When to Go to the ER: Tips and Tricks

when i can’t keep food or liquids down

I have gone only for kidney stone severe pain as well as once I was unconscious due to POTS. They don’t do much tbh and I’ve had some pretty serious episodes where someone would have told me to go to the ER but typically I’ve found they haven’t done much for me. When I had kidney stones there the fluids and pain meds were helpful as I was vomiting so much from the pain. But typically I try to see if my episodes go away after a while and obviously if it gets too severe I would go. So expensive in the US I can not afford to go even if I have symptoms that would warrant me to go. So far I have been okay but it is a dilemma. I have had episodes where my heart rate will be too high for a long period of time but I tend to manage it with laying down in a cold dark room and put an ice pack on my neck as well as do other things to lower it and after a few hours of that I can get it to go back down. Dysautonomia sucks tbh.

I was told that you should go to the ER anytime you pass out / lose consciousness. I assume it's because they want to make sure you didn't get hurt during the Syncope episode.

My neurologist recommended if I faint and hit my head, or break anything (my ob recommended if I hit my stomach) but if I have an episode of fast heart rate that feels like it's lasting to long for me I go to the er