#salt cravings

[cah-culture-is]

does this image count

FUCJ YES IT DOES. MEEEEEEEE I'm obsessed with how this is edited. The soyjack with like the amateur pinterest-style editing is such a combination

[yourfaveisintersex]

i know that CAH often causes salt cravings, but is that something known to happen in NCAH too?

Yup! They're not as common along with other symptoms of adrenal insufficiency in NCAH, because a lot of the time it's not clinically-significant enough to warrant medical attention due to the relatively mild enzyme deficiency in NCAH, in comparison to folks with classic CAH who may rely on corticosteroid medicines to function. But it definitely is still possible, as NCAH is still... well, CAH. It's functionally the same variation, it just became symptomatic later in life instead of being present from birth.

[phys-psy-disabled]

Weird ways your body might signal that it needs salt:

As someone who's had POTS symptoms for years, here are a few unusual things I've experienced that I eventually figured out (through lots of experimenting) were actually cravings for/deficiency in salt. (Note that every body is different, these are just my experiences.)

- Feeling like you're craving sweet things, but eating/drinking sugary things does not help.

- Feeling noticeably thirsty, but drinking water doesn't help.

- Feeling noticeably thirsty, but any liquid you drink seems to immediately pass through your system without satisfying your thirst. (In my subjective experience, this feels different to me from the effect that diuretics like caffeine or stimulants have.)

- Water that normally tastes fine/good to you tastes noticeably different, even unpleasant or bitter.

- Persistent, abnormal digestive problems such as nausea and loose stools/diarrhea that don't have an explanation and, instead of improving within a few days, get gradually worse. This can start with an unrelated digestive issue that causes you to lose electrolytes (for me, it started with side effects from a new medication), but being deficient in salt/electrolytes can make digestive symptoms continue long after they should have improved.

(Related, if you start a new medication, always check the paperwork to see if it can cause hyponatremia, which is lack of salt in the bloodstream. Then if you're getting salt-deficient more often than normal for you, that's probably why, and you can see if increasing salt intake helps, and let your doctor know or ask them about trying a different medication.)

[missiodine]

I think I’m one of those M-113 salt vampires from TOS. All I can think about is salt. I eat chips. Not enough salt. I have spoonful of rice seasoning. Not enough salt. I eat pickle. Not enough salt. I drink pickle juice. I WANT MORE SALT.

I promise I’m okay and I’m not gonna drain your body of salt.

[cah-culture-is]

The intersex tells me to drink nothing but Powerade and eat salt straight from the container

It's like the green goblin mask

CAH culture is?

[cah-culture-is]

This is (n)CAH culture:

(N)CAH culture is?!

[cah-culture-is]

Dangles this in front of you guys /silly

👁️_👁️

[cah-culture-is]

CAH + POTs wombo combo culture is… I can’t share a bite of any food I’ve made for myself with anyone because of the ungodly amount of salt I usually put in them.

Weirdly specific? Maybe. But of course I had to have two issues that give me the Salt Cravings™️

CAH + POTS culture is...