Signs and Symptoms of Low Potassium

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ruth	my potassium level is 2 i was told to increase my potassium pills by 2 twice a day for 6 days before i get rechecked. my question is , is it enough	1/24/2012
P. Muse	Very informative, I wanted avoid bananas due to weight. I tested low for potasium. I had leg cramps, arm tingling.	1/23/2012
mary	is taking potassium over the counter with 99mg bring your potassium back where it should be in your body.	1/14/2012
Lynne	does lack of potassium cause vibration in the body	10/26/2011
Rebecca T	I do not eat meat and have very little chicken or fish. I only would drink bottled water. I became very tired and weak having cramps in my legs day and night without stopping. my blood pressure was very low and some other symtoms. After reading about potassium I knew this was the problem. after a very tiring day I was so weak I stopped at the drug store and got the suppliment and a bottle of orange juice and took them. it took several hours and another suppliment I was not having leg cramps for the first time in weeks. I had so much energy the next day I was able to do so much and didn't feel tired and my legs didn't hurt. Normally if I was not working I was in bed to tired to move and in a lot of pain. How amazing this seemed to me. The bad part was I had to search the internet to diagnose myself after being to doctors that blamed it on age and some other things even giving me narcotics to ease the pain in my legs. Now that is scarey. I can harldly wait for tomorrow to see what all I can do.I believe I saved my own life.	9/3/2011
CAROLINE GOMEZ	I AM SUFFERING FOR LOW POTASSIUM IN ALMOST A YEAR.I SUFFERED CRAMPING LEGS,ARMS AND MY WHOLE BODY CANNOT MOVE.COULD YOU PLS HELP ME..THANKS	7/4/2011
Marie	Would memory problems be included in with this?	6/4/2011
Cris	Very interesting and helpful. Thank you.	5/31/2011
Marie	I think I may have low levels of potassium. I frequently feel emotional and have dry patches on my skin - could these be caused by low potassium	5/5/2011
ANNETH	HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE AFTER MEDICATION?	4/23/2011
Jo	My husband was unconscious for 24 hours due to low potassium ? What are the signs leading to his critical state if it should happen again?	3/22/2011
tina	good info,thanks	3/7/2011
LINDA	My potassium was 3.1 and I felt awful as if i had the flu why would my body act like this when it wasn't that low?Im not a big eater what can i do to make sure i get enough potassium and not end up in a hospital againe...	2/14/2011
Addie Weiner	Thank u but I do not see my answer,perhaps I do not know how to get ome of the answers... thanks much for responding...	2/9/2011
Addie Weiner	can low potassium cause dizzness or being lite headed, can it create a sense of not being able to walk properly,look up or down, without getting dizzy? Thank you for your answers...	2/9/2011
sandy	Terrific...Many thanks	2/3/2011
hal	can one have too high potassium levels?	1/5/2011
Becky	This is a great article, exactly what I was looking for.	11/29/2010
krystal	i have low potassium levels i was just wondering if that is good or bad.	11/18/2010
l.r	very useful	11/9/2010
Trevor Coulson	Can low potassium cause temporary blackouts?	10/12/2010
porsche	Ok they told me at the doc my potassium was low nw I eat a banana almost everyday so is it getting better	7/26/2010
Theresa F	very good, for the first time, I so much like this site. Everything is easy to understand.	7/8/2010
Tasha Lance	hosptialazation	6/20/2010
Lisa	This info is very clear, easy to understand in layman's terms, and just enough information without it being overwhelming.	5/19/2010
frida	Informative article	5/11/2010
Sequoia	I think you all need to be careful to not take too much potassium unless this is under medical supervision as potassium slows down the heart and increases fluid retention. What you can try for cramps is magnesium as low levels can give the same symptoms as a potassium deficiency.	4/22/2010
KELLY	I HAVE BEEN HAVING PAIN(CRAMPS) IN MY LEGS, I WAS TOLD THAT IT MAY BE LOW POTASSIUM	3/22/2010
Jonnie	what to do? Any home remedeies?	3/6/2010
Ellen	I have been suffering from several symtoms and many are listed here. The only thing that I do have that is not listed here is profuse sweating and I think that come from other medications that I am taking. I found this site quite helpful.	2/17/2010
nancy samaan	i have hecheck---light dizzy- warm	12/3/2009
Tami	this article was very helpful to me. I have been to ER several xs with low postassium. 2.8. i honestly thought i was going to die. i had severe heart palpitations and my heart rate went up to 145 beats per minute. several days even weeks before i felt extremely tired irritatable jumpy. had crazy thought process while trying to go to sleep. mood swings while awake toe cramps and even cramps under my rib cage. not sure why my postssium drops, but am going to try to find out. since i started potassium pills it has helped a bunch.	12/2/2009
melodee houston	weakness or tiredness cramping in arm or leg muscles. This is sometimes severe enough to make it impossible to move arms or legs, similar to paralysis abdominal cramping or bloating nausea or vomiting tingling or numbness passing large quantity of urine or a frequent sensation of thirst irregular psychological behavior like depression, psychosis, delirium, confusion or seeing or hearing things (hallucinations) fainting due to low blood pressure palpitations constipation abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) these are all my symptons to.	10/18/2009
sarah t.	information was very helpfu.	10/15/2009
Lynne	My son-in-law drinks alot of soda.Does this habit deplete his bones of needed potassium?He is 23 and is having black out spells.He is also under alot of stress getting his masters and being a manager on his job.He is 6Foot one and not over weight.	9/29/2009
Jordana	i was recently in the hospital for a kidney infection and they also told me i had low potassium in my blood. but they did not tell me how it happend or what i should do about it. This did help a little.	9/9/2009
pearl	How to stop the cramping in your legs and arms	9/2/2009
pearl ferris	my legs and arms r cramping very bad and hands r tight can u please help me	9/2/2009
rebecca	I have been taking potassuim for three months 3 time a day and my levels are not going up. i feel really bad and now i feel like I'm getting depressed.	8/11/2009
Aime Remarca	i have been diagnosed of low potassium and low sodium level. My laboratory showed result of 2.96 and 133.7 respectively. my hands are cramping and i have suffered abdominal disorders. What shall i do?	8/3/2009
Stephanie	Very helpful. Thank you	7/30/2009
Kristin	I went through this and this article describes what happens to a person low in potassium. Very good article, great research, and much appreciation. It runs in our entire family (only the females though) of all varying degrees. It was a very helpful piece of information. Thank you.	7/21/2009
Mary MullinBajo	I was recently admitted to the hoospital with a potassium level of 2.1 Earlier at the clinic I wasn't feeling well and asked to have my labs drawn. I found out the next day my potassium level was 2.4 at the clinic and they placed me on potassium pills. I was finally admitted the next day when I had my potassium checked again and it was 2.2.. By the time I reached the hospital it was 2.1 If I waited and just took the pills which obviously were not helping, I could not keep those big pills down what could have happened to me? i think it's normal now. I had them checked 2 days ago. Thanks for listening. i	6/28/2009
conrod	how to raise your potassium level	6/17/2009
Lois Brown	What does low sodium do to you if low?	5/26/2009
Deborah	what is the daily recommended amount?	3/17/2009
Wendy	It was very helpful. Alot of good information.	3/14/2009
Candace R	VERY HELPFUL. My doctor sent me to a foot specialist who said my bad foot pin was heel spur (plantar fasciitis), but did little research. I fit the low potassium profile to a T, and now the doctor is all gung-ho on choking lots of potassium down my throat. Problem is, I have another bad tooth, due to chemo, and they keep throwing antibiotics at me. So now I have thrush really badly, and the potassium stings to high heaven. And I have a root canal scheduled in 3 days! No, they told me very little. What is up with that?	3/6/2009
Deann Leeman	Well I believe that I had just gone through a vat of low potassium. I had a trip to the hospital because my legs were swelling up and I was having palpitaions, it scared me enougn to go to the ER. They kept me in the hospital for 3 days because of the heart problems in my family. on the day they were releasing me, they came in with a shot. I asked what that was for and they said that my potassium was low. That is all they told me so I did some research and found this site. I found it to be very helpful to my quest on what the hell was wrong with me. I had confusion, and loads of depression. along with the paplpitations. I do not know why the doctors dont tell you what to do to help this problem. Thank you for being here, and giving me all this very important information.	2/27/2009
louann F	went to the hospital about a week ago and had hardly no potassium in my body i have had extremely bad headaches and also alot of pain in my feet and ankles so bad they swell today i am very light headed	2/1/2009
carlos	how can we fix it with over the counter meds	11/10/2008
Laura Scott	I was suppose to have a colonoscopy but my potassium was 1.1 and I had to take massive doses of potassium to get it up to at least 2.9. What is going on in my body? Now the labs show my vit. D is so low that i have to take 50,000 units of D 3 days a week. ? Can you help me? PLEASE	11/8/2008
BILL VAN DYKE	can to much gensing lower your potassium?	9/5/2008
rosie	what if someone is a parapalegic (paralysis from breast bone down) and has extremely low potassium? what can be done and what are the effects? the symptoms have been around for a few weeks but doctor's were not concerned.	6/17/2008
Patty	Thanks for the article you wrote.I have been in the hospital before with loww potassium and I have it again now.Both times my symptoms have been arm ,leg pain and various shooting pains all over,very thirsty,very weak,anxious , irritable thinking crazy,heart racing and arrythmia,skin changes,insomnia,and more.I never knew until it happened to me that low potassium could effectyou so bad.	4/19/2008
Amber	My sister was just in the hospital for 3 days after having 4 seizures due to low potassium levels. Her levels were FATALLY low before we even knew about it. PLEASE watch for these warning signs and take it seriously!	3/29/2008
Danielle	i think that general doctors need to realize the severity of potassium with heart patients and that some of the medications that thay are giving out are literally draining people of their vitamins that are needed to live.	3/18/2008
ASHANTI	THANKS I THINK MY MOM HAS IT	2/14/2008
shade	i think this article is great great job mr. burande people should really read this article	9/20/2007

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