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Post by Karen on Jul 8, 2011 18:34:07 GMT -5
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Post by Karen on Jul 31, 2011 12:40:41 GMT -5
Sooo... I've read bits and pieces about people with adrenal fatigue craving salt. I know I certainly do. I'm not one to buy potato chips, but when I do, I eat the whole stinking bag. And I often feel BETTER afterward. Did some digging around and turns out that people with adrenal fatigue often have too little sodium, which throws off their electrolyte balance. Simply taking electrolytes can throw things off even more since most of them are low-sodium. Instead, they suggest adding a small amount of sea salt to their water... Hmm, I'm going to start doing this, see if it makes any improvement. www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/aldosterone/Anyone else crave salt all the time?
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Post by hellsbells on Jul 31, 2011 12:45:48 GMT -5
Yes. I'm trying to wean myself off it at the mo though cos of this Waterfall Diet, and not add it to cooking. Doing ok. But I miss it. I never used to cook with it, but started to about 7 years ago. I use Malson sea salt though, big flaky crystals. Love it. I can't stand ordinary table salt though. Can you get your sodium levels checked? Have you?
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Post by 1234 on Jul 31, 2011 13:39:17 GMT -5
Wow Karen. This is fascinating. I definitely crave salt. CRAVE it. and need it. I actually buy special, sodium rich electrolyte replenishers, because I once went to the ER, collapsed, from trying to hydrate with just water, when my body needed salt, not fluid. Adding the fluid only made things worse. and ALL my electrolytes were low in my bloodwork. I'm one of those people that adds salt to tortilla chips that are already salted.
Interesting that this could be part of adrenal fatigue. I also have really low BP (90 over 45 is my most common reading).
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Post by Karen on Jul 31, 2011 14:31:54 GMT -5
Wow, that IS low BP! Just had mine checked last week - was 112/78 which is a hair above normal for me. Not super low, but low enough that I can feel how low it is from time to time.
Oh, and I add tons of salt to my food, too. Even remembering cooking for an old BF and he mentioned that he loved the new recipe I tried, but if he had one comment, it would be to lower the amount of salt I put on there...
I drink water ALL the time - I don't drink anything else. No sodas, VERY little teas (maybe once a month?), no coffee, very very little fruit juice, etc. Just water. And I still don't feel like I've had enough. As of today, I'm going to try adding a pinch of salt to my water. I had some this morning and perked up a bit, then spent some time in the sun and felt it leaving my body. And I actually sweated! I never sweat! So, I'm having another glass of lightly salted water. I'm curious if my experiment works... So what kind of special electrolyte do you buy?
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Post by hellsbells on Jul 31, 2011 15:14:36 GMT -5
This is really interesting! Could be a breakthrough Karen!
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Post by Karen on Jul 31, 2011 15:36:18 GMT -5
Don't know if I'd call it quite a breakthrough, but another piece of the puzzle, see if I can make it fit somewhere...
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Post by 1234 on Jul 31, 2011 16:00:30 GMT -5
Karen, what you're describing is EXACTLY the feeling i have. I bet you if you add a sodium-rich sports supplement, you'll feel tons better. I use NUUN tablets--they are expensive, but I'm able to order them wholesale, since both Shane and I have access to wholesale bicycle suppliers. They really work. The problem of keeping to water when it's not satisfying your thirst is that you are actually diluting the sodium and other electrolytes in your body. I learnt this the hard way. Now I know that if we're biking somewhere out in the boonies and I'm struggling, I actually am better off drinking a light beer than water, even though I have the alcohol tolerance of a fruit fly, because the beer delivers salt.
If you want to find folks to help you find something for this, you can go to a distance athlete sports store (cycling or running) and say you need a sodium-rich, sugar free electrolyte supplement. The NUUN tablets are sodium rich, sugar free, and I LOVE them, but I'm sure there are others. Most of these stores have people trained to deal with this problem, because it's a serious problem for distance athletes. There are horror stories of folks who have died from drinking too much water, in an attempt to hydrate because they feel so thirsty.
I've also just taken plain, old fashioned salt tablets. They don't work as well, but they do something!
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Post by Karen on Jul 31, 2011 17:23:10 GMT -5
You know, I think I tried those a few years ago. I'll have to pick some up and drink those during the day! Thanks for the tip!!
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Post by 1234 on Aug 1, 2011 6:04:19 GMT -5
I'll be interested to know how they work for you! Hope they help.
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Post by jessabug on Aug 3, 2011 19:44:30 GMT -5
Wow, Karen, this IS fascinating! I had never ever heard of this before... but I have 16 of the symptoms on the list! Kinda creepy! Jenaya is right, I bet a lot of us suffer from those kinds of symptoms. For the past 3 months I've had what you described perfectly as a "wakeful sleep state" -- I'm aware of what's going on around me ALL night, and I feel half awake the whole time, it's no wonder why I'm so tired all the time! And I do crave salt pretty frequently -- it's second to my chocolate cravings So glad you pointed me to this thread!
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Post by KSA on Aug 3, 2011 20:19:53 GMT -5
Very interesting my nutritionist mention the adernal gland not processing correctly a few months ago. He is still running all the other tests but this maybe one I should ask for. The BP sticks out for me. Mine is so low & when I stand bp should rise but it goes down. Crazy & nurses freak I can be in the 80's and still stand. I know tho when I am really low & not to stan although sometimes it comes on & I crash. Salt that is such a issue for me I can down when I am able to eat a entire can of salted almonds. I get the sea salt kind but its worse than a chocolate crave. Thanks Karen for all the info I am in a little research mode now & would like to find out all I can.
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Post by Karen on Aug 3, 2011 20:25:19 GMT -5
There's a book out there, I think its called 'adrenal fatigue', might be worth finding. There's info in there about testing your adrenals function by testing your bp when you stand up from laying down. For you, Keri, I'd be worried about Addisons disease! The Drenamin that you're taking is for adrenal support.
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Post by KSA on Aug 22, 2011 15:03:55 GMT -5
When I read all this I want to print it and give it to my doctors. I have been doing so much reasearch latlely laying around wondering why I am the one finding this stuff and not them. Even my migraines I found a site related to why and how a migraine works and the aphsia, memory loss, aura's all are migraine related. Two neurologists say different things to me and it is so frustrting to get them all to agree. Its a migraine nothing more or less. I react with speech issues duh! I feel like they make it all way too complex and honestly Karen the addisons is sooo perfect with my symptoms if I say it or ask about I bet the doc will dismiss it. The BP should be addressed by the doc not sure which one tho lol. I am making myself my own doc. Dr. Keri I will diagnose myself in the end anyways I did with my galbladder why not this right?
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Post by JC on Aug 22, 2011 16:50:48 GMT -5
That's sad to even think you'd probably find more answers yourself than your doctors. Can you go to the Mayo clinic with this information?
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