Are You Suffering from POTS or Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia?

Are you struggling with heart rate changes from laying down to standing?
It's time to pay attention to your resting heart rate as well.
If your HR is elevated to begin with can mean something very different than if your HR is low when resting then rises a lot.
You might be dealing with something called inappropriate sinus tachycardia.
Knowing which one you have, or if you have both, is crucial as it completely changes the treatment approach.

[@Gracemovingforward]

Thank you. I never knew there's a difference 😳 Pots is so tricky to understand/get diagnosed

[@YasminRuiz-hh3ku]

I’ve now been told by 3 doctors that the diagnosis doesn’t matter and treatment is the same. Sadly 9 months symptomatic and no treatment yet.

[@paiiininthebuttt2477]

Interesting. Thank you

[@SecretMegamind]

When I was a preteen, I was diagnosed with POTS after I was put under anesthesia and my heart rate was spiking and blood pressure dropping. Since then, most of my very long symptom list lined up with pots, but it has gotten less postural-based as I aged. Was I possibly misdiagnosed, or is it very possible I could have both? Without medication, my heart rate will commonly spike to 150 while I am sleeping. But so many of my weird neurological problems fit POTS so well.

[@AlphaZeus11]

Currently, my resting heart rate is between **50 and 60 beats per minute**. I have bouts of tachycardia that occur upon waking, sometimes several times during the night. During these episodes, my heart rate can rise to about **100 to 110 beats per minute** when lying down and up to **170 beats per minute** when standing up. Lying down seems to help reduce the duration of these crises. I have undergone an ECG and an electrophysiological exploration of the heart. I also wore a holter, but unfortunately, it did not record any episode of tachycardia. My blood test is normal. I dont know What I Can think

[@dockeiser]

Well clearly you are exhibiting something, and generally speaking it’s good that all of those came back negative because it means your heart is healthy! What we need to look into now is the underlying issue of your tachycardia. You can get a tilt table test done with a doppler ultrasound to ensure blood flow to the head isn’t being restricted. Unfortunately when it comes to dysautonomia and POTS it’s a lot of just ruling things out before you can find that root cause. hopefully this helped give you some direction!

[@blacksheep2344]

I do n have chronic AFib too

[@crystalkacmar5071]

I have POTS only.

[@theangrytiredzebra]

I have both thanks to hEDS 😭

[@stpr16]

POTS pour out the syrup