Brief Answer:
Let's augment your potassium supplies and cut your losses.

Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXX,

Thanks for your keen interest in your health.
Hypokalemia is a condition that has a lot of etiological factors.

We can approach your problem from another angle.

First, I find that since you have a lot of fatigue, you cannot be blamed or faulted for not taking your medication. You definitely would have, if you could have done so.

Thus, lets create new "pathways" from which, potassium (or K+) can find "it's, way" into your body. Let's try to suggest a diet that you'll thrive upon. Thus, perhaps augmenting your K+ intake to such an extent that you would really not miss a "missed" tablet.

Why not...?

Try these foods, see if you like them.

White beans are a really good source of potassium as are bananas and potatoes. However I would like you to keep the potato skins intact. This is because of the fact that much of the potassium content is in the skins. If you would like to have a sea based diet, then I would kindly request you to try salmon, amongst all the other fish. You can add certain brands of yoghurt, if you are particular about having dairy based meals. It would be rather interesting to grow spinach, if you have green fingers, else you could always purchase some from your grocery. If you are really determined, and have some taste for fruits and vegetables, then why not give a go to eating apricots and avocadoes? You might feel that acorn's as they are, turned into a couple of interesting recipes, will help you instantly.

Avoid situations in which you may find yourself sweating. This also causes loss of potassium. Avoid food and drink that causes you to urinate rather frequently. this is a major source of loss of potassium.

I request and respect your intelligent opinions on this.

I would kindly request you to try hypnosis and religion agnostic meditation to relieve your stress levels. I would kindly inform you about a technique called MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) by Dr. XXXXXXX Kabat Zin, who popularized it in the US and the west.

I am deliberately trying to avoid giving you medications to decrease your stress levels because both of us know that 1) Medications are the last resort 2) It's stress that causes fluctuations in the biochemistry of your body, leading to potassium depletion.

Even so, I would at most ask you to try melatonin pills, to "reset" your body rhythms. Melatonin is not a chemical agent, it merely augments levels of "good" chemicals in your body and brain.

Get back to me and we can practically work out a diet and a new lifestyle for you.

Fatigue never again.

Regards,
Dr. Neel Kudchadkar
Medical Consultant
healthcaremagic

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