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Elfie

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I have been having some symptoms lately that a family member of mine that is fairly well versed in POTS is concerned might be related to someone else. I recently have been having lots of shaking and also been mildly stuttering when I am having a bad time with POTS. Does this happen to anyone else? I was never a shaker or a stutterer before.

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Elfie,

Yessss. I do stutter (if the words even come out) and shake when I'm having a bad episode. I get really frusterated because I feel like there is a blockage btw. my brain and the rest of my body. I'll also get a lot of head twitching and my hands and fingers begin to constrict on their own... like I'm sqeezing an invisible stress ball. My only diagnosis is POTS- and I've been tested for everything under the sun.

Tremors and speach problems (most often slurring of words) are symptoms of POTS.

If this is a new symptom for you, check with your doc. just to be sure.

Hope you find some answers and relief,

Maisie

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I definitely get the shakiness, and while I usually don't stutter, I get a very 'low' and soft voice when I'm in a bad period. I'm with Maisie - these can be symptoms of POTS, but if they're new, check them out with your doc.

Cheers,

Jana

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When I am extra tired, I stutter. I have a hard time getting words out. I inevitably end up calling it Pos...t..s...that's when I know things are not going well.

I feel there is definately a brain connection that does not connect. Sometimes it feels dangerous to do things and drive. Those times always accompany stuttering.

Kits

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I've had mysterious very mild stuttering every now and then over the years but not regularly. Hmm.....

Do feel tremulousness, mostly an inside or on-the-verge feeling but sometimes a little tremor becomes visible. I know an adrenaline surge is supposed to make you shaky but for some reason that doesn't often happen to me. I get the tremulousness lately upon waking in mornings or sometimes after exhaustion (post exhaustion makes most sense to me)... but weirdest of all I can get it right after downing a ton of water quickly (and I think I recall always shivering during saline IV's too).

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Yes, there are times that I just cant seem to get my words out and I guess I do stutter. I never did this before, but I just spoke to a friend who also mentioned that she has started doing this since having her baby, so I dont know whether for me it is the illness or pregnancy induced brain mush!

And I also feel myself slightly shaky if I have been upright for too long. A little lie down or sleep usually helps with this.

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