Figuring out life with hyperadrenergic POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome)
I want to talk about self-diagnosis of POTS, because it happens a lot. People who have been suffering with hitherto unexplained symptoms know a person with POTS, or they see something on the news or social media, and they look Continue reading “Self-diagnosing” POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome)
(citations needed) I want to skip past lifestyle modifications straight to medications for POTS because I am so tired of hearing from people that the only interventions their doctors had to offer were salt, fluids, compression, exercise, and maybe beta Continue reading The POTS Pharmacopeia: Medications for Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
(Stay tuned for additional citations.) So, what is POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome)? Let’s start by pulling apart the acronym. Postural means this happens when your body is positioned a certain way. Orthostatic is even more specific: this happens when Continue reading What is POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome)? An explainer.