Dear Anonymous:
Is your loss of menstruation due to menopause? Assuming you are in this age range, I could not help to have a flash back to my own experience a few years back. I lived with irregular heart beats from age 27-35. They used to drive me crazy and got worse during my pregnancies. So, there is connection number one: Hormonal changes during pregnancy with irregular heart beats. I saw several cardiologists but not ONE ever considered a possible link to electrolyte deficiency. It is not uncommon to find that one of the root causes of most benign irregular heart beats is either hormonal fluctuations or electrolyte imbalance, or both. In my case I was never referred to an endocrinologist but in early 2000 my “outside the box” Internal Medicine doctor ran Thyroid and mineral levels tests. I found out my thyroid was borderline slow but my potassium and magnesium levels were very low. The heart, to function optimally, requires energy, this energy is supplied by electrolytes carried via the blood: potassium, sodium, etc. Also low levels of magnesium can trigger irregular heart beats. In my case I also found out that I had mercury toxicity which caused my electrolytes to go off balance. Once I detoxified from mercury, regained my electrolyte balance, the irregular heart beats disappeared, my thyroid and adrenal fatigue also resolved. If you are younger than menopause or perimenopause age, I wonder if your iron may also be low. Have you been tested for iron deficiency? Diabetes? With your history I suggest visiting an endocrinologist to get an evaluation and confirm whether or not you are experiencing sympoms of Pituitary Adenoma or something else. If you suspect pituitary involvement you probably have a good reason for it and you may be right on the money connecting the return of your irregular heart beats to pituitary involvement and loss of menses. But make sure to ask a doctor to confirm your suspicion. If everything comes back normal then do not rule out hydration and electrolyte replacement either. Sometimes the answers to our health problems are as simple as drinking Gatorade! Good Luck!
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Dear Anonymous:
November 13, 2008 - 10:10pmIs your loss of menstruation due to menopause? Assuming you are in this age range, I could not help to have a flash back to my own experience a few years back. I lived with irregular heart beats from age 27-35. They used to drive me crazy and got worse during my pregnancies. So, there is connection number one: Hormonal changes during pregnancy with irregular heart beats. I saw several cardiologists but not ONE ever considered a possible link to electrolyte deficiency. It is not uncommon to find that one of the root causes of most benign irregular heart beats is either hormonal fluctuations or electrolyte imbalance, or both. In my case I was never referred to an endocrinologist but in early 2000 my “outside the box” Internal Medicine doctor ran Thyroid and mineral levels tests. I found out my thyroid was borderline slow but my potassium and magnesium levels were very low. The heart, to function optimally, requires energy, this energy is supplied by electrolytes carried via the blood: potassium, sodium, etc. Also low levels of magnesium can trigger irregular heart beats. In my case I also found out that I had mercury toxicity which caused my electrolytes to go off balance. Once I detoxified from mercury, regained my electrolyte balance, the irregular heart beats disappeared, my thyroid and adrenal fatigue also resolved. If you are younger than menopause or perimenopause age, I wonder if your iron may also be low. Have you been tested for iron deficiency? Diabetes? With your history I suggest visiting an endocrinologist to get an evaluation and confirm whether or not you are experiencing sympoms of Pituitary Adenoma or something else. If you suspect pituitary involvement you probably have a good reason for it and you may be right on the money connecting the return of your irregular heart beats to pituitary involvement and loss of menses. But make sure to ask a doctor to confirm your suspicion. If everything comes back normal then do not rule out hydration and electrolyte replacement either. Sometimes the answers to our health problems are as simple as drinking Gatorade! Good Luck!
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