Last night I woke up from sleep with my head shaking. I was totally aware of it and lasted for all of 2 seconds. I knew it wasn't a seizure because a noise or something woke me up, and I have no head pain or any headache after the fact. However, my body was twitching a bit since waking up like I had the shivers. I think the cold is half responsible so they were definitely a response to cold weather I think. It is pretty cold outside due to the storm and apparently my heater was set to 74 fucking degrees. Doesn't help I'm going through some stomach issues the past day. So I'm probably sick.
Anyways, my pharmacy gave me a different kind of Spiro on Thursday. It is called Greenstone and I've never seen Spiro like this. It doesn't even have the traditional Spiro mark/logo on it but has a G on it. I'm not sure about this stuff and I've been on it for two days. I read Spiro can cause muscle spasms so I dunno what to do. I go to my doc on the 18th for blood work then a week later come back again for probably an up in my E dose (yay) so I'm not sure if I should keep taking the Spiro and be aware of the muscle spasms or if I should stop until the appointment. I'm not even sure if they WERE spasms, maybe I woke up shivering because it WAS cold.
I'm going to my GP about the head shake to see about an MRI but still, what the hell.
Don't know about the head shaking, but, spasms can be caused by spironolactone, yes.
Spiro is a potassium-sparing diuretic, which can mean two things.
1) It's a diuretic. It can make you pee a lot. And with that, your body will excrete sodium, and other electrolytes. You might find yourself with low sodium levels, (which I had myself and which I believed caused cramps for me).
2) It's potassium-sparing. You may retain excess potassium. So your potassium levels might be higher than normal. This can also cause cramps. All you can really do about this is limit potassium-rich foods.
But, you won't be able to figure out which it is until you get blood work done. Outside of sodium and potassium, you could also in theory have issues with either chloride or magnesium, etc. Blood work should be able to confirm if there's an issue.
In the interim, you may want to have a little extra salt, and track the potassium-rich foods you eat. But don't stop or change your medication dosages (without consulting your doctor first) because you want your bloodwork to accurately reflect your levels.
