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@colleenyoung

Hi Amber,
I'm so sorry to hear about your mom. I can't imagine this happening every 3 hours. Does she have low potassium levels, which leads you to think this may be hypokalemic periodic paralysis? I don't know much about PPP, but have read that triggers like exercise, medicine, or certain foods can set off the attacks. Have you noticed patterns or triggers to your mom's attacks or changes to diet, activities and/or medicines that help prevent them or lessen the frequency?

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Thank you so much for replying. We are trying to figure out what triggers everything. Currently trying to find a new primary doctor now, since Mayo Clinic denied us. Her "episodes" or attacks were acting in a pattern but now they are coming more sporadic. She's never had her levels checked and I've heard the best time to do it is during the attack..but to find someone to follow through with it has been so hard. So many have diagnosed her with Conversion Disorder and then send her on her way. She has every single symptom of low potassium or Hypokpp.
Now ever since she's been diagnosed with Converison Disorder, no doctors seem to want to help or have anything to do with her. Pretty sure they would have other opinions if it was their loved one going through all of this. 🙁