Annie, you've outdone yourself. These are indeed some new clues, and the timing is good, because I have an appointment with my neuro on Monday. I want to talk to him about the HCTZ, and especially whether the way the HCTZ stopped my migraines could be a clue. I am quite sure, though, that the migraines were strongly associated with my period. They would start two days before, and end at ovulation.

I have been doing a lot of reading about hypo- and hyperkalemic periodic paralysis. I just can't make it fit. I'm almost never weak in the morning, and my weak spells come at 5:30 whether dinner's at 5:00 or 6:00.

Some intense journaling is definitely called for...

Let me work on the rest of what you've written.

Thanks, as always, for your loving care of a stranger.

Oh, one more thing I wanted to talk about: your question about a clinical diagnosis of weakness. My regular neuro has me push on his hand, or stand up and sit down repeatedly. I don't think he notices any fatigability. But the neuro who diagnosed me did something different: he had me push on his hand and just keep pushing for a long time--until I felt the muscle just quit. It surprised me.

More later!

Abby