Re: Mitral valve prolapse - potassium

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The only thing that helps my strong heart beats is potassium. My vision also

gets very fuzzy during these bouts of heart issues. I work out hard and sweat

quite a bit which lowers my potassium levels but since I've developed my

thyroid problems my potassium loss is totally out of hand. Since potassium

supplements are limited by law to 99 mg which is only 3% of the RDA I struggle

to get enough potassium. I found a tomato juice with very high potassium

(s low sodium tomato juice) it has 925mg in 8 oz which is like taking

almost 10 potassium pills (26% of the RDA). My nighttime heart rate and

arrythmias are totally under control now BUT I need this steady intake of

potassium from Bananas and tomato juice. I just returned from europe and

bought potassium chloride 600mg over the counter but am afraid of taking a

non-food form of potassium.

--- Linn <linnmiller@...> wrote:

> Skipper,

> The weird thing is that I don't have cold hands or feet. I used to

> have cold feet as a kid and when I was a teenager, but not since then.

> The arrythmias really concerned me as they kept increasing until

> they were several times a day. I backed off the Armour to 60 mgs

> then, but it didn't help much. I have occasionally had an arrythmia

> but maybe one every couple of months in the last year, (hormones are

> starting to drop) so didn't think it was too much of a worry. Have

> increased the magnesium and also am back on the CoQ10.

> I am concerned about the pulse rate as I am not working out hard

> like I used to. The strong heart beats concerned me as to when they

> occurred, it was odd to have happen when your body is at rest. I'm

> more concerned now that there may be a heart problem that the Armour

> has made more distinct, so I am going to get that checked out next week.

> I'm not sure about the strength of the cortisone I was on, that's

> compounded from the pharmacy my doctor uses so I don't know how it

> would compare with Cortef. Didn't feel calm on the Cortisol, but it

> kept me awake at night, even though I took it only in the morning.

> The doctor I use was trained with Dr. Hotze here in the Houston area

> and that's basically their protocol to start off with, is to put

> patients on cortisone, Armour and whatever sex hormones you may be

> deficient in. They do take blood tests, but base more on your

> symptoms than labs. My adrenal symptoms were not too bad, but she

> wanted me to try it for a couple of months to see how I felt. I do

> have hypoglycemia (ever since I was a kid), but not the same as most

> people do, not just reactive hypoglycemia, my insulin level is much

> lower than it should be. The worst problem it causes me is if I have

> to fast for any reason. Can't do that without IV fluids. Otherwise

> I just stick to a low carb diet, and only good carbs from whole foods.

> Thanks again for the help.

>

> Linn

>

>

>

> On Jun 17, 2006, at 5:18 PM, Skipper Beers wrote:

>

> >

> >

> > >From: Linn <linnmiller@...>

> > >Reply-iodine

> > >iodine

> > >Subject: Re: Re: Mitral valve prolapse

> > >Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 20:45:49 -0500

> > >

> > >Skipper,

> > > Thanks for all the info. I obviously need to go and get this checked

> > >out. I did get the symptoms you mentioned while on the Armour at

> > 90 mgs

> > >of feeling a very strong heart beat, especially when I would lay

> > down at

> > >night to sleep.

> >

> > .

> >

> >

>

>

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>

> The only thing that helps my strong heart beats is potassium. My

vision also

> gets very fuzzy during these bouts of heart issues. I work out hard

and sweat

> quite a bit which lowers my potassium levels but since I've developed my

> thyroid problems my potassium loss is totally out of hand. Since

potassium

> supplements are limited by law to 99 mg which is only 3% of the RDA

I struggle

> to get enough potassium. I found a tomato juice with very high

potassium

> (s low sodium tomato juice) it has 925mg in 8 oz which is

like taking

> almost 10 potassium pills (26% of the RDA). My nighttime heart rate and

> arrythmias are totally under control now BUT I need this steady

intake of

> potassium from Bananas and tomato juice. I just returned from

europe and

> bought potassium chloride 600mg over the counter but am afraid of

taking a

> non-food form of potassium.

>

Have you ever had your aldosterone checked? This lowers potassium

levels, and a couple people on another newsgroup have hyperaldosteronism.

An old home remedy recommended by DC Jarvis who wrote " Vermont Folk

Medicine " called for a couple teaspoons of organic Apple Cider Vinegar

along with a couple teaspoons of raw honey and a drop of Lugol's

Solution in a glass of water. He wrote about the " usefullness of

iodine " as well as potassium.

That would certainly be high in potassium, plus ensure you get enough

iodine.

I tried it for a while, but those with low adrenals like me, don't do

well with extra potassium. I didn't know that at the time.

skipper