Finally tried to do the poor mans TTT. I only lasted about 12 minutes before i just felt too bad to continue. This was done on a considerably good day which is quite rare.
Also my heart rate at rest is usually about 70-75, maybe i was a bit nervous.
Lying down
0 minutes BPM:84 BP:119/74
5 minutes BPM:84 BP:120/74
10 minutes BPM:87 BP:110/74
Standing
0 minutes BPM:110 BP:120/82
3 minutes BPM:129 BP:111/87
6 minutes BPM:129 BP:107/86
9 minutes BPM:126 BP:76/55
12 minutes BPM:128 BP:104/90
I tried to stay still but towards the end my partner said i started fidgeting around so could that be why the blood pressure came back up?
I was using Omron blood pressure monitor but i also had one of those finger BPM readers and that was showing heart rate at 135-140 at some points during standing. so i'm not sure which was correct.
I noticed when i was standing my shins, ankles and feet became very itchy. i got very nauseus and lower back was quite sore. Also got other symptoms like feeling weak, sharp pains in head and blood draining down.
Hi, you have POTS (increase of over 30 beats per minute on standing), you also have NMH (POTS and NMH commonly happen together though both of these can also happen alone).
the following thou old and somethings have been better defined since that time eg POTS is now recognised as being increase of 30, the following is a good article by Dr David Bell (well known ME specialise who actually studied a little I believe under what a dr who is known as the grandfather of autonomic disorders) of the types of dysautonomias which occur in ME (I get all 5)
http://www.oiresource.com/tresults.htm
some POTs patients do take beta blockers for it, the most common med for POTS thou is Florinef .
There can be a flush in the legs which happens in this disorder due to blood pooling there, that can make one itchy there.
A heart specialist may be the wrong specialist to go to for POTS, many arent actually aware of POTS as POTS patients have healthy hearts, POTS is rather an autonomic system disorder. Dont seek out a heart specialist, try instead to seek out a specialist of whatever field, but who also has a special interest in POTS.