Has anyone heard of POTS? After a lil over 2 years and 3 Ablations and many trips to the Emergency Room I was diagnosed with POTS. My cardiologist said there is no cure. He put me on new medication to take with other cardiac medication called Digoxin. I have only had 1 does of it so far but I can already say this is gonna be a very long road getting used to this new medication. The nausea is unreal, dizziness, sleeplessness but even with all these symptoms I can say my heart hasn’t been over 120 so Digoxin is doing what it’s supposed to do. I just have to get used to the side effects of a new medication.
POTS is just one of many disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System
My Autonomic Nervous System was permanently damaged by the beta blocker Bisoprolol, so I a under the care of an Autonomic Neurologist now.
Whilst I dont qualify for the POTS symptom, I do for its close relative Orthostatic Hypotension. I feel so desperately ill now only OK if I stay in bed and dont eat anything.
A good forum for POTS is DINET Dysautonomia Information Network,
Hi Peter, thank you for the Pots forum. I really appreciate it. I have been on Digoxin for 3 days now. I feel even worse than before taking it. My heart rate is staying in the 130s blood pressure is high and also my sugar is elevated a bit. Doctor wants me to try and stay on it for a month and see if I respond to it and the symptoms calm down. I just do not think I can make it a month. I am exhausted and now depressed because this diagnosis was supposed to make things better not worse.