Re: I'm just beginning... aldosterone

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hi

i also tested as high cortisol on mutliple saliva-cortisol tests.

and i will puff up when adding sea salt.

-i **finally just tested my aldosterone and renin (at 10:20am and day

6 of my cycle)

and they both came back a bit High!!!

I would suggest that others test their Aldosterone and REnin also; i

think we hypots A &R are affected more than we realize!??

but no way to prove it unless a lot of us start testing....

--

my blood tests (as hashis/hypot) and **undertreated/mistreated on

synthroid

have always had Sodium come back Low-Normal

and potassium mid-normal

but Neither have ever tested as " High-Normal "

so, as for salt/diet,

I may?? get puffy if i don't have any salt (and i do crave it a *bit

in potato chips Or soy sauce i stir fry) but perhaps that's because i

never used the salt shaker.. (didn't crave it That much

so what do folks with High cortisol-Adrenal fatigue do about salt?

(and potassium??

thanks

-Carol

ps my longest lasting and biggest symptoms may be related to this

discusson of electrolytes..

>

> I have Redmond's Sea Salt and it seems when I start drinking it in

my

> water my face looks puffy, my hands feel swollen and I retain water

> and I wonder then if it's ok to be doing this. Then I stop using it.

> Do I not need it if it does this to me? I feel much better than I

did

> a year ago, but recent saliva tests indicate that my cortisol levels

> are high in the morning and just below normal the rest of the day.

> Any suggestions?

>