POTS Flare Up Treatment (Part 2) | How to Treat & Shorten a POTS Flare

[@PetCrazzy]

I was folding my laundry while watching this video and having to lift my arms for the sheets just caused me to get so symptomatic. Heart racing, palpitations, dizziness, lightheadedness and feel heavy. It sucks to have to leave things halfway done because POTS just can't let you live life normally

[@YaGotdamBoi]

Thanks for sharing!! I’m kinda new to knowing I have POTS, so this is super helpful already!

[@yorocco1]

Moving in a flare depends on how bad the flare is. I almost always move during a flare. Today… no. I’m a walk away from the E.R. You really have to know yourself and your flares, to know what you can do to get through.

[@s4r4b34r]

I have noticed I feel better eating low carb low sugar and eating more often... I'm flooding your video with comments lol I'm just wondering if it's possible to be anemic and have POTS?!

[@Aimee_Esther]

Oh my goodness! This is why i make these videos. No one knows about pots and i want to inform people!!

[@morningwithgracie7870]

@@Aimee_Esther do u have coat hanger pain at the upper back...? How dd u treat it?

[@morningwithgracie7870]

@@Aimee_Esther how about insomia?

[@Aimee_Esther]

Yeah i have insomnia too. I occasionally get gallbladder pain on my upper back but it comes and goes

[@Agaettis]

I was doing great for awhile, but took a shower instead of a bath the other day.... lol I was also a teacher for a short time and it didnt last long !

[@the1andonlytrav]

I'm having the most difficulty with showering because I stand in place too long. Did any of you get a shower chair because I'm thinking about it.

[@thatonedog819]

I'm also considering it. I stopped when I cut off all my hair and didn't have to spend as much time in the shower

[@thatonedog819]

Like 5 minutes down from 20

[@kylechavez7961]

The stool helps me so much . I couldn't last taking a 5 minute shower . I didnt know what was happening to me until my physical therapist says sounds like I have pots/dysautonomia. I developed it after covid and its debilitating. I cant stand or walk for long . Still trying to get an official diagnosis. But after a normal shower I would be so dizzy confused , couldn't talk or breathe my chest would be so tight and I would lay down and suffer for hrs

[@candidawojcik6356]

I get flare ups on hot weather days , on day that are cold but the heat in the building I am in is too warm, if I am in the shower and it is too warm or the bathroom is too steamy, when I am having issues with stress or other mental heath related things, if I over exert exercise wise, and during the time I am having my cycle. I had a really nasty flare up 2 weeks ago while I went outside for a walk and ended up in the er and had to get IV fluids . It is very random when it happens and the symptoms can be minorly different from one episode to another. I generally have them severely about once every 3 to 6 months as an estimation .I started having them when I was around 15 and now I am 48 and was diagnosed with POTs while I was in the er 2 weeks ago.

[@leanna2586]

Moving is causing nausea and pins and needles tingling and awful chest pain and lightheadedness, and I am cold and hot at the same time. What should I do then?

[@bobtreduis2737]

I felt really good the other day, did a lot of housework I had been putting off, now just sitting up gets me up to ~120. Went to feed the dogs 187bpm. Uggghhh I feel like 💩

[@Happydealhappyday]

I have been doing SO MUCH BETTER with my POTS symptoms that started after I got COVID. I was still wearing a mask in public b/c I just didn't want to get covid again and go backwards. Well my upper cervical chiropractor told me I'd probably bounce back faster and I probably didn't need to wear my mask all the time. So I went a week without it in public places. And now I have a virus. The symptoms from the virus aren't bad - mild stuffy nose, conjunctivitis in my eye, and just overall achy muscles. But then my POTS symptoms went bonkers! I couldn't drive myself home b/c I thought I was going to faint. I'm so fatigued it's ridiculous. I guess I'm back to wearing my mask in public again b/c getting a minor virus only for me to be stuck on the couch all week is so not worth it.

[@skilltes037]

I'm new to this. I am in a terrible flare right now. I am spending my weekends on the couch. I will be setting an alarm to start moving every few hours, though it sounds terrible right now. I'm so stressed about the flare and I know that's probably making it worse. I have boneboth so I will be making some soup for lunch. Thanks for your videos.

[@amberblair8982]

Concussions cause flare ups. From my own experience. Which is a vicious cycle, because I faint a lot (say, a couple of times a week.) but when I was concussed, it was a couple of times a day. That's a cycle, because I crash backwards without warning and hit my head on the floor, and am concussed...again! I was looking up POTS stuff online and (Mayo clinic, I think it was) stated that concussions can cause or aggravate POTS and I thought 'Oh, that would explain why I fainted 3 times that day.' or it would explain why I at the moment I'm fainting more frequently and other POTS symptoms that I know about are worse. (all new to me, I don't know what are my symptoms, or triggers, I only got diagnosed 3 ish weeks ago) I suffered a major concussion 2 months ago. My identifiable symptoms have been worse since. REST is the only cure for concussion! Therefore, the best way to alleviate POTS symptoms. Especially when it can cause such a cycle. Thanks for another uplifting video, keep smiling, stay awesome. :)

[@yorocco1]

Absolutely agree. I’m a black outer, and there is no amount of pushing through that will keep a blackout from happening. I tried, once, and ended up splitting my head open, a huge, puffy, black eye, and a bunch of stitches over my eyebrow.

[@amberblair8982]

@@yorocco1 oh! Ouch! I feel that! I also feel the frustration of not being able to prevent a faint. I mean, I can stay seated and not stand up, but you have to stand up eventually. And then boom! On the floor!

[@wendyshoup8539]

No bone broth for me. I don't eat animals. I eat lots of fruits and veggies, beans and whole gluten free grains.

[@TaraSt.Michel]

Plant based broths might work. A lot of them can have a good amount of sodium which will help electrolytes too. I have plant based beefless broth in my fridge that’s made from mushrooms and spices.