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. Published: October 12 ::

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... Published: October 05 ::

My 82 year old mother has been told to stop diuretics every other day because of low sodium level in her blood. She drinks very little water and doesn't salt anything but eats food with salt in it, salami, bacon, corned beef, etc. She has high blood pressure and her heart is not that good. Is there anything she can do to reduce swelling without using diuretics? What kind of diet should she be on when her sodium level is already low? Published: July 15 ::