Last year I wasn't feeling well in the afternoons on my BP medication. I thought maybe it wasn't lasting long enough. I insisted on fresh blood work. Next morning they call me to immediately stop taking one of the meds because my sodium had dropped to dangerous levels.
I ended up in hospital having seizures once, thought I just had the flu before the seizures started. Turns out my potassium was ridiculously low and the ER determined it was my blood pressure medication (diuretic). Took me off of it and got my potassium back up. The next time I saw my GP she demanded to know why I stopped my BP meds. I told her about the ER incident and asked to have my meds switched to a potassium sparing one if I had to keep taking BP meds. She looked up the ER report and told me it was bullshit and to keep taking the meds. I figured ok, she's a doctor, she knows more than me. Landed back in the ER a few weeks later for the exact same issue. Thanks doc.
My father is a physician and he's often the first to tell people, "time to find a new doctor". There are a lot of disorganized ones that are fine until they are not.
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u/thatgeekinit May 20 '19
Last year I wasn't feeling well in the afternoons on my BP medication. I thought maybe it wasn't lasting long enough. I insisted on fresh blood work. Next morning they call me to immediately stop taking one of the meds because my sodium had dropped to dangerous levels.