Name: Spending too much time on the floor...? [CC]
Uploaded: 2020-03-27T18:37:57.000Z
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I hope you’re having a delightful day and are, you know…

If you’re new here and wondering why there is a weirdly-1950s redhead girl lying on the

floor: hi, I’m Jessica and I have PoTS.

What on earth is that and how can you tell if you have it?

PoTS symptoms can be frightening and uncomfortable so I wanted to make something to calmly discuss

symptoms you may not even realise mean something and hopefully make you feel better.

In this video I’ll be giving you a brief idea of the condition,

In this video I’ll be giving you a brief idea of the condition, how it affects people,

signs that you might have it and where to go to get diagnosed.

If you’re completely new to this topic, I suggest watching my earlier video, which

I’m going to link in the description as well as in a card above.

If you enjoy lighthearted and amusing videos with an educational slant then make sure you’re

And remember to click the bell icon as that’s the best way to be notified of new content.

Much love to my notifications squad, I see you!

So, as I mentioned, about a year ago I made a video explaining what Postural Orthostatic

Tachycardia Syndrome is in detail and since then one of the most frequent questions I’ve

been asked is: “how do I know if I have it”...?

Unfortunately sometimes it can be hard to judge these things… and that can be very

So whilst I can’t reply to every individual message and email about PoTS, I hope this

- you’re don’t great darling, don’t worry.

Even more confusing is that each case of PoTS is different.

You can develop PoTS suddenly or it can come on gradually over time.

Sometimes it can develop suddenly after a viral illness or traumatic event, or during

In many cases, the cause of the problem with the nervous system in people with PoTS is

The most common age range for PoTS is 13-50 and it occurs predominantly in women with

Teenagers who develop PoTS often find that it gradually disappears a few years later.

So yay!- I told you it’s going to be okay

Although if you develop it as a result of a separate condition that’s obviously going

It’s commonly found in association with:

Either through alcohol or certain metals.

Or inheriting a faulty gene that causes too much of the "fight or flight" hormone noradrenaline

- an inherited condition that results in unusually flexible joints and abnormally elastic blood

Other underlying conditions such as diabetes, amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, lupus, Sjogren’s

And our old friend Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

If you have one of these things, then yes, this video is indeed the place for you.

But even if you don’t you may still have PoTS.

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome is a condition that affects the blood flow

People who have it note that our circulatory systems go wild at the merest invitation,

particularly when standing or sitting up (that’s what orthostatic means)

Primary symptoms of an orthostatic intolerance are lightheadedness, fainting, and an uncomfortable,

I spent years trying to explain to various doctors that I could FEEL my heart beating

too fast and that it was sometimes so bad and painful I felt like I was about to have

a heart attack… to which I was told that all people sometimes suddenly become aware

of their heart beating but that it was normal and I was making too much of a big deal about it.

As if I somehow couldn’t tell my heart was faster then than at other times.

Well, normally when you sit up or stand, gravity pulls some of your blood down to your belly

In response, your blood vessels quickly narrow and your heart rate increases slightly to

maintain blood flow to the heart and brain, and prevent your blood pressure dropping.

Amazingly, this is all done without needing to think about it by the autonomic nervous

system – the nervous system in charge of automatic body functions.

It’s the same thing that keeps you breathing without you having to consciously think ‘breathe’

every two seconds and then stops you from dying when you get really engrossed in the

When you have PoTS, the autonomic nervous system has affectively just been given the

latest Sims 4 Expansion Pack and has better things to do with its time.

There's a drop in blood supply to the heart and brain when you become upright and the

For me though, POTs isn’t just about the motion of standing and the change in state.

It also hits me as a decrease in blood pressure over time.

So I’m fine for a little bit but then slowly feel the blood just draining away from my

There are actually various forms of POTS so if you don’t have all of the signs I’m

about to list, that doesn’t mean you 100% don’t have it, you may just have a type

that doesn’t involve that and please remember that all cases are different.

I think it would be really helpful if people who have already been diagnosed list some

of their symptoms in the comments along with the ones they DON’T have.

It’s so important to me that our little community is able to come together, support

each other, make people feel less alone…

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