General Mechanical Principles for Living in a POTS Body
There are two important principles for living in a POTS body: 1. Shorter is better POTS is, at its core, a physics/fluid dynamics problem. It is hard to pump fluid up. The higher you have to...
Author: barefootwriter
“Self-diagnosing” 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...
The POTS Pharmacopeia: Medications for 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,...
What is POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome)? An Explainer
(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...