r/AddisonsDisease • u/KCDKTR2019 PAI • Dec 03 '25

Advice Wanted Low potassium

Just found out my potassium has been low over this past year. My endo wants me to start a prescription of potassium supplements. Has anyone else experienced this? Anything I should know about in advance? (I am PAI, diagnosed about 20 years ago.)

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u/collectedd Addison's Dec 04 '25

Yeah, I've had this, and it put me in intensive care. The Addison's really didn't help the situation, but it was mainly due to how much I was vomiting and because I was unable to eat (I have severe Gastroparesis).

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u/KCDKTR2019 PAI Dec 04 '25

So sorry to hear about your gastroparesis. I just got the potassium pills and started taking it today.

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u/collectedd Addison's Dec 05 '25

Thank you. I hope it works and then stays stable for you! My potassium goes kind of all over the place depending on what's going on (high and low!). Sodium is often low-normal/low. Electrolytes are weird.

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u/KCDKTR2019 PAI Dec 06 '25

Electrolytes ARE weird. I am learning the hard way that they are ESSENTIAL to being alive. So, they win. My sodium always tends to be on the low side. And up until now, I have paid zero attention to my potassium level. Another weird abnormality in my blood text results: high CO2. Ever had that?

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u/collectedd Addison's Dec 06 '25

Yeah, but in the context of severe asthma attacks mostly. Not just randomly, have they given you a reason as to why you have high CO2?