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Re: Potassium Levels, Spiro & passing out
From: tera (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 20 Feb 2002 00:07:15 -0600 (CST)
Hi!
It could be a low blood pressure thing, too. Spiro has been known to
sometimes cause blood pressure to drop too much causing dizziness and
fainting. I hope you figure this out soon! I'll pray for you! God
bless! Tera
At Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Addy wrote:
>
>I've been on medicine for PCOS since August. I am currently taking:
>
>Spirolactone
>Ortho Tricyclen
>Zoloft
>Trazadone (periodically)
>Sonata
>
>I recently got a sinus infection & added amoxycillen (sp) and Entex into
>the mix.
>
>Since I'm losing weight (and being successful) by following weight
>watchers.. I gave in to temptation and had a calzone & small pizza for
>lunch on Sunday.. around 1 PM or so. This was the only thing I'd had..
>Friday night I had three peanut butter saltines for dinner around 10 PM
>& went to bed at 2.
>
>I got up at 8:20 AM on Monday.. got into the shower.. turned around to
>wet my hair.. was hit by dizziness.. held onto the wall for abt 10
>secs.. and then passed out. I had no warning other than the dizziness.
>The damage wasn't especially bad.. I bruised my nose & really bruised
>the crap out of my knee. I'm not sure how long I was out.. the entire
>thing is kinda fuzzy.. I just remember the sound of things falling
>(that was me) from far far away.. I don't remember actually falling..
>and I don't remember landing. I just came to very disoriented & in a
>full panic.. I held onto the side of the tub & hung my head over to get
>out of the water for.. not sure.. several minutes until I felt I could
>stand. My legs were shaking.. I had absolutely no color in my face. I
>ate peanut butter & crackers.. a few cookies.. grapefruit (my mom's
>diabetic so I knew what to aim for).. but I didn't stabilize until like
>2 hours later.
>
>2 AM that same day my sugar dropped AGAIN.. didn't pass out but I got
>the shakes.
>
>I will occasionally get the shakes but I've NEVER passed out in my life.
>I'm 21 & PCOS & everything else is new to me but this scared the crap
>out of me. I'm driving back home this weekend to see my GP.. but.. I
>was wondering how much influence potassium could have had?
>
>For the previous two weeks I had been eating a lot of foods that I
>didn't know were high in potatssium.. butterbeans (lima beans).. baked
>potatoes.. OJ.. yogurt.. etc. Have any of you come across problems
>with too much potassium in your system & had to drop spiro?
--
Tera
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