I have POTS too! Gotta love explaining to every employer, professor, etc. that you casually pass out. All the time...
I take a sodium retainer, and it tends to help. Florinef is the name of it I believe. Increasing sodium has helped with the every day dizziness, like getting in and out of bed, sitting to standing, but doesn't help me at all when I get dehydrated, etc. I think because it raises your blood pressure, which means your bpm has to lower to compensate.
But yay for raising awareness! Hopefully one day we'll get a solution that's not "Oh, well most people outgrow it... eventually..."
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I have POTS too! Gotta love explaining to every employer, professor, etc. that you casually pass out. All the time...
I take a sodium retainer, and it tends to help. Florinef is the name of it I believe. Increasing sodium has helped with the every day dizziness, like getting in and out of bed, sitting to standing, but doesn't help me at all when I get dehydrated, etc. I think because it raises your blood pressure, which means your bpm has to lower to compensate. But yay for raising awareness! Hopefully one day we'll get a solution that's not "Oh, well most people outgrow it... eventually..."
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