5 Top Tips for Living with POTS [CC] 

Not me watching this while eating pretzels with my 64 oz water bottle next to me.

There’s this drink powder called liquid I.V that works. You put it in water. It has helped me with POTS. I was diagnosed back in july.

Oh my gosh! Thank you for this video! They think my son has Pots and he has all these symptoms. This is super helpful because he has autism and other special needs and cannot explain what he is feeling. It's like trying to figure out what a baby is feeling because they can't tell you. He keeps telling me he is sick after he eats. I never considered that it could be due to this. Nor did his GI Specialist. I appreciate you making this video. We learn more from people who actually experience things! I'll be watching more videos and subscribing! Thanks again!!!!

I was diagnosed with POTS recently and I find this video really helped and another thing I like to do it wear compression socks, it helps the blood from pooling but they can get hot sometimes, so I avoid them in the summer. I also find eating big meals or heavy meals (like carbs) really hard because it make me dizzy, hot and my heart starts pounding and I need to stop eating even if I am still hungry therefore I always have leftovers from restaurants as there portions are too big. I don't find showering too bad for some reason. I like to shower at night that way I know I have food in my system and i don't have my showers too hot so that also helps.

Hi! I came to this video to learn about POTS for my mom! Thank you! :D

Thank you so much for these tips. I have Lyme disease and POTS. A shower stool helped me on the bad days, I get nervous of slipping. Salting my food also helped. I drink Pedialyte which has less sugar than Gatorade. Staying cool is so hard in Texas summers, I am dreading summertime coming. My job requires me to stand my entire shift. My ankles and lower legs swell up so bad, elevating them when I can lay down help a bit. Thank you! 💕 Oh! I want to add another tip. In the hot months, I keep a baggie of wet washcloths (not dripping wet) in my refrigerator in the deli drawer which stays the coldest but doesn't freeze. When I'm overheating, laying those around the back of my neck, on my forehead, stomach, inner thighs, behind the knees, wherever your warm spots are help cool you off.

All these comments made me feel so much less alone! I’ve had tachycardia since having my son, I’m still not sure what else I have but I feel like it must be something along these lines.. praying for answers!

well is starting to warm up now and starting to have symptoms My anxiety also goes up too because of pots Thank you for the tips 💖

I was diagnosed with a mild case of pots I drink three to four Gatorades a day but a pedialite at night. I don't crash at least I don't think. But yeah showers are hard even if my case isn't that bad it has changed my life

Mobility aids such as a foldable cane help tons too.

Great video❤

I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2017 and every symptoms has been blamed on MS. Ive had to educate myself so much just to cope.

they make low sugar / 0 sugar gatorades now! it's great because it contains salt and other electrolytes. it's a must-have for me.

Thank you so much

NO Coconut water for kidney patients, can be problematic due to high potassium that kidney patients can't excrete in urine. Whey protein can help with unintended weight loss too, great video....I will share with my friends & patients since you make this condition so easy to understand.

I live in a cold climate and I can't imagine being too warm. My toes and fingers always feel either pain or numb I'm always so very cold. I have to wear a triple layer of socks to go out in the snow for more then 15 minutes. Even just touching the car steering wheel can make pain shoot up my entire arm, especially before I got steering wheel cover. I feel like cold is more of an enemy then heat

Hi, I have POTS too, great tips! I work on each of these too!

I miss working out in the gym.

you’re so pretty 😍

I think if you give into your pots and do everything to alleviate it, I have found it doesn't improve the condition over time. But all of your tips are great.

Bathing in the bathtub has helped men….I can lay back….get out slowly and sit on the bath chair for a few minutes and dress while sitting down

Cooler shower helps and I'm better showering a couple of hours after I'm up. I drink pure orange juice at breakfast as it's high in nutrients and potassium.

Hi, good advice thanks. I cant take extra salt as my bp is on the higher side and I have type 2 diabetes so I need to leave 3 hours at least between eating but I also 2nd the shower stool thing and keeping cool and I know I need more water!:) also any tips for getting out and about with this issue I used a mobility scooter for a while but have ended the contract for it now and I cant walk far

Another couple of tips for showering are to: keep the water a bit cooler, and crack the door open so the steam doesn't build up.

I've always showered sitting and am more of a grazer, It takes me 3 or 4hours to finish a meal

I take baths most of the time.

You said something about can't keep your arms above your head while wasing your hair. I can't do that without getting sick and extreme muscle pain. Is that also related to POTS? Even when i use a hair blower it's giving me a sick feeling and pain in my arms.

I have not be diagnosed but it started a couple days ago it was at night i was staring at my dresser and my eyes started to go black. Then the next day i got up and i was fine and when i was by my bedroom door everything went black and my legs almost gave out and i was super dizzy. Ever since that day (2 days ago) in bed im really cold or im ry hot and now when i get hot im more uncomfortable then i used to be in hot areas i felt like i was gonna faint it felt like i was in a oven and then i got up to cool down and then my eyes went black again. I got back in bed after that went away and woke up the next day we're i am currently writing this who is super dizzy dling online school. Any Suggestions of what i have for right now? I think i have POTS but im going to the doctor soon. But any guesses do you think i have POTS (i also have this feeling im falling and the floor is rubber)

have you seen/tried the dnrs program here on youtube?

Also has anxiety a part of this a s well

I’ve had pots since I was a child. Diagnosed 2013. Attacks my digestion and lungs the worst it’s awful

I’ve broken several iPads and screens because I crashed with it in my hand. I’ve tried drinking only water several times for months at a time ,but it has mild benefits, but I have still cracked plenty of screens on those cycles. I tend to snack rather than have meals anyways ,yet still little effect. What can I do I can’t keep replacing screens if they are just gonna shattered 1-2 weeks later.

I remember one time I blacked out in the shower right before school and i dont know how long i was there but I ened up having to stay home.

I use Gatorade as an SOS. Then drink water. It works faster than water. And the water after maintains the Gatorade, so to speak.

There are different types of PoTs. Maybe you should give the type you have, because I think salt intake make be bad for other types of PoTs. But thank you for this video

Can u advize it feels like I'm. Hungry during episodes

Gatarode and powerade is always good

Sweetie does this make you feel like your vibrating inside your body? If that makes sense

Aye i follow u on i.g

I drink so much water lol

How do you do sexual activity? Can it hurt u

You have no research to back up being too hot is worse than too cold