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    Created in 2008, Phoenix Rising is the largest and oldest forum dedicated to furthering the understanding of and finding treatments for complex chronic illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia (FM), long COVID, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), and allied diseases.

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    Differentiating POTS from ME - Harder than it sounds.

    I am going to stop looking for a label for my problems. ME or POTS (and yes there are always more possibilities) I have symptoms to which there is no magic answer. I am inclined to think there is an overlap as I believe mitochondrial failure to be part or all of the problem and it is not as...
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    Controlling BP with POTS

    After almost a year of hospital trips including 4 inpatient stays, once again I am kicking myself for wasted time. Gall Bladder, thyroid, high BP, arrhythmia and tachycardia and no progress - they really don't think much of CFS or POTS here in Tenerife. :( After a failed Catheter Ablation to...