Navigating life with a diagnosis like POTS is enough to make your head spin. Appointments here, tests there, medications everywhere. You’re hungry for information, yearning for a nugget of advice that will fix the problem, but too much all at…
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What is the Autonomic Nervous System?
Whether you’ve been diagnosed with POTS or are still searching for a diagnosis, you’ve probably run across a few mentions of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). You might be wondering what that is, too. Most people learned about the nervous…
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POTS and Your Rights Under the ADA
If you are seeking a diagnosis or have recently been diagnosed with POTS, you may be grappling with accepting your new status as a person with a disability. That label may come as a relief if you’ve been trying to…
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Superbowl MVPs Wife Writes about her Struggle with POTS
You may have been one of the people in tears as Eagles quarterback Nick Foles talked about his wife and her health struggles. It was one of many emotional moments in Superbowl LII. The couple was married as Tori was…
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Olympic Speed Skater Britney Bowes on Her Struggle with POTS
NEW: FULL VIDEO A quick look at my road from recovery to the #winterolympics -> The previous post of this video was cut short, my apologies! Here it is in 2 parts: A post shared by Brittany Bowe (@brittanybowe)…
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How to Get Doctors to Take You Seriously when You Have an Invisible Illness
One of the things POTS patients struggle with the most is getting their initial diagnosis. Many have done research online and already suspect POTS, but do few doctors are aware of the condition, its symptoms and effects, that they dismiss…
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What are the Different Types of POTS?
As if a POTS diagnosis wasn’t difficult enough, there are different types of POTS that respond to different types of treatment. Here, we’ll talk about neuropathic POTS, hyperadrenergic POTS, and secondary POTS. All of these are POTS, meaning they all…
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What is an Active Standing Test?
An active standing test may be one of the first diagnostic tests your health professional does after an EKG to determine if you have POTS. This test can also be done with a tilt table, where the patient is strapped…
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Seven Ways Doctors May Test for POTS
POTS is short for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, which is a fancy way of saying that your body doesn’t like being upright. It’s a complicated diagnosis because of ways it presents in different individuals. The symptoms vary, as well as…