Hi,
I am 40 and have had a turn for the worse in my health over the last year.
About a year ago, I suddenly got hospitalized due to heart palpatations. I had low potassium. After a week of supplaments it got better but I felt "fluttery" from time to time for months. During this time, I upped my intake with lots of fruits and citrus daily.
Secondary problem that may be related: I suddenly get stabbing / vascular spasm headaches on the right side of my head just above and behind the ear. After going through an MRI, catscan, etc. I found out that I could no longer touch milk products (and I was an almost daily cereal eater, cottage cheese, cheese, icecream, etc.). So now I have some kind of strange problem with milk (no problems in my intestinal track, just a freeking ice pick intermittent headache that takes me out.)
OK, low potassium again 2 months ago. This time we do a bunch of tests and a 24 hour urine test shows I am passing large ammounts through my urine. I also now have borderline high blood pressure (about 140 over 90) and my aldosterone level is in the "high of the normal scale" and Renin is undetectable. I am on 20 meq potassium pills until I can go see a Nefrologist in a few weeks (long waiting list).
Other "strange" things that may be related: This milk allergy has me worried and I now also sweat ammonia... not kidding, if I take a hot shower, the towel will reek of ammonia once I am done and hang it up. Other than that, I seem to be getting sinus infections allot which may or may not be related. And I now seem to get "almost panic attacks" where I just feel tense and juiced up which sometimes causes my breathing to become irregular and I have to force myself to calm down. Sometimes I will just be driving to work and discover my shoulders are all tensed up and I am gripping the steering wheel any my whole arm is tensed up. I guess I am not textbook for anything in particular but any experienced advice would be helpful.
