I've always had an issue with high heart rate and running out of breath fast. But I also have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and that effects the heart somewhat as well so maybe that's it? My mother's side of family has had heart and lung issues and my father's side has heart and liver problems so who knows
I have hypermobile EDS and got POTS (the neuropathic kind) after a scary case of pneumonia at 19. Then some asshat of a doctor gave me amytriplyn(idk i tried) and developed hyperageneric type. Didnt even know this was happening to me. Then after 23 years of trauma, just as I got out of all it, it shocked my system and my POTS got ten times worse than what I had to begin with. Now Im very hypovolemic and anemic aswell. So I couldnt ignore it anymore and had to figure it out. A lot of factors played into it.
I had minor symptoms (as in didn’t even pursue treatment) until I got abdominal surgery - that sent my body into a spiral and I got diagnosed with POTS shortly after
There was no specific cause to my POTS. I noticed my first symptoms while I was a collegiate athlete in some of the best shape of my life. The doctors and I looked into it but we could never find a cause
We’re not quite sure, but one day a few years ago I randomly fainted, apparently I had a fever of 102 degrees and didn’t know, so I assume I had some illness that never really had other symptoms? Anyway, ever since that day I fainted I’ve had POTS
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