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It's been my second full week of taking Inderal/propranolol for my POTS symptoms. I tapered up over a few days, and am still on 3/4 of the full 20mg dose. The positive effects showed almost straight away. I have shown no signs of intolerance or major negative side effects (fingers crossed this...
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I recently had my first appointment at CFS Discovery (*edit* located in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia). I saw Dr McDonald. He and the nurse there are quite pleasant. It's just SO nice to be taken seriously, and have people who are familiar with seeking ways forward with this...
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(For the TL;DR, scroll to the end) I haven't been keeping terribly good track of my daily supplementation, diet or activity levels, but this is something I really need to record. I started taking Thorne PharmaGABA at the end of last week. I noticed a bit of strange vertigo-y sensation in the...

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