I Have Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome


A Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome anonymous support group with information on diagnosis, treatment, symptoms, along with personal stories and experiences with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome. You're not alone.

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Sick Of Doctors Who Don't Know A Thing About Pots

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...

I Hate POTS!!

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...

Pots Is Destroying Me

my story starts in the summer of 2001, while i was driving home from a race my vision went blurry and had chest pains. I had to pull over...

An Idiot's Guide To Pots, By An Idiot

This is a general guide to POTS. I've found that medications like beta blockers, antidepressants, and so on have very different affects on...

Newly Diagnosed

Hi y'all! I'm 27 years old and just diagnosed with POTS in feb 2012. It's been a really interesting journey thus far. I don't exactly know...

Pots Is Ruining My Life.

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...

Success!!! Quote From Girl Who Just Finished Dr Levine's Treatment Protocol For Pots

 "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...
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These snippets show some of the most common themes mentioned in this experience's stories:
  • "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 feel dreadful all day..."
  • "They scared me because it felt similar to a panic attack..."
  • "Recently, I started having more and more severe chest pains and increasing periods of presyncope, and being scared, I sought help from my GP..."
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90% of people in this group say this is a bad experience. 90% believe this experience makes them sad. 100% believe this is a boring experience. 80% believe this is a scary experience. 100% think this experience is hard. 100% believe they would not recommend this to others. 100% believe they find this experience unattractive in others.

29% of people who have this experience are in their teens, 27% are in their twenties, and 23% are in their thirties. 89% of people who have this experience are women.

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Check out this group's What Is It Like To Have Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome guide, where people with this experience share their tips and hints.

Here are a few tips...
  • It is like our mind telling us that we want to do something, then our body shuts down.
  • Having POTS in my home makes me feel helpless...
  • is like having your freedom rip away and having to depend on everyone else like you are a small child.
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