I Have Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome

So here is my story...August 14, 2008: While driving down the road I have this sharp pain in my left chest and i start to black out. I manage to get pulled over and catch my breath, I thought I was having a heart attack and dying. So...

Im trying so hard, but I can't control how my body feels and I don't have any money. I want so badly to be better and work again and fix my car but i don't have the means to do it. I can't seem to do anything anymore. I want clean...

I have Postural orthostatic Tacycardia Syndrome and have been bedridden for nearly 5 years.I have low blood volume and no quality of life, i suffer with a tight chest,breathlessness,pooling of the stomach and legs,low blood pressure and...

you know you have pots when.

1. You spend more time horizontal than vertical. 2. You can always pee on command. 3. You have an excuse for not being able to pass a sobriety test. Pray that a police office never stops you and asks...

How to manage with pots when your home alone all day, what do you do when you have a bad episode?? Can anyone out there give me some advice?

I am a 36 yr old married mother of two small children and I am living with POTS struggles on a daily basis.  I was officially diagnosed in May 2009 but have had the majority of the symptoms since 2007.  I've suffered from migraines...

I am getting my tilt table test soon. Can anyone tell me what to expect? Was it terrible?

It started when I was only 8. I loved to play soccer until I couldn't breath and the other kids mocked me. I quit when the season was over. I kept getting worse and worse but nobody knew what it was. They were like ohh it just asthma...

         During Fall Parent-Teacher Conferences I began to feel ill but thought nothing of it. The illness progressed into a constant state of lightheartedness and fatigue. I finally went to the...

I had a pretty active life style, waking up at 5am to go to high school everyday, participating in a fitness club at my school, singing in the school choir etc. I graduated with honors from my high school, and everything was going great...

Is it normal to have breathing problems when you have POTS? I'm having extreme difficulty taking in a deep breath. It also feels like i'm gasping for air. Should i have it checked out and go to the hospital. My dad is really worried...

Back in Septemeber, I woke up one moring, with stomach pain, thinking maybe, I was just being a woman, I went on with my day, went off to school, in progressivly got worse, I couldn't stand anymore, I called my mom and made her come get...

In 2009 i was in a horrific cheer-leading accident. While back spotting a flyer, she fell on top of my head knocking me to the ground which i then hit my head on the gym floor that was not protected with mats. The next thing i remember...

I became sick in june of this yr with what was thought to be a virus. Little did I know that worse was to come. I had tachycardia real bad and when I stood up I felt like my legs were going to give out. I was so tired and just couldn't...

I have just been diagnosed with POT's last week, after about a year of struggling to find an adequate and knowledgeable doctor to diagnose my problems. After three cardiologists and numerous people telling me its all in my head, I...

This is probably going to be long, so bear with me. I got my first "dizzy spell" when I was 12. Just doing our traditional family walk after our Thanksgiving meal, I started trailing behind my brother and uncle, trying to call to them...

I am a 42 year old male that teaches high school and is a bi-vocational pastor. I have a 12 year old and this is my journey to POTS. It has taken 15 years to come up with something that makes sense and puts all the facts of what I...

"I just completed a POTS study in Dallas , Texas . It is an exercise study in which they take you off all of your medications and put you on a specialized exercise regimen. It starts with all seated exercises like the cardio...

Hi im 16 and was diagnoised with pots nearly 2 years ago. I was dancing 9 hours a week until that one day everything changed. I did not have a clue about pots, but i read all the time, not like i dont have enough time lol. I havent been...

Hi y'all! I'm a 31 year old mother of three. Recently, my doctor told me I may have pots. He told me to change my diet and take sodium supplements and would recheck my labs in a month. Now, a month later, I asked him if he was still...