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I was put in the hospital once for extreme low potassium once (my heartrate had gone down to 47bpm and my blood pressure was way up) and there were pretty obvious symptoms involved. The ER doctor knew immediately what was wrong and the correct blood test proved him right. My regular doctor OTOH had told me just days before that it was just "nerves" causing all the symptoms. The ER told me I was lucky I came in that night or my heart could've stopped. The reason my potassium level got so low though was because my regular doctor put me on a water pill for high blood pressure while I was nursing and never told me I needed to take a potassium supplement along with it. Even when the symptoms arised, he passed it off as "nervousness." And the process of replacing the potassium is the most painful thing I've ever been through. Every muscle in my body cramped and I couldn't move my hands. The idiot doctor who had done it to me in the first place refused to give me a muscle relaxer unless I would take a paxil with it because he was still saying I had nerve problems and refused to believe me when I told him paxil gives me a bad reaction. The next day he had the nerve to sit on my bed and tell me I had to just TRUST him to fix the problem. (fat chance) I think all the nurses there were ready to backhand that doctor. They made it obvious to me that they thought he was a moron. I did learn from that not to trust any doctor blindly. Always research for yourself when you have problems and question them if you disagree with them. If they don't like it, switch doctors.