Hypochondria

I understand! The idea of something gets in our heads and we start ticking off the symptoms we have.

Go ahead and enjoy your potato - healthy food is always healthy food.

But, as someone who has had a panic attack and has held someone's hand during a potassium attack until the ambulance could get there, I assure you that you'd know the difference!

You're going to be okay. You've been here before. Bust out some of your coping mechanisms, friend.

Hugs!

Poor diet can contribute to low potassium, of course, but I don't think that's the root cause. A week or two of it certainly wouldn't. Plus, you probably got more potassium than you think. Potato chips? Made out of potatoes... Milk shakes are "high potassium" foods.

You're going to be okay! Really and truly.

Kudos on making it through your sinus infection so well, though!

Hope your brothers girlfriend low potassium attack is just caused by poor diet alone, or diarrhea, excessive sweating or vomiting that are reversible. In these cases if it ever happens to us, we think of the worst like chronic kidney failure. I just got low on blood sugar these past few days and I'm thinking adrenal tumor or cancer cause of my low blood sugar, blood pressure spikes and the feeling of fullness even after eating just a small amount of food and I easily lose and gain weight within days. I also think possibly having pancreatic and liver cancer. I'm so lost without being diagnosed with anything. It's so bad being a hypochondriac.