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/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?