Guest guest Posted June 17, 2006 Report Posted June 17, 2006 I'm being tested for this as I been sick for a year now. and labs showed low potassium and low salt. I was a mess. I started dehydrating drinking unreal amounts of water sweating weak and upset stomach. I am swollen like a pond of water. My blood pressure has been high with a heart beat over 100 if I am not on atenolol. I also have a adenoma in my left adrenal found in Feb 06. I was on hydrocortsone since october 05 due to hyperpigmentation and totaly ill in general. Cortisol has been normal in am and passed the stem test and acth has never been above 14. Why am I so tanned. hmmmmmm I quit hydrocortsone for 7 weeks which on the 6 week I got real ill and then my potassium went below range as salt was on the low side of the range as well. I went back on hydrocortisone as I know it stops the missery. Probably surpressing aldosterone production? MY potassium came back up to 4.4 from 3.4. I have tingling and numb spots here and there.I should have some answers this week I hope. This is such a nice group. Could someone post symptoms of this illness, is AVS a common practise to have done? ita Quote
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