Yes, it's nasty! I've used it to stop food reactions in my son, but it > was never easy to get him to drink much of it. > > > The salt didn't taste bad yesterday, but it didn't taste >> especially good and it didn't help. Alka-Seltzer Gold tasted >> incredibly good. I drank two packets. It helped somewhat, >> but I still felt pretty bad all evening. > > I had a bad spell last spring and came here for help, and I think > JT suggested salt, water, and potassium. I had several helpings > of Twinlabs Allergy C powder in water -- it's fizzy and tastes good to > me, has potassium bicarb in it, and I was a lot better. Did your bad > spell feel kind of scary, like you just felt very bad but in some > weird unfamiliar way? Very fragile? >> > >> In any case, I think I've got the message now. I just don't >> understand why I am different from other people - I'm not >> so profoundly fatigued as many with adrenal problems. And >> I'm really not as bad as in the past - my blood sugar seems >> fine and this is the first spell like this in a long time. > > Are you going to drop HC and go back to herbs? It does sound like that > was working better for you. > > > Nell > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 > > I had a bad spell last spring and came here for help, and I think > JT suggested salt, water, and potassium. I had several helpings > of Twinlabs Allergy C powder in water -- it's fizzy and tastes good to > me, has potassium bicarb in it, and I was a lot better. Did your bad > spell feel kind of scary, like you just felt very bad but in some > weird unfamiliar way? Very fragile? Potassium really hasn't seemed to help before. I did try it several times during these " bad spells " when I had them a year or more ago and it seemed to do nothing for me. I felt a bit weak, sleepy, " fear in the chest " , a bit of phlegm in the chest (but not enough to cough up), a slight ache in the chest, a bit dizzy, a very deep, quiet fear. I feel very slowed down when this happens - despite the fear, my heart rate stays normal (sometimes goes lower than normal, though not yesterday). Yes, felt very fragile. Also my colon dumped everything. And I felt I couldn't breath quite right, but it is hard to describe. I am not sure if this is directly adrenal, but certainly when my adrenals were worse by test results, I was having a lot of this, and when I was better by test results, this stuff went away. > > In any case, I think I've got the message now. I just don't > > understand why I am different from other people - I'm not > > so profoundly fatigued as many with adrenal problems. And > > I'm really not as bad as in the past - my blood sugar seems > > fine and this is the first spell like this in a long time. > > Are you going to drop HC and go back to herbs? It does sound like that > was working better for you. I've scheduled a call with A. tomorrow. I'll see what she has to say. The trouble is that I started having some odd problems possibly related to ashwagandha after 6 months of it (that went away after I stopped it), and licorice is very high in phenols, which I think (not certain) are somewhat a problem for me. Perhaps rotating these and some others like ginseng will work okay. Oddly, I do seem to be okay with the 2.5 mg HC now. Whether I have simply " adjusted " to it or what, I don't know. Still rather scared of it, worried that the bizarre feelings will crop up again unexpectedly. Ashwagandha never caused anything like that. -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 > > When I first started taking Armour, I did nothing for adrenal support, not > knowing about it. I felt horrible for a long, long time and took to taking > just about everything and anything to feel better. The only thing that > helped me was some left over trace mineral product from Thorne Research > called " Citri Mins " which has potassium in it. And lots of fruits and > vegetables worked as well or better, particularly bananas and watermelon > both of which are high in potassium. > > I started taking kelp recently, but nothing else for thyroid. I didn't notice anything after adding the kelp and I am up to 3 caps per day on that. I can't eat fruit due to dysbiosis issues. But I eat a lot of vegetables. I had cauliflower and cabbage with my lunch not too long before the symptoms started. Hm - I did start a new multi mineral supplement recently. I wonder if that is mucking around with my mineral balance. -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 I was reading the symptoms for low potassium and they fit my symptoms. Is mercury responsible for this too? Mine is very very low. Any ideas how to treat? Thanks, Val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 > > > I was reading the symptoms for low potassium and they fit my > symptoms. Is mercury responsible for this too? Mine is very very > low. Any ideas how to treat? > > Thanks, > Val > A list of symptoms of low potassium usually refers to low serum level. The hair level doesn't tell you about serum - it doesn't suggest much except low thyroid function. It seems to me that symptoms of low serum potassium have a bit of overlap with thyroid symptoms. I would try some of 's suggestions and if that doesn't help, then check your thyroid dose. -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 > > > I was reading the symptoms for low potassium and they fit my > symptoms. Is mercury responsible for this too? Mine is very very > low. Any ideas how to treat? > > Thanks, > Val > A list of symptoms of low potassium usually refers to low serum level. The hair level doesn't tell you about serum - it doesn't suggest much except low thyroid function. It seems to me that symptoms of low serum potassium have a bit of overlap with thyroid symptoms. I would try some of 's suggestions and if that doesn't help, then check your thyroid dose. -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 > > > I was reading the symptoms for low potassium and they fit my > symptoms. Is mercury responsible for this too? Mine is very very > low. Any ideas how to treat? > > Thanks, > Val > A list of symptoms of low potassium usually refers to low serum level. The hair level doesn't tell you about serum - it doesn't suggest much except low thyroid function. It seems to me that symptoms of low serum potassium have a bit of overlap with thyroid symptoms. I would try some of 's suggestions and if that doesn't help, then check your thyroid dose. -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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