tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196404387912484970.post8407680027261593032..comments2023-04-03T02:31:17.536-07:00Comments on Brian Baxter: Xanax and POTSBrian Baxterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834342076071299847noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196404387912484970.post-48584566845074734852012-08-08T16:42:34.291-07:002012-08-08T16:42:34.291-07:00I too have recently found out i have POTS. the fir...I too have recently found out i have POTS. the first time that caused me to go to the ER was a horrible episode. I got up and got ready and had to go downstairs to my car. by the time I got to my car I have black spots in my vision, I'm sweating, my heart is racing, my chest feels strange. I feel so lightheaded that even my face is tingling. I feel as if I'm going to pass out and I'm also extremely nauseous. I was told it sounds like a heart attack so I ended up going to the er. but every EKG, blood test,ETC. came back normal, all except the blood pressure test they do lying, sitting and standing. it was a 30 beat difference. so my heart rate jumped from sitting to standing. I felt so weak I had to be brought in a wheelchair and I couldn't stand for more than 2 minutes. they sent me home after giving me 2 bags of fluid saying that I was probly dehydrated and that was the cause for the change in blood pressure/heart rate. so I went home but it happened again days later. so I looked up the symptoms. and almost every single 1 was POTS. how I always get nauseous after I eat. I have bad anxiety panic attacks and feel weak a lot of the time. the light headed feeling upon even sitting with my feet on the floor even worse when I'm standing. the episodes are so scary. I read that, some people have it start w when they are teenagers, others after they give birth. which I just had when I noticed the symptoms started.after I gave birth and was on fluids for several days because I had to be in the hospital for 2 days before I gave birth, i ended up feeling great after having the baby. it was also because I had so much fluids given to me which is also 1 of the treatments for POTS. they even say salt tablets might work.also, two of the medications that helps is xanax and klonopin.one time was so bad I couldn't feel my face it was tingly, I took a xanex that was from past for anxiety. within 10 min. I could feel my face again, within 20 to 30 I felt fine. it helps so much I couldn't believe it. I truly hope that this condition didn't start because of my birth of my son because they say that that is the type that is the most severe usually the type that people get and don't get rid of an can't control is easily. I can't quite remember when it started weather it was before him or after I just know I've been very sensitive to heat and getting overheated also causes it. so I'm dealing with it but sometimes the episode is so bad I just have to lay down and cancel my plans. hoping that with more exercise and losing weight that the symptoms will go away because I also heard that people that were on bed rest have symptoms that mimic POTS. and I was the last 2 trimesters of my pregnancy, suggested to be on bed rest, then a few months after I sprained my ankle very badly and I also have back problems they keep me down for days at a time when I threw my back out. because of my back problem I've also gained weight and with the pregnancy too, so I'm hoping and praying that I will have some relief when I get healthier even though exercise is 1 of the things that make it worse exercise is extremely necessary when you have it. it's such a horrible thing to have because without blood in your brain there's not much you can do. I went grocery shopping 1 day and even going through half the store my heart rate got up to 182bpm,and i was just slowly moseying through.. I felt so bad that I thought I was going to pass out, and there was no place to sit, I was so afraid that I would pass out right there in the store and make a big scene.. so sometimes it really interferes with my life. makes me feel helpless. it's a day by day thing that I struggle with...... so now I just eat well eat less carbohydrates,(thats suggested) drink a ton of water, try salt pills, take B12 for energy. and exercise whenever I can. you really gotta watch out and take care of yourself everyday..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com