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amandalouise · Jan 26, 2017, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by elevatedsoul

could potassium deficiency have an effect?

one of the times i went to the ER for my symptoms they told me i was hypokalemic and gave me 2 potassium pills and told me to eat bananas ...

i dont remember much more about it than that though... cant remember which time it was that they said that... i've been to the ER room a few times though... most of the times i thought i was dieing or having a heart attack or something... they discharged me those times with panic state and gave me a shot of something to calm me down...

i wish i could have more of those shots

it helped what ever it was, even though it wore off in a couple hours and the feelings came back till i passed out from exhaustion... atleast that one time ?

i was on lithium one time so they had to watch my thyroid levels till i quit taking it due to shakes and stuff... but after i stopped taking it the elevation in thyroid went down to normal, i haven't had it tested in a couple years or so

its so difficult for me to get any testing done because of my situation... i can't drive so im completely dependent on my dad giving me a ride... and then the little insurance i do have doesnt cover the majority of testings it just covers some treatments which doesnt seem to make sense to me... would think it would cover all of the testings too so we could figure out whats the problem and treat it rather than skipping important steps into identifying the issue for propper treatments...

thats why they charged me so much money for the last assessment which i thought the insurance would cover...

it doesnt cover any of the physical stuff though... just minor stuff... and mental health... atleast i dont have to pay for Rx's though... i cant afford anything, literally... i havent seen a dollar to my own name in so long i cant tell you when it was last that i was able to sit down and think about what i wanted to do... we all know that money makes the world go round... and my worlds at a stand still right nows...

im under a lot of stress... i lose touch with my feelings and emotions... i cant tell you how i feel or what im thinking... i dont even know what day it is... no matter how many times i see the calendar, it doesnt stick... i guess maybe the therapist is right...

im looking for a specific... but there are many and im trying to narrow it down to 1, which is not possible.... unless i just say, i have issues, like i told my first therapist... "im a basket case" or maybe a case of baskets

getting high and drunk sort of takes the edge off and allows me to 'be' a little easier...
but im not able to let off the steam/pressure that way due to financial issues... and the financial issues make me have more steam... im in a mess right now... really need to get benefits so that i can get rid of the financial stress which should help alleviate a lot of symptoms... i just hope they will help me this time... been on this marry go round for 6 years... and im just getting wore out...

i wish i didnt need benefits.... but i thought they made the system to help people like me... that is not able to function in society currently... to help so that maybe i can recover and become part of a working society some day... i dont want to live off the stuff... i just need help getting better...

the worse feeling in the world... im scared im going to be stuck like this for ever...
and no one is going to help me... because they dont believe me...
no one has ever believed me... i guess i wouldn't be surprise...

i just try so hard to be optimistic... i have such a strong optimistic side.... it gets on my nerves sometimes... but i see things a million different ways at once always anyway... i just feel so disconnected... from the core... it makes me dizzy... and feel like playdoh... then perspective changes and i feel distant, but im not... to exist in other realms while trying to exist in the real world...
this is how i live... im trying to learn that its not how everyone is... trying to discern whats true, whats other, whats different, boundaries... blahblahblah...
because until i realize its not normal i wont know how to explain... i guess i just dissociate a lot... thats what therapist said... but it just feels really severe if it is dissociation... its my normal and everyday/every moment way...

i hate being sober

makes me think about stuff too much....

answering your question about potassium deficiency... this is a physical health problem, not a mental problem. it causes physical health problems like high and low blood pressure, fainting, dizziness, fatigue, kidney failure, dehydration, excessive sweating, hot flashes, muscle spasms /muscle pain, heart problems and much more physical health problems...

it can cause the mental problem of psychosis/ hallucinations, delusions, confusion, delirium (incoherent speech, and other drunken like symptoms, hallucinations, delusions, and yes memory and awareness dissociative like problems similar to depersionalization derealization disorder.

having a potassium deficiency here in my location rules out having DID and other dissociative disorders due to the criteria that the problems can not be because of other physical\mental health problems.

just a thought here... since they diagnosed you with a potassium deficiency maybe thats why they are saying your problems are not getting the DID diagnosis.

suggestion talk with your treatment providers. maybe you can have a basic blood test to see if you still have potassium deficiency. this way you can get treated for your potassium deficiency which if you still have this potassium deficiency after treatment you will no longer have your dissociative like symptoms.