[lonevoice]

Thank you!

Could such a weight loss also be tied to depression, anti-anxiety drugs, living with a critical ABUSIVE husband , who obviously deems perfection as extremely important

You bring up a good point. From all accounts, Terri was extremely self-conscious about her weight long before she met Michael. If Michael has an abusive, controlling personality (and I believe he does), Terri's weight would've been a huge weapon in his systematic campaign to devalue her.

Anecdotally, I knew a woman in a marriage that had some similarities to what we've read about Terri and Michael. She was of average weight, but her husband continually berated her about being fat and unattractive to him. When she'd try to lose weight to please him, he wouldn't acknowledge her weight loss until suddenly one day he'd bark, "You're too skinny! What happened to your a**! You have no a**!" Then she'd start gaining the weight back. Again, no comment, until suddenly "You're so fat! You don't care how you look to me!" During the last month of this marriage, as the wife was taking furtive steps towards getting a divorce, she became nearly unable to eat at all due to her depression. I watched her lose 30 pounds in one month with no intention on her part.

IF Terri did have a potassium imbalance, and IF it was caused from rapid, sustained weight loss, I wouldn't automatically ass/u/me she was bulimic, nor would I assume the potassium imbalance was the sole cause of her cardiac arrest.

[sweetliberty]

I know I have mentioned this on another thread, but the controlling issue and using weight as a weapon really rings true here. When I was 20, I was in such a relationship. I was always very sensitive about my weight, but it was more in my mind than it was an actual problem. It seemed that anytime I would entertain thoughts of ending the relationship (which was often), he would hit me with such remarks about how I was so fat that nobody else would have me. At the time I weighed 99 pounds (I am 5'1"). I sometimes had to buy pants in the children's department...and yet, he had a real talent for getting me so down on myself that it took the attention off getting away from him, at least temporarily. One thing I can say is that any female who has ever made the mistake of getting involved with such a man and gotten out, can spot the type a mile away. Michael Schiavo is the type!