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In our family it was my Great Grandmother, Grandmother, Dad who all had various aneurysms, all had the AAA's and also one at the heart. In fact Dad had 3 AAA's. All had H-EDS. Now in current generations my youngest sister and my Son#2 all have H-EDS. Grandmother and Son#2 had POTS at one time. Youngest sister also had a dissection of the vertical artery in the neck she was cared for at CC. Test were done by Dr. Grubb on Son#2 and Cleveland Clinic on my sister to make sure they did not have V-EDS and it was determined they did not. It was said they just have H-EDS and it was an anomaly crossover. Great Grandmother, Grandmother and Dad all lived to over age 85, in fact grandmother made it to 95, even with H-EDS, her body was shot but her mind was excellent, it was hard to see her suffer. I am 70 and only have two joints on my body that dislocate easy and I also have Raynauds, but so far no AAA. All who have H-EDS have low to very low blood pressure too! DADofPotsSon

Both my youngest sister and I have Raynauds and neither of us will buy a vehicle that does not have a heated steering wheel. I use mine all the time!

Yes, my doctor seems to think that it is caused by either dehydration or blood pooling or both! And of course my HR does go up when the BP goes down (62-72 to 112-135). He did suggest that I try counter maneuvers but they don't seem to help, but drinking a lot of fluids does. I guess I just need to watch my fluid intake! Since most of the time it happens in the early morning I changed my morning coffee to decafe and I had no change. I have had this problem for nearly 40 years, but in the last 5 years it is more frequent. I have noticed recently a fluttering in the chest, I immediately check my BP and it is always low, so I drink a lot of fluids with salt and it seems to stop the event from going any further, this is even before the icy feeling in the lungs. DADofPotsSon

I get this once in a while (usually about once every other month) and when I do my Blood Pressure is usually below 100/65. It has been happening for over 40 years and I am 70. It seems the only thing that helps in drinking a lot of fluids. Doctors have ruled out it is a heart issue. They seem to think it is dehydration or blood pooling. H-EDS is in our families thanks to my paternal Grandmother. My normal BP average is 120/72 at the doctors office though I have had really low reading too. H-EDS is common in our family, Grandmother, youngest sister and my Son#2 also had POTS. DADofPotsSon

MikeO, you might ask your doctor for a seasonal prescription trial for Singulair(Montelukast). My Son#2 does this and it works great for him spring & summer. I take it year around because of allergy induced asthma. My allergy is completely under control and so is my Son#2 and neither of us have asthma anymore. If a person has a break thru in allergies they also have Singulair with added Claritin. Son#1 takes only Claritin but he has quite a few times when it is not enough. I have been on it for over ten years and I get a break thru maybe once or twice per year, but it is very mild with just a runny nose, just in the spring. I think one time I had eye itching. Some have reported irritability for a week or two when starting it and my Son#2 has had this twice in the spring when he starts it. He has been on seasonal Singulair for more than 5 years I started having allergy problems at age 5 and asthma at age 7, and I have been dealing with this for 65 years.

More than 15 years ago my Son#2 who at the time had POTS, had occasionally at about 02:15 to O2:45 a seizure while in his sleep. This started when he was about 18 years old. This went on for about a year or so and Dr. Grubb ordered a sleep study. The results showed it was caused by Hypopnea in the deep sleep. When this happened his blood pressure dropped into the high 70's over low 60's. DADofPotsSon

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He is an Civil & Environmental Engineer at a large national firm, is a department chief & is licensed in 4 states. Now he just has low blood pressure, occasional dizziness and very minor brain fog, but still on Florinef for POTS symptoms and also on seizure meds. I think it has been between 12 & 15 years since he had full blown POTS of which he had it for 3.5 years. He still has to drink a lot of fluids per day and is on a heavy sea salt diet. He does the same as my paternal grandmother always did. Is He fully recovered, No! But has it under control! His worst peak was late in his senior year at high school and during the first years at a University. He was very well known at the Hospital ER. Campus Security had my number in a speed dial, I had quite a laugh when they told me that. DADofPotsSon

Follow Pistol's post and use it as advice! My Son#2 had the exact same problem and as always the EMT's bringing him in to the ER always gave a regular IV, once in the ER they would then give him saline, and if he still need a little help then one with the electrolytes, then usually he would be like nothing happened and was ready for discharge. Of course this was all 12-15 years ago. DADofPotsSon

Knellie I have been on Singulair for about 10 years. I have allergy induced asthma and only in the spring to mid summer. I also have mild athletic asthma too! My Son #2 is on it as well, has the same symptoms and BTW he had POTS 12-15 years ago. My irritability lasted for a few months and now it does not bother me, my wife let me know when it was affecting me! She kept calling me a grumpy old man. But then again I was really irritable with the allergies. I did go off it once to see if I still needed it and I had no reaction, unfortunately my allergies returned so I went back on it. Since I am near 70 years of age I am not sure how long I will need to be on this, went to the asthma doctor last summer and he kept me on it for a few more years, I have had allergies and asthma since age 7 and singulair is the best thing I have ever taken. All I know is that it works and it takes quite a bit of time for the side effects to pass. DADofPotsSon

JBG, your question: "I am wondering if anyone else has this combo of disorders, and has had any luck treating them together?" My son#2 did, actually, he had 4, EDS-H, NCS, POTS and anoxic seizures. He lived on Midodrine, Fludrocortisone, Toprol XL, and Dilanton for anoxic seizures. His improvements to a eventual normal life were the result of a few very good Doctors. We started out with the Cleveland Clinic and then to Toledo Hospital due to a 30 minute drive. This was more than 10 years ago, probably near 15 years. DADofPotsSon

Though not officially diagnosed my Paternal Grandmother had post partum POTS in 1928 at age 41, this is when my Dad was born. The information to support this was given to us by my Dad's sister who was about 15 years older than my Dad. It lasted about 3.5 years and then she became pregnant again and the POTS never returned. She did have life long EDS-H and lived to age 96. Grandma died of Leukemia. My aunt also said that her grandmother had EDS-H related problems too! My Dad also had EDS-H problems and lived to age 86. EDS-H shows up in the family but is random and infrequent.

@MikeO, From what have researched CEYLON CINNAMON does not effect the liver and works the best on blood sugar control. Apparently Cassia Cinnamon can cause liver problems due to coumarin content. Scientists say Ceylon cinnamon is likely safer in very high doses than supermarket cinnamon. Ceylon cinnamon is the only true cinnamon and the Cassia (Chinese) cinnamon sold in stores is merely a cheap impostor and even dangerous to consume, according to what I have read. Here is a really good article on cinnamon: https://diabetestalk.net/blood-sugar/which-type-of-cinnamon-is-best-for-diabetes DADofPotsSon

MikeO, You might try Ceylon Cinnamon Gummies about 2000 MG with 100 MCG chromium. I have been using this for several months and it has really lowered my blood sugar/A1C readings, nearly like metformin. It takes about a month to start working real good. It has many other benefits too! I would suggest you do some research on it. I did and now I am very pleased with the results. DADofPotsSon

My late father who had dysautonomia also had blood sugar problems. He reduced his weight from 230 to 190 lbs, reduced his carbs, took 2000 mg of ceylon cinnamon morning and night, and took a daily walk even up to age 83 and his blood sugars were about 110 both morning and night, he switched to a stationary bicycle at age 83, and eventually a resistance pedaling device at age 85 that he could use from his chair. If his evening blood sugar reading was above 115 he would say darn it and drink a low carb beer, which sometimes I think he always wished for higher reading! This would lower his BS readings real fast, though one has to keep and eye on it so it don't go too low, his never went too low. The cinnamon method works on some people and not so well on others, I do not get the benefits of cinnamon like my dad did, a little but not enough. DADofPotsSon