ive been feeling weird for a while and getting shaky/dizzy especially when i exercise. after doing some reading it seemed like it might be a potassium/salt issue
i got pic related and some other things and made a homemade electrolyte drink that basically has the exact same contents as pedialyte
when i tried it after exercise i definitely felt better, so the next morning i drank a glass on an empty stomach.
about a half hour later i started pissing like crazy. i pissed out almost 5lbs of water in the next while
is this a good thing or bad? from what i read your body tries to balance the salt levels, so it took water out to match this solution?
does anyone have any info on this or sources where i can learn more?
i can share my pedialyte recipe too if anyone wants it, its dirt cheap
You didn't post the last time you said you would gay
heres my recipe for 1L of water(a but more than 1 quart):
* i dont have powdered zinc or magnesium so i use capsules i already had
baking soda - 1gram
salt - 2.9g
potassium citrate - 2.5g
zinc piccolinate - 1/3 of 25 mg capsule
magnesium citrate - 1 capsule of 150mg
TANG drink mix powder - 1 heaping tablespoon
i add the tang for a bit of sugar. apparently sugar aids electrolyte absorption
Thanks
note, you will die if you drink it
a full litre contains 800mg which is the same as a potato, so be sure to consult a medical professional before each sip
seriously though ive been using it a cpl weeks and it really helps with exercise in the heat
*800mg of potassium
this gives a drink with (per litre):
sodium - 1412mg
chloride - 1759mg
potassium - 800mg
zinc - 8.3mg
magnesium - 150mg
sugar - 16g
which is very close to pedialyte, which is (per litre):
sodium - 1380mg
chloride - 1770mg
potassium - 780mg
zinc - 7.8mg
sugar (dextrose) - 16g
so its almost identical, except for the added magnesium and some of the ingredients
stopped reading after first line
see a doctor
see a doctor
see a doctor
Doctors are a scam
I use the exact same brand. I add 2.5 grams of potassium citrate (about 800 mg of potassium), 2.5 grams of salt, 1 gram of magnesium bisglycinate and 10 grams of L-citrulline to my pre-worky drink. It does make me pee, but not a ridiculous amount, only about 1-2 lb, and I attribute it mostly to the L-Citrulline based on previous experience taking L-citrulline alone.
>feeling weird for a while
see a doctor
>shaky/dizzy especially when i exercise
see a doctor
>doing some reading
see a doctor
>seemed like it might be
see a doctor
>when i tried it
see a doctor
>started pissing like crazy
see a doctor
>pissed out almost 5lbs of water
see a doctor
>is this a good thing or bad?
see a doctor
>from what i read
see a doctor
>anyone have any info
see a doctor
>where i can learn more?
see a doctor
please go back dude
you're a moron who's killing himself
you do not know how to treat your potentially serious health problems
>killing himself
with salt and electrolytes? are you actually moronic?
killing himself with feeling dizzy and passing out for unexplained reasons and not getting checked the frick out, you fricking infantile mongoloid
get the frick over yourself
ive never passed out in my life. youd go to a doctor if you occasionally felt dizzy, particularly after exercise? why??
how many ssris/psych meds are you on? be honest
Jesus christ you're fricking moronic.
ok i will trust le science and go see mr doctor man next time i feel dizzy. youve won yet another fake argument on the internet that nobody started, thanks
mind if other people talk about electrolytes now?
If you're getting fricking "shaky/dizzy" after every workout you have no fricking idea what's wrong with you, it COULD be nothing, or you could have a heart problem, you could have high blood pressure, you could have lung problems, poor oxygen saturation, circulation in the brain, YOU DON'T FRICKING KNOW what's wrong with you. Getting shaky and dizzy is not fricking normal. So yes you should go to a fricking doctor instead of just loading up on fricking electrolytes that might make things worse. Potassium can frick you up, it's not just a vitamin C tablet you're talking about here.
>how many ssris/psych meds
The fact that you leap to this extreme shows how much of an ignorant tool you are. You can't bear the fact that you have no idea what's causing your health problems so you just assume that anyone who tells you you aren't a self-diagnosing genius must mean they're "hooked on psychs". You are an infantile mongoloid and you deserve whatever happens to you. I wash my hands of you, good luck with your life you stubborn self-destructive child.
ok thx
You guys realize that if you go to a doctor with nothing but a half-assed "I feel weird" story then you'll only waste your time with nothing but a fat invoice to show for it
>dude haha i had a heart attack, can i take any supps for that lol
>hey everything's going dark is that normal, i read tahatgb,.
since everyone in this thread is being gays I'll actually try to answer your question (not a bad idea to actually talk to a doctor about it but imo they aren't experienced enough with the weapons grade autism of this board to always know what the frick is happening when you do weird shit)
If you crushed your electrolyte drink and it made you piss a ton immediately, you probably already have sufficient levels of some of those electrolytes in your bloodstream and your kidneys are aggressively filtering it out and consequently drawing water into your bladder.
Probably not bad actively bad for you, but if you're pissing out all of the excess nutrients then it's probably not doing anything useful either. Maybe a fringe chance that it's causing you to excrete minerals that you're not supplementing and it's a net negative.
If it doesn't make you piss after a workout maybe it's because you lost significant electrolytes via sweat and your body doesn't need to offload the excess. Probably would help a lot with soreness/recovery etc.
from what i gather i had too much water. when this happens it gets sent into the extracellular fluid (ie bloating). because the salt concentration in the fluid i drank was higher than the watery ecf my body moved the water to balance the two solutions
theres citric acid in potassium and magnesium citrate, but you can add whatever you want. i used 16 g of sugar per liter because pedialyte does. apparently its the right amount of sugar to aid electrolyte absorption
Can you add citric acid to the mix and carbonation with a sodastream?
Im a fatmerican and need my electrolyte drink to be like soda.