Re: Euvolemic Hyponatremia

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Wow! LaCretia! Thanks very much for the info! I hadn't thought about the

emergency aspects! I see how critical they could be, though!

The water/salt balance has helped a lot. I think that the remaining " leaking "

will clear up once the hormones get fixed, that's next after I get a bit better

established on the thyroid/adrenal support.

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Re: Euvolemic Hyponatremia

I wish the doctors knew this. I kept telling them that I didn't think I had

IC that it was something else. Now that I reduced the water intake and

increased salt...no more problems. I'm glad to see that I'm on the right track.

I had posted this to the 's board and they told me what it was but didnt'

go into detail. I replied today asking if they thought it was the cause of the

bathroom issues and what I am doing is right.

I saw your other note regarding lurking on the 's board. I don't think

it would hurt. Most of them don't like to give advise about dosing because they

feel you should be under a doctors care for that. They will answer general

questions about the disease and even point you to articles that contain patient

stories and other articles. Outside of that, they are careful not to provide

information that they feel a doctor should be doing for you. They will stress

to you that you need to be under doctors care for 's since it's so

dangerous. I never received the official testing so, I have only been diagnosed

with adrenal fatigue.

I'm now coming off one year treatment of cortef and today is my last dose of

it. So far, I think the doctor was right in that it's only adrenal fatigue.

Otherwise I think I would be having more problems than what I am. Thank

goodness.

's is very dangerous and life threatening. I don't know if you have an

emergency injection kit to carry with you everywhere but you should. You should

also wear a bracelet that identifies you as an addison's patient. There is also

a letter you can get from the 's board that you should carry with you at

all times that explains your condition and what to do in case you are

unconscious. These are the most important items to carry with you.

As far as dosing...if you are a true 's patient and have an official

diagnoses, I would recommend getting on Cortef. Prednosine is too strong and

slow acting. Cortef acts very quickly but only stays in your system for 4 hours

so you must dose more than once a day. Isocort from what I understand works the

same but you have to take a lot more pills. I don't know if you have insurance

and this is why you are taking the Isocort...that's mostly why I have seen

others take it due to the easy access.

Thanks for sharing... I'm glad to see someone else that has had the same

expierience. I have asked for so long how to fix the peeing issue. I

thought I was going to have to start wearing depends LOL!

LaCretia

>

>The nausea has haunted me (coming and going) for decades.

>I could be off-base but I started adding the salted water

>before I got the Isocort and the running to the bathroom

>24/7 decreased a lot. As the name implies,hyponatremia =

>low salt in the body fluids, adding the salt (and probably

>other electrolytes, too) is a strategy brings several

>things in the body tissues and plasma back into balance.

>We function best as envelopes of sea water, basically. I

>function better this way. The glass of (sea) salt in a

>glass of water, every morning is waking up my Sodium (Na)

>Potassium (K) pumps and my belly is deflating and my

>nerves are creaking back into shape...

>

>...

>

> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 7:13 AM

> Euvolemic Hyponatremia can occur when you are on

> steroid replacement for adrenal fatigue. That's

> why I found it interesting. I would get episodes

> where I would get nauseated and get dry heaves,

> very weak muscles, etc. This is the name for that

> basically. I thought it was interesting to find

> and know what causes the vomiting.

>

> I also found while digging through information on

> that subject that it can cause you to run to the

> bathroom constantly because your body has too much

> water. I was drinking more water thinking...hey I

> need to drink as much as I can to keep my kidneys

> flushed.

>

> Adding the water when salt is low and your TBW

> (total body water) is high due to the cells not

> releasing the water (this occurs when you have both

> thyroid and adrenal fatigue) causes the kidneys to

> release more water thus running to the bathroom.

>

> To correct Euvolemic Hyponatremia it states to

> restrict water intake. I have been doing this

> for a few days and guess what? No more running to

> the bathroom. The doctor tried to diagnose me

> with IC and now I don't seem to have the problem.

> Maybe I'm wrong about this and that's why I posted

> it to see what other thought.

> Regards,

> LaCretia

>

> >situation when the sodium levels have either

> >chronically or acutely dropped too low...an

> >electrolyte imbalance, for one reason or another.

> >

> >~Inga

>