Can Potassium Deficiency cause severe weakness?
Hi, Sammi, no, it is not normal. You should not have to take so much pills, and obviously, they are not very effective on you. Do you take magnesium? I ask this because your deficit in potassium can be due to an intracellular deficit in magnesium, not necessarily visible on the blood levels. You can try to add magnesium, but not with 8 pills of potassium each day, it could be very dangerous, in case you have a real deficiency in magnesium, you have to go very slowly using both potassium and magnesium. Another possibility is that potassium in great quantities gives you diarrhea, and you expell more potassium than what you take… A third possibility is that you have a too acid diet. When the body is too acid, the potassium goes out of it. The solution would be there to eat more vegetables, less fruit and meat, and stop the soft drinks. Anyway, you take too much potassium pills, and it can be dangerous for you ( stomach ulceres, and even heart stopping to beat), so be very careful. Potas
