The POTScast

Learn about Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) and more by joining us each week for a new episode. If you are living with POTS, MCAS or other chronic illnesses, you ...more

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September 20, 2022 00:48:19
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E87: POTS following Long COVID and COVID vaccine injury with Dr. Sujana Reddy

Dr. Reddy is a COVID long-hauler herself. She developed POTS, and symptoms worsened each time she caught COVID. She struggled for a diagnosis, and...

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September 13, 2022 00:27:07
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E86: Jamie Lynn from Kentucky

It took Jamie 12 years to be diagnosed with POTS after the onset of symptoms. She had "remissions" from symptoms in the early years...

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September 06, 2022 00:40:58
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E85: Dealing with Medical Trauma with Dr. Katie Gorman-Ezell

Many people in the POTS community have experienced medical trauma as a patient, caregiver, or sibling. Gaslighting, invasive procedures, and the chronicity of the...

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84

September 03, 2022 00:36:05
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E84: Stephanie w 3 concussions and POTS from MD

Stephanie was a competitive volleyball player in high school when several concussions sidelined her. Over time, POTS symptoms began to appear and the battle...

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August 30, 2022 00:32:25
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E83: Maddie and her therapy dog from Michigan

Maddie faints a lot as part of her POTS, which she developed around age 16. She describes getting and training her therapy dog and...

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August 23, 2022 00:35:56
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E82: Are Choline Transporters Implicated in Some POTS Patients? with Dr. Laila Schenkel

Dr. Laila Schenkel is a molecular geneticist who specializes in choline transporters. Comparing this transporter in the skin of one POTS patient with controls,...

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