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I saw this quote by Freddd and I wanted to clarify if being in a donut hole deficiency state increases potassium loss?
"If I were in your situation KNOWING everything I now know, I would move up to 4 mg of methylfolate 4 times a day after removing or reducing all of the items I mentioned. You will know in a few days,(you might know in a few hours) move out the area with the worst potassium loss I experienced and the worst intensity of methylfolate deficiency symptoms I experienced in my whole excessive painful slow titration. I would never do it so ,miserably as I did then, now that I know. I was doing it for maximum knowledge, not fastest healing, of course I didn't know that then.."
I do believe I may have thyrotoxic period paralysis which causes drops in potassium. However, since it takes approximately 4 weeks to adjust to a lower dose of thyroid hormone I wanted to make sure I was exploring other possibilities for my symptoms.
I was having shortness of breath while taking 670 mcg of methylfolate and 500 mcg of b12. It got bad enough I had to stop methylation. I am new to all this, so now looking back I think I may have induced a donut hole deficiency with the low dose of methylfolate. This is where I left things off at and I haven't been feeling well since. I went to the ER and they found low potassium. Now, a week after taking the supplements they gave me, I am experiencing low potassium symptoms again. They kind of come on like episodes for me. I am titrating up my potassium...currently at 400 mg potassium citrate and eating a few bananas.
To fix this, do I need to address the donut hole deficiency I caused? The idea of taking 8 mg of methylfolate scares me, especially if it will make my potassium issue worse.
"If I were in your situation KNOWING everything I now know, I would move up to 4 mg of methylfolate 4 times a day after removing or reducing all of the items I mentioned. You will know in a few days,(you might know in a few hours) move out the area with the worst potassium loss I experienced and the worst intensity of methylfolate deficiency symptoms I experienced in my whole excessive painful slow titration. I would never do it so ,miserably as I did then, now that I know. I was doing it for maximum knowledge, not fastest healing, of course I didn't know that then.."
I do believe I may have thyrotoxic period paralysis which causes drops in potassium. However, since it takes approximately 4 weeks to adjust to a lower dose of thyroid hormone I wanted to make sure I was exploring other possibilities for my symptoms.
I was having shortness of breath while taking 670 mcg of methylfolate and 500 mcg of b12. It got bad enough I had to stop methylation. I am new to all this, so now looking back I think I may have induced a donut hole deficiency with the low dose of methylfolate. This is where I left things off at and I haven't been feeling well since. I went to the ER and they found low potassium. Now, a week after taking the supplements they gave me, I am experiencing low potassium symptoms again. They kind of come on like episodes for me. I am titrating up my potassium...currently at 400 mg potassium citrate and eating a few bananas.
To fix this, do I need to address the donut hole deficiency I caused? The idea of taking 8 mg of methylfolate scares me, especially if it will make my potassium issue worse.