Tagging in @Jyoti, who, like myself, takes anywhere fro large to VERY large doses of potassium daily. And @Mary, who ditto, and who recommends the use of Low Sodium V-8 Juice (very high in naturally occurring potassium) and which any here have found extremely helpful ...
A lot of members here have found that taking potassium in larger amounts than the very small, almost mingey, quantities approved by "Them", whoever "Them" are is really helpful, myself included ....
Drs get less that 10-15 hrs of nutritional training during their entire 4 years of medical school. What they don't know would fill books. And not to be a conspiracist, but things that arent produced by BigPharm rarely get much, if any, traction from most of the medical community.
I use BUlkSupplements potassium gluconate (easily absorbed, less stressig on your system), which being in powder form is safer to take. One of the reasons that potassium in tablet form is limited to 99 mgs per tab is that they take a while to dissolve, and if they're sitting directly on your stomach lining, they could burn into it.
Yeah. No. You'll need to determine what dosage of potassium works for you, but absent the issues that you aren't dealing with, like kidney and cardio, and being mindful of how much you've taken and how you're reacting to it, you shuld be just fine. I do recommend the powdered form, both because of it's muc better and faster absorbability, and becasue you can titrate your doses very closely...
Yes, and yes. A lot of us are taking higher amounts of potassium, and I'm hoping that anyone I haven't thought to tag in (because, you know, brain) will chime in, as well, and put you at ease over a supplement that many of us have found essential ....
Thank you so much. Somehow I missed your reply before (because, you know, brain

). Then I found it on a search for potassium info.
I've seen the suggestion to drink V-8, which is heartbreaking bc I love V-8. I have a long story related to reflux for the last 1.5 years. My intro post has more details about everything I've tried and am still trying. Unfortunately, that means V8 is totally out of the question.
I purchased potassium chloride but I've been afraid to use it. I've read so much stuff. One was an MD saying that if your levels are too low, of potassium, then you can't absorb potassium, which can give you high potassium. So basically at some point you can't treat low potassium??? Plus the symptoms are very similar.
I have been occasionally taking trace minerals high potassium version. That has other minerals just more potassium than their normal. But I've only taken about half a dose at a time. I'm scared to take more. Plus it has citric acid, not good for reflux even in alkaline water.
So I've been drinking maybe 1.5 16 oz containers of coconut water. The sugar is becoming really annoying. And it doesn't help enough.
I read somewhere that you need potassium chloride specifically. But that was just on Reddit or something.
Do you think the potassium chloride I already have (powder form) would be good? Can I make a mix like with other electrictrolytes?
Thank you for the great info!! I'm so terrified of everything right now!! Especially this...