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I am 47 years old and have not been formally diagnosed with hyponatremia. I do drink a lot of water, and I do not consume a lot of salt. I am in excellent health other than this condition. I have most all of the symptoms that are mentioned in this website. I kept passing out. I am told it is because my blood pressure keeps bottoming out. I am on a very low dose of a beta blocker because I am told I have vasovagalsyncope. The beta blocker made my low blood pressure even lower which caused more dizziness. I have discovered that taking about 1/8 - 1/4 teaspoon of salt in the morning will actually stop all of my symptoms. I tried to increase my intake through food but it didn't seem to help.

My grandmother had what we thought was only a hypoglycemic event. However, she ended up having hyponatremia. She was severely disoriented, confused and had three seizures, each one worse and longer than the other. One thing that concerns me is that she has bowel and bladder changes. She is now dependent and wears a diaper. While her mental status is improving with IV and medication, I am hoping that there is no permanent damage to her brain.

I was admitted to hospital with vomiting, dizziness, restlessness, back cramps, headache, anxiety, and found to have a sodium level of 115. After it was brought back up to normal levels, I was discharged and within a fortnight was back in hospital with the same symptoms. Luckily I had a brilliant consultant who did some research and found that the omeprazole I was taking for acid reflux was the cause.

I am caring for my 85 year old mother in her home.Last night, while I was sleeping, she put a container of salad dressing (oil/vinaigrette) in the microwave for 30 minutes. When I woke up and smelled the smoke, the microwave still had 17 minutes on it. Come to find out from her doctor today that her sodium levels are very low. This is no doubt causing her confusion. She has heart. I'll be bringing her in right away, so afraid of what she might do next.

I am a 46 year old female that has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (via spinal tap), fibromyalgia, epilepsy, hypertension and restless leg syndrome. I have grand mal seizures and afterwards a severe headache that lasts up to 3 days. For HTN I was given a beta blocker and a diuretic. I've continued that for about 2 years. I think my doctor is nuts because he won't listen to me but now within the last 6 months I've been in the hospital with a diagnosis of hyponatremia and hypokaltremia. I want to know why and what I can do about it. They tell me no salt or sodium products. I'm confused.

My mother had hip replacement surgery on July 6, 2009. The painkillers she was on made her very sick. Time and time again we asked that they discontinue the Percocet and use something else. Three weeks after surgery, I noticed Mom was very confused and seemed disoriented, and my brother noticed this as well. When we asked the nurses if mom had had a stroke or something we were told we had to bring mom's sodium levels up because they were too low. So, we brought them up slowly. At 1:23 a.m. the next morning, Mom passed away from hyponatremia. If you see these kinds of symptoms, do not trust the caregivers...

I am 57 years old and was just released from the hospital where I was diagnosed with pulmonary edema. This was caused by low sodium in my blood. It was only 111 and the normal is 135 to 145. I have no idea why it dropped, but I was in the hospital for 9 days where I was on oxygen, heart monitor, and IV's. Now, I am on oxygen at home. My sodium level has returned to normal, but naturally I am concerned that it will drop again, because I don't know what caused it to fall in the first place.