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I heard that magnesium should make you feel good but after 8 months of supplementing I feel even more tired and my blood pressure is constantly low now, dizzy. I heard it should be avoided if you have low cortisol, which I do.
I've been craving salt and somehow it makes me feel better. Has anyone have similiar experience?
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cool_catalan LyLy
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LyLy cool_catalan
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No I'm not hypothyroid but have low cortisol. I guess magnesium lowers cortisol and long use of magnesium will lower sodium. Im speculating, now I stopped supplementing with magnesuim and trying to bring sodium up. I was only taking around 400mg.
cool_catalan LyLy
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Drinking water with Himalayan or Sea Salt increases de sodium in the blood. I'll go to my medical info pages and query the magnesium/cortisol/sodium thing.
courtnay26 LyLy
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these may be symptoms of
primary Addison's disease
Also, Are you losing weight
not hungry, nauseous, dizzy upon standing
LyLy courtnay26
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I keep thinking if I had Addison but my endo said my cortisol at 14 in the morning is fine. She said if I did have Addison I be dead with 0 cortisol.
I lost 17lbs since being sick but I get hungry every 2-3 hours, dizzy at times when bp drops and standing for 5 minutes or longer. Dr. Thinks it's chronic fatigue. I hate to be misdiagnosed.
courtnay26 LyLy
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you need to switch endo immediately
maybe even go to emergency clinic or hospital
cortisol at 14nmol is not okay
I live in Canada so not sure if you use nmol
from everything youve described you
most likely have Addison's
Addison's with low blood pressure
is an emergency
cool_catalan LyLy
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Yes, go to the emergency department at the hospital. It takes time to change doctor and be checked there. For the cortisol to be low in the morning is a sign of adrenal insufficiency/Addison's. In the morning cortisol has to higher than during the day or at night. I do not know what 14 is... but if it is low compared to the other readings, then you know you need help a.s.a.p.
courtnay26 LyLy
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from your symptoms, it definitely sounds like
Addison's disease
you may need a medic alert bracelet
for your adrenal insufficiency
in case you have an adrenal crisis
cool_catalan courtnay26
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I am not hungry, but I can cook nice healthy gluten free meals and eat with my partner (I do not know how much I'd eat if I was on my own...) I am not nauseous, and I am not dizzy upon standing. My cortisol levels were low in March 2015; then I was not taking hc. In June 2015 I had the third pneumonia in 4 years. Since then I take care of myself medically and I haven't had a pneumonia again.