Re: new to group

May 3, 2008

Thank you everyone for your replys! I am just now printing off and reading the articles from the website. And I will work on getting our xrays together. We have a lot of other combined health issues in our family and so I think the scoliosis was overlooked. Now of course I am feeling dismay because when he was about 5-6 months old I told the doctor he looked crooked -- his head shape and his back and I was told not to worry, time would take care of it. Tell me more about how to have our xrays reviewed by the doctors -- what do I need to do? That is truly amazing!

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July 29, 2011

many of us have found that our magnesium seemed to go along with our potassium.

I am not a huge vitamin guy but I noticed such a change in anxiety and

anxiousness afyer starting magnesium that I feel great. I just get the walmart

brand. Maybe check with your doc first but it has sure made a noticeable

difference

44yo male PA-C with PA official since 11/10 but had it for years misdiagnosed.

Doing well on spiro and DASH

>Hi everyone! I'm bev jackson and I live in Louisiana. I was diagnosed with

Conn's Syndrome 7 years ago(June 2004)at the age of 50. I had been having

uncontrollable hypertension for a number of years, but I figured it was

uncontrollable because of the dysfunction with family members. Plus I had

teenagers... LOL! The drs. started worrying about my heart and in '98 I had my

first angiogram. Everything was fine, the dr. just recommended I lose weight. I

had a second angiogram done in '04 and that is when an observant nurse realized

my K was 2.8. They gave me a couple of K tablets and did the angiogram, with the

same results. Healthy heart. They wouldn't let me go home though and I stayed in

the hospital for 4 days while they ran tests, calling in a nephrologist. My K

dropped to 2.5 and I was forced to wear a holter. One night it malfunctioned and

the nurses come in bringing a crash cart... I was fine, until they woke me up!!

LOL!!

>

>All in all, I've done well on Aldactone twice daily. If I sweat too much, (who

doesn't, living in Louisiana?), or have excessive urination or diarrhea. Then

I'm about as useless as can be. It takes me a couple of days to " catch " up. I

find that drinking Gatorade or foods with high potassium content help. But I'm

not sure that this is the healthy way to do this.

>

>I am being seen by a wonderful endocrinologist now that has come to town just

since I was diagnosed. Still, I don't know enough about Conn's to truly

understand it.

>

>When first diagnosed an MRI was done and they found no tumors so I was told it

was hyperplasia(I think that's the correct word). Within the past year I had an

abdominal ct scan that revealed a small nodule on my left adrenal. Another ct

scan in March showed it had not grown. So we're just watching it now. I'll have

another one done in the very near future.

>

>Right now my greatest problem I am having healthwise is my nerves are

absolutely shot and I shake and tremble a lot. I've gone back on antidepressants

and am taking up to 3 .25 mg of Xanax daily. If I don't take the Xanax, I am a

mess. I don't know if any of you can shed any light on this or not... do any of

you have similar problems? I've not shown any signs of going thru menopause yet,

so I am thinking it could be that. It could just be life in general... it's been

a hectic 2.5 years(I'd rather not get into the gory details). Or could it be the

nodule that has shown up that is affecting my adrenal gland? I do have an appt.

in the near future with all 3 of my drs. My p.c., gyn. and endo.

>

>Thanks for taking the time to listen and also for any comments you can throw my

way...

>

>bevAnnie

>

July 29, 2011

Recently I am noticing new medical publications of adverse effects of HTN

medicines with antidepressants. One can find them all over Internet.

To reduce my night time wake-ups for urination, I moved my diuretics

(Aldactone & Indapamide) to morning with breakfast and got rid of night

wake-ups.

Max

61M L adenoma by NP59 scan. High aldos not low renin. med combo

#75={Spiro=100, Amlo=10, Indap=2.5, Ramip=5, Metf=1000, Prav=40, Feno=67,

K.Cl=120 mEq}{K=4.5}{not DASHing but low-salt diet}

|Hi everyone! I'm bev jackson and I live in Louisiana. I was

|diagnosed with Conn's Syndrome 7 years ago(June 2004)at the

|age of 50. I had been having uncontrollable hypertension for a

|number of years, but I figured it was uncontrollable because

|of the dysfunction with family members. Plus I had

|teenagers... LOL! The drs. started worrying about my heart and

|in '98 I had my first angiogram. Everything was fine, the dr.

|just recommended I lose weight. I had a second angiogram done

|in '04 and that is when an observant nurse realized my K was

|2.8. They gave me a couple of K tablets and did the angiogram,

|with the same results. Healthy heart. They wouldn't let me go

|home though and I stayed in the hospital for 4 days while they

|ran tests, calling in a nephrologist. My K dropped to 2.5 and

|I was forced to wear a holter. One night it malfunctioned and

|the nurses come in bringing a crash cart... I was fine, until

|they woke me up!! LOL!!

|

|All in all, I've done well on Aldactone twice daily. If I

|sweat too much, (who doesn't, living in Louisiana?), or have

|excessive urination or diarrhea. Then I'm about as useless as

|can be. It takes me a couple of days to " catch " up. I find

|that drinking Gatorade or foods with high potassium content

|help. But I'm not sure that this is the healthy way to do this.

|

|I am being seen by a wonderful endocrinologist now that has

|come to town just since I was diagnosed. Still, I don't know

|enough about Conn's to truly understand it.

|

|When first diagnosed an MRI was done and they found no tumors

|so I was told it was hyperplasia(I think that's the correct

|word). Within the past year I had an abdominal ct scan that

|revealed a small nodule on my left adrenal. Another ct scan in

|March showed it had not grown. So we're just watching it now.

|I'll have another one done in the very near future.

|

|Right now my greatest problem I am having healthwise is my

|nerves are absolutely shot and I shake and tremble a lot. I've

|gone back on antidepressants and am taking up to 3 .25 mg of

|Xanax daily. If I don't take the Xanax, I am a mess. I don't

|know if any of you can shed any light on this or not... do any

|of you have similar problems? I've not shown any signs of

|going thru menopause yet, so I am thinking it could be that.

|It could just be life in general... it's been a hectic 2.5

|years(I'd rather not get into the gory details). Or could it

|be the nodule that has shown up that is affecting my adrenal

|gland? I do have an appt. in the near future with all 3 of my

|drs. My p.c., gyn. and endo.

|

|Thanks for taking the time to listen and also for any comments

|you can throw my way...

|

|bevAnnie

July 29, 2011

thanks . I was taking magnesium for a while. I think it was supposed to

help with the abdominal muscle spasms(can't recall now) but maybe I was taking

too much because it affected my, how can I put this politely, stools... maybe I

could take a lower dosage or every other day or whatever... I was also deficient

in Vit. D and when the doc put me on mega doses of it weekly, my depression

lessened enough that I was able to get off the antidepressants for about a year.

Thanks for your input!

bevAnnie

Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love

God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

check out my

website:Â http://www.angelfire.com/tn/shepherdsrest/MorningGlory.htmlhttp://www.\

angelfire.com/tn/shepherdsrest/porch.html

>

> >Hi everyone! I'm bev jackson and I live in

> Louisiana. I was diagnosed with Conn's Syndrome 7 years

> ago(June 2004)at the age of 50. I had been having

> uncontrollable hypertension for a number of years, but I

> figured it was uncontrollable because of the dysfunction

> with family members. Plus I had teenagers... LOL! The drs.

> started worrying about my heart and in '98 I had my

> first angiogram. Everything was fine, the dr. just

> recommended I lose weight. I had a second angiogram done in

> '04 and that is when an observant nurse realized my K

> was 2.8. They gave me a couple of K tablets and did the

> angiogram, with the same results. Healthy heart. They

> wouldn't let me go home though and I stayed in the

> hospital for 4 days while they ran tests, calling in a

> nephrologist. My K dropped to 2.5 and I was forced to wear a

> holter. One night it malfunctioned and the nurses come in

> bringing a crash cart... I was fine, until they woke me up!!

> LOL!!

>

> >

>

> >All in all, I've done well on Aldactone twice

> daily. If I sweat too much, (who doesn't, living in

> Louisiana?), or have excessive urination or diarrhea. Then

> I'm about as useless as can be. It takes me a couple of

> days to " catch " up. I find that drinking Gatorade

> or foods with high potassium content help. But I'm not

> sure that this is the healthy way to do this.

>

> >

>

> >I am being seen by a wonderful endocrinologist now that

> has come to town just since I was diagnosed. Still, I

> don't know enough about Conn's to truly understand

> it.

>

> >

>

> >When first diagnosed an MRI was done and they found no

> tumors so I was told it was hyperplasia(I think that's

> the correct word). Within the past year I had an abdominal

> ct scan that revealed a small nodule on my left adrenal.

> Another ct scan in March showed it had not grown. So

> we're just watching it now. I'll have another one

> done in the very near future.

>

> >

>

> >Right now my greatest problem I am having healthwise is

> my nerves are absolutely shot and I shake and tremble a lot.

> I've gone back on antidepressants and am taking up to 3

> .25 mg of Xanax daily. If I don't take the Xanax, I am a

> mess. I don't know if any of you can shed any light on

> this or not... do any of you have similar problems? I've

> not shown any signs of going thru menopause yet, so I am

> thinking it could be that. It could just be life in

> general... it's been a hectic 2.5 years(I'd rather

> not get into the gory details). Or could it be the nodule

> that has shown up that is affecting my adrenal gland? I do

> have an appt. in the near future with all 3 of my drs. My

> p.c., gyn. and endo.

>

> >

>

> >Thanks for taking the time to listen and also for any

> comments you can throw my way...

>

> >

>

> >bevAnnie

>

> >

>

July 29, 2011

Thanks Max... usually my bp is in the range of 90/60. I'm on a low dosage of amlodopine/benazapril daily and the aldactone twice daily. I also take metformin daily for diabetes and victoza injections once daily for the same. Vit D, 50K units once weekly, trilipix for tryglicerides/cholesterol, and the lexapro for depression and xanax for anxiety. I'm also taking something for coating my stomach(h. pylori) and sometimes zegerid. By the time I get through taking meds all day, I feel like I don't have room for food!!

When my bp drops down in the 70s and 80s over 50s is when I really get bottomed out. That's when the Gatorade helps... does this make sense? Does low K mean low bp? From what I'm reading, it should be the opposite. or am I just misunderstanding... there are some days that I just cannot think clearly when I try to comprehend all of this. I want more than to just "get by". I want to work aggressively at getting better. At the present time I am losing weight. Have lost about 28 lbs since last November, but the Victoza is one reason for that, and the stomach pain from the h. pylori adds to that factor... I do think someone lied to us about those "golden" years. LOL!!!

bevAnnieRomans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.check out my website:

http://www.angelfire.com/tn/shepherdsrest/MorningGlory.html

http://www.angelfire.com/tn/shepherdsrest/porch.html---

Subject: RE: new to groupTo: hyperaldosteronism Date: Friday, July 29, 2011, 11:32 AM

Recently I am noticing new medical publications of adverse effects of HTNmedicines with antidepressants. One can find them all over Internet.To reduce my night time wake-ups for urination, I moved my diuretics(Aldactone & Indapamide) to morning with breakfast and got rid of nightwake-ups.Max61M L adenoma by NP59 scan. High aldos not low renin. med combo#75={Spiro=100, Amlo=10, Indap=2.5, Ramip=5, Metf=1000, Prav=40, Feno=67,K.Cl=120 mEq}{K=4.5}{not DASHing but low-salt diet}|Hi everyone! I'm bev jackson and I live in Louisiana. I was |diagnosed with Conn's Syndrome 7 years ago(June 2004)at the |age of 50. I had been having uncontrollable hypertension for a |number of years, but I figured it was uncontrollable because |of the dysfunction with family members. Plus I had |teenagers... LOL! The drs. started worrying about my heart and |in '98 I had my first angiogram.

Everything was fine, the dr. |just recommended I lose weight. I had a second angiogram done |in '04 and that is when an observant nurse realized my K was |2.8. They gave me a couple of K tablets and did the angiogram, |with the same results. Healthy heart. They wouldn't let me go |home though and I stayed in the hospital for 4 days while they |ran tests, calling in a nephrologist. My K dropped to 2.5 and |I was forced to wear a holter. One night it malfunctioned and |the nurses come in bringing a crash cart... I was fine, until |they woke me up!! LOL!!||All in all, I've done well on Aldactone twice daily. If I |sweat too much, (who doesn't, living in Louisiana?), or have |excessive urination or diarrhea. Then I'm about as useless as |can be. It takes me a couple of days to "catch" up. I find |that drinking Gatorade or foods with high potassium content |help. But I'm not sure that this is

the healthy way to do this. ||I am being seen by a wonderful endocrinologist now that has |come to town just since I was diagnosed. Still, I don't know |enough about Conn's to truly understand it. ||When first diagnosed an MRI was done and they found no tumors |so I was told it was hyperplasia(I think that's the correct |word). Within the past year I had an abdominal ct scan that |revealed a small nodule on my left adrenal. Another ct scan in |March showed it had not grown. So we're just watching it now. |I'll have another one done in the very near future. ||Right now my greatest problem I am having healthwise is my |nerves are absolutely shot and I shake and tremble a lot. I've |gone back on antidepressants and am taking up to 3 .25 mg of |Xanax daily. If I don't take the Xanax, I am a mess. I don't |know if any of you can shed any light on this or not... do any |of you have

similar problems? I've not shown any signs of |going thru menopause yet, so I am thinking it could be that. |It could just be life in general... it's been a hectic 2.5 |years(I'd rather not get into the gory details). Or could it |be the nodule that has shown up that is affecting my adrenal |gland? I do have an appt. in the near future with all 3 of my |drs. My p.c., gyn. and endo. ||Thanks for taking the time to listen and also for any comments |you can throw my way...||bevAnnie

July 29, 2011

Low K causes muscle spasms. High Aldosterone is one reason for low K. Too much salt (Cl + Na) intake causes low K. What is your daily K=? If you K < 4.1 then you might need K supplements and/or higher dose of Aldactone. (my understanding Ltd.)

Max.

Ezekiel 47:12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.

Seems it says you need to change/substitute some of your medicines!

Thanks Max... usually my bp is in the range of 90/60. I'm on a low dosage of amlodopine/benazapril daily and the aldactone twice daily. I also take metformin daily for diabetes and victoza injections once daily for the same. Vit D, 50K units once weekly, trilipix for tryglicerides/cholesterol, and the lexapro for depression and xanax for anxiety. I'm also taking something for coating my stomach(h. pylori) and sometimes zegerid. By the time I get through taking meds all day, I feel like I don't have room for food!!

When my bp drops down in the 70s and 80s over 50s is when I really get bottomed out. That's when the Gatorade helps... does this make sense? Does low K mean low bp? From what I'm reading, it should be the opposite. or am I just misunderstanding... there are some days that I just cannot think clearly when I try to comprehend all of this. I want more than to just "get by". I want to work aggressively at getting better. At the present time I am losing weight. Have lost about 28 lbs since last November, but the Victoza is one reason for that, and the stomach pain from the h. pylori adds to that factor... I do think someone lied to us about those "golden" years. LOL!!!

bevAnnieRomans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.check out my website:

http://www.angelfire.com/tn/shepherdsrest/MorningGlory.html

http://www.angelfire.com/tn/shepherdsrest/porch.html

_

July 29, 2011

I'm usually not much on adding salt to foods... but there are times when I do

seem to crave it or pickles, etc. But I'm not sure what you mean about my DAILY

K. Is there some way to check it daily other than lab work? the last time it was

checked it was in the low 4 range.

bevAnnie

Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love

God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

check out my

website:Â http://www.angelfire.com/tn/shepherdsrest/MorningGlory.htmlhttp://www.\

angelfire.com/tn/shepherdsrest/porch.html

>

> Subject: RE: new to group

> To: hyperaldosteronism

> Date: Friday, July 29, 2011, 12:11 PM

>

> Low K causes

> muscle spasms. High Aldosterone is one reason for low K.

> Too much salt (Cl + Na)

> intakeÂ causes low K. What is your daily K=? If you K

> < 4.1 then you

> might need K supplements and/or higher dose of Aldactone.

> (my understanding

> Ltd.)

> Â

> Max.

> Â

> Ezekiel 47:12 And by the river upon the

> bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all

> trees for meat,

> whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof

> be consumed: it shall

> bring forth new fruit according to his months, because

> their waters they issued

> out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for

> meat, and the leaf

> thereof for medicine.

> Â

> Seems it says you

> need to change/substitute some of your

> medicines!

> Â

>

> Thanks Max... usually my bp is in the range of

> 90/60. I'm on a low

> dosage of amlodopine/benazapril daily and the

> aldactone twice daily. I

> also take metformin daily for diabetes and victoza

> injections once daily

> for the same. Vit D, 50K units once weekly,

> trilipix for

> tryglicerides/cholesterol, and the lexapro for

> depression and xanax for

> anxiety. I'm also taking something for coating

> my stomach(h. pylori) and

> sometimes zegerid. By the time I get through taking

> meds all day, I feel

> like I don't have room for food!!

> Â

> When my bp drops down in the 70s and 80s over

> 50s is when I really

> get bottomed out. That's when the Gatorade

> helps... does this make

> sense? Does low K mean low bp? From what I'm

> reading, it should be the

> opposite. or am I just misunderstanding... there

> are some days that I

> just cannot think clearly when I try to comprehend

> all of this. I want

> more than to just " get by " . I want to

> work aggressively at getting

> better. At the present time I am losing weight.

> Have lost about 28 lbs

> since last November, but the Victoza is one reason

> for that, and the

> stomach pain from the h. pylori adds to that

> factor... I do think

> someone lied to us about those " golden "

> years. LOL!!!

>

> bevAnnie

>

> Romans 8:28 And

> we know that all things work together for good to

> them that love God, to

> them who are the called according to his

> purpose.

> check out my

> website:

> Â

> http://www.angelfire.com/tn/shepherdsrest/MorningGlory.html

> http://www.angelfire.com/tn/shepherdsrest/porch.html

>

> Â

> _

>

July 29, 2011

Take in and read my evolution article of PA. I WOULD hold on any more imaging studies for now till we get more info. Are you DASHING? If not start today and tell your dr as bp may come down a lot How many times a night donu get up to pee?I am avail to work one on one with u and team of you are interested. Did u het the detailed welcome?Tiped sad Send form miiPhone ;-)May your pressure be low!CE Grim MDSpecializing in DifficultHypertension

Hi everyone! I'm bev jackson and I live in Louisiana. I was diagnosed with Conn's Syndrome 7 years ago(June 2004)at the age of 50. I had been having uncontrollable hypertension for a number of years, but I figured it was uncontrollable because of the dysfunction with family members. Plus I had teenagers... LOL! The drs. started worrying about my heart and in '98 I had my first angiogram. Everything was fine, the dr. just recommended I lose weight. I had a second angiogram done in '04 and that is when an observant nurse realized my K was 2.8. They gave me a couple of K tablets and did the angiogram, with the same results. Healthy heart. They wouldn't let me go home though and I stayed in the hospital for 4 days while they ran tests, calling in a nephrologist. My K dropped to 2.5 and I was forced to wear a holter. One night it malfunctioned and the nurses come in bringing a crash cart... I was fine, until they woke me up!! LOL!!

All in all, I've done well on Aldactone twice daily. If I sweat too much, (who doesn't, living in Louisiana?), or have excessive urination or diarrhea. Then I'm about as useless as can be. It takes me a couple of days to "catch" up. I find that drinking Gatorade or foods with high potassium content help. But I'm not sure that this is the healthy way to do this.

I am being seen by a wonderful endocrinologist now that has come to town just since I was diagnosed. Still, I don't know enough about Conn's to truly understand it.

When first diagnosed an MRI was done and they found no tumors so I was told it was hyperplasia(I think that's the correct word). Within the past year I had an abdominal ct scan that revealed a small nodule on my left adrenal. Another ct scan in March showed it had not grown. So we're just watching it now. I'll have another one done in the very near future.

Right now my greatest problem I am having healthwise is my nerves are absolutely shot and I shake and tremble a lot. I've gone back on antidepressants and am taking up to 3 .25 mg of Xanax daily. If I don't take the Xanax, I am a mess. I don't know if any of you can shed any light on this or not... do any of you have similar problems? I've not shown any signs of going thru menopause yet, so I am thinking it could be that. It could just be life in general... it's been a hectic 2.5 years(I'd rather not get into the gory details). Or could it be the nodule that has shown up that is affecting my adrenal gland? I do have an appt. in the near future with all 3 of my drs. My p.c., gyn. and endo.

Thanks for taking the time to listen and also for any comments you can throw my way...

bevAnnie

July 29, 2011

And who was giving this to u later in day? not me?Tiped sad Send form miiPhone ;-)May your pressure be low!CE Grim MDSpecializing in DifficultHypertension