Question: hello -
i am having my second day of feeling light-headed, confusion and overall weakness.
tried a few self-helps, but nothing improved the condition.
my primary care can see me tomorrow.
should i keep that appt or go to er?



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hello Dr. Iliri

thank you for your reply! it was much more content-rich than i expected.

i saw my primary care [an m.d., not holistic] yesterday and his diagnosis was similar to yours.

my blood pressure was normal [for me, which is low]. he ordered blood work to be followed by ECG and ultrasound [if still needed]. in discussion, we both suspect electrolyte imbalance [while i take many supplements, i don't monitor intake - i just take a lot of potassium and 500mg of magnesium every morning]. i take additional potassium if my arms or legs feel muscle-weak through the day, and it does work. i take supplements because i have a relatively poor diet and exercise very little.

we did not discuss cervical column X-Ray - i've never heard of this procedure. should i have one for both results and to have one on file [as a here's what i was at age 71], or would that be meaningless? i have a whole library [physical and in the cloud at 2 providers] of my images and test results since age 60 or earlier, including before/after for procedures or treatments since 1983.

i did take a 'supplement day off' yesterday and do feel much better today. in fact, better than i've felt for many months. my 1 gal plus daily water intake should have flushed most from my system, and i will carefully start adding them back carefully beginning tomorrow.

compared to friends approx my age, i normally feel healthy, but many are much more physically conditioned. i am much more brain-active and knowledge-able [which regularly upsets them and my wife]. i've been married for 40 years.

i sit at a computer for many hours a day for work and information - i am an information 'sponge', and it keeps my brain very active. i am current [and a future-ist] in many areas of computer hardware, computer software, internet of things, security, robotics and drones. my home is filled with many - old, new and future. it could be a museum.

i enjoy my life, and my 'work' [i don't consider it work]. i feel that it is appreciated. i do all of my work remotely at home, and i believe the companies i work for think i am much younger. i've been working with each of them for 20-30 years and my contact people and assignments each of the companies have changed many times. i've been a user of [what would become] the internet for over 50 years. the result is little physical exercise.

sorry to bore you with the details of my life, but i am known as being long-winded [and frequently very negative, which i blame on my attention to details].

this is because i don't want to omit information that may be relevant.

thank you again for your response. while i didn't share with my dr, it was very helpful for me to compare your diagnoses and next steps.

when i contacted 'ask a doctor', by brain was giving me very scary feelings.

my primary also suggested an extreme anxiety attack. i do suffer from anxiety, but never as severe as wednesday or thursday [with no cause].