Anonymous #1 14w

Orthostatic intolerance is a symptom, not a condition :) there is orthostatic hypotension though, OP have you tested your BP? You’re correct that POTS criteria specifies a sustained increase since an immediate increase and then compensation is pretty common

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Anonymous #2 14w

They were monitoring my blood pressure throughout the whole thing and they said it was normal, which is why I’m so confused on how it’s normal but I still feel like this

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Anonymous OP 14w

have you had any autoimmune testing done

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Anonymous #1 14w

I don’t think so? I’ve only gotten blood work done, for a different thing though, and the POTS testing

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Anonymous OP 14w

what are your specific symptoms-pots is under a giant dysautanomia umbrella, there are lots of similar conditions. Also stuff like mcas

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Anonymous #3 13w

One article from the Canadian cardiovascular society defines sustained as “the heart rate above threshold should be seen on at least 2 measurements at least 1 minute apart. If only seen on the last measurement, this should be repeated 1 minute later to document that the heart rate increase is sustained and not spurious.”

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Anonymous #2 13w

That’s sustained for one minute, not 10

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Anonymous #3 13w

Yes? OP didn’t say how long their heart rate increase is, this info determines if it qualifies or not

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Anonymous #2 13w

Right but one min is a whole lot shorter than 10 min. I don’t think of that as very sustained even tho technically it may be

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Anonymous #3 13w

You not thinking of it as sustained doesn’t change the opinion of an expert panel based on a literature review 🤷 just clarifying for OP that no, hitting +30 doesn’t qualify for dx if it doesn’t stay up for at least a minute

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Anonymous #2 13w

Not sure why you’re attacking me. Obv I was slightly wrong about the sustained thing but the point still stands. OP said their HR doesn’t stay elevated for a full 10 min and it doesn’t need to.

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Anonymous #3 13w

It’s not an attack? /gen sorry if it came off that way

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