POTS

Since I have not really had much going on because I have had so much school work this week, I have decided to write about POTS. I am not talking about the drug I am talking about Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome. I was diagnosed with this syndrome November of 2014 and had been battling the symptoms for over a year prior to that. There are two different types one is caused by your heart, which is what I have and the other is from allergies. It is a very complicated syndrome and I still do not fully understand it, but apparently when I was growing my heart did not shift into my rib cage like it was suppose to. Since it did not do that my heart just beats funny which causes me to pass out very easily and my body passes out because my heart starts beating so fast to the point where if I did not pass out I would have a heart attack. Other symptoms are that I am thirsty all of the time (that's why you see me drinking water all of the time), I see floating spots, I get fatigue very quick, frequent headaches, and loss of appetite. Another aggravating aspect of having POTS is since my heart rate can not get but so high I can not exercise much or do things like going on a hike. 

That is all I will bore you with for now, and will pick up on my next blog! Enjoy this beautiful weather everyone!!