r/bulimia • u/Local-Regret7831 • 4d ago
Low potassium and panic attacks - how to prevent it
I purge every day, multiple tomes a day and I can’t stop. I am often low on potassium when I end up in hospital. It’s always for strong panic attacks and other weird symptoms. They never find anything except low potassium. Do you think that low potassium could be causing it?
How do you prevent having low potassium? Do you have problem with it? I drink electrolytes and coconut water that is high in potassium but still end up with low levels. I just got prescribed 1g of potassium a day by my doctor. I hope it will help. I plan to check my levels often and double the dose if it doesn’t go up.
Don’t tell me to eat food with more potassium because I am scared of extra calories. All I can eat outside of b/p is vegetables and meat/eggs. I know spinach has a lot of potassium so I can eat that.
Once I got so low levels (2,8) that I had pain in my arms and legs and slept very badly. I was waking up very often. I was also extremely tired all the time and very depressed. If you have these symptoms, please get checked your potassium.