Kristina K. Carlton wrote:
> Hi Ron,
> 
> My electrolytes have been checked several times and are always ok. Last
> Wednesday it got so bad I went to a walk-in clinic and my potassium was
> right in the middle of the normal range and sodium was in the low end of
> normal. I have been using more salt these past few days but unfortunately it
> is not helping at all. If anything I have horrible edema from it, puffy eye
> lids, puffy face, etc. At the clinic they gave me a beta blocker and as much
> as I hate to take it, I feel I don't have a choice. My HR is so high that
> sometime walking around the house leaves me out of breath. So I am going to
> see a cardiologist as since taking a beta blocker is just a band-aid, not an
> answer.
> 
> Kristina

Low sodium or low normal sodium can be a sign of salt wasting which is 
often directly related to low thyroid or adrenal fatigue.  This can also 
be exasperated by low normal aldersterone, a kidney hormone, or issues 
with renin, also a kidney hormone.  People on the hypothyroid email 
lists on yahoo often take a drug that mimics aldersterone to stop the 
salt wasting and move their heart rate back to a more normal level. 
People who cannot get the drug that mimics aldersterone take some sea 
salt a couple of times a day.

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