Critterina
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You aren't by chance taking CoQ10, are you, @Adlyfrost ?
You aren't by chance taking CoQ10, are you, @Adlyfrost ?
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When the mold toxins and the gut issues have been dealt with, then it would be a good idea to take a potent multivitamin-multimineral to get your levels of essential nutrients up. If there are still issues after that, then you could consider the methylation protocol. As always, I recommend working with a physician while on this type of treatment. It would be a good idea to have a comprehensive metabolic blood panel run by your physician to see what your electrolyte levels are. That will tell you if you have hypokalemia, and you can guide your potassium supplementation by the level of potassium in your blood.
Best regards,
Rich
Hi, Stacy.
If you are taking B12, but aren't taking any folate, I don't think you will have an issue with potassium deficiency.
Best regards,
Rich
OK great! I take potassium anyway since I am on diuretic for blood pressure, so I didn't wanna get low cuz when i do, I sure feel it in my muscles even before this mess started with me.
I do not take folate, I did not have that checked.
thanks rich!
fyi my father had a heart attack last week (at the cardiac unit at the hospital - yay! they recovered him) and I was reading about magnesium because he has a horrible twitch that they simply ignore but we think had to do with the electrolyte problem. AHA has a study which says that serum magnesium has no bearing on the magnesium level in the atria of the heart but that epithelial magnesium DOES correlate (but they don't measure that - VERY frustrating). So I was reading about supplementing magnesium for the heart and read that it needs to be done with potassium as it can also cause low potassium. So..... I got the impression that when you correct many deficiencies you open up biochemical pathways that previously were not functioning and may of those pathways need potassium. So it is probably something to watch for whenever supplementing.
This is all very odd to me because I have been used to having electrolyte problems my whole life and always assumed they were due to blood sugar issues (which does make you lose LOTS of potassium), but now I wonder if it's just from being low in something and then repleting it, etc.
Triff
Be careful though ... if you have a urinary tract infection you cannot excrete potassium properly and it can build up. Do not even think of supplementing it then!