Alystew Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 Is there criteria for how long a heart rate has to stay elevated 20+ beats upon standing? If it drops within a minute or two is that still POTS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 I believe the criteria is 30 BPM or above 120 BPM within/for 10 minutes of standing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jklass44 Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 Mine will increase anywhere from 30-60 bpm within seconds of standing. It'll sometimes go back down to normal within a few minutes. I find this piece of "criteria" rather unreliable though because POTS is so much more than tachycardia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 @jklass44 you are absolutely right. And I also believe that POTS is really not a good name because it is ONE symptom but by far not the worsed one. I guess they get so hung up on it because it is one they can detect with a test, so if your heart does as they want it to then you have it. If not - I guess it's all in your head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogini Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 In healthy people the HR goes up for a few seconds or minutes then comes back down when you stand. In POTS it is a sustained heart rate increase so 15 min or30 min after standing you would still have tachycardia. This is the very definition of POTS. If your HR doesn’t stay up for more than a few minutes then you don’t have POTS, but might have another form of dysautonomia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyPopcorn Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 On 6/14/2018 at 6:59 PM, yogini said: In healthy people the HR goes up for a few seconds or minutes then comes back down when you stand. In POTS it is a sustained heart rate increase so 15 min or30 min after standing you would still have tachycardia. This is the very definition of POTS. If your HR doesn’t stay up for more than a few minutes then you don’t have POTS, but might have another form of dysautonomia. What other form of dysautonomia for example? OI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 @whoami - OI is a SYMPTOM of dysautonomia, not a diagnosis. Here is some more info on autonomic disorders https://www.dinet.org/info/dysautonomia-disorders-diagnostics-info/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogini Posted July 14, 2019 Report Share Posted July 14, 2019 8 hours ago, whoami said: What other form of dysautonomia for example? OI? Orthostatic hypotension if there is a sustained decrease in blood pressure when standing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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