autumnleaf

Old Lady Lighthead, I totally agree with you about vitamin deficiency. lthomas521, I would consider the thiamine, salt and licorice alternative treatments. I'm mainly interested in orthomolecular treatments... I've been trying a few thing and they have been really helping me. I've been taking ginkgo and it has helped quite a bit with dizziness and feeling like I'm going to faint. It has also helped me with energy and leg pain. I think the reason ginkgo has worked so well is because of the mode of action. If you read the pharmacology section on this webpage, it will explain it better than me. http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medica...ct02/ginkgo.htm I've also been taking B-12 shots, niacin and magnesium in addition to multivitamins. These things are all helping me, too, mainly with energy and leg pain. I really want to find something that will work for the leg pain. Everything I listed helps, but doesn't take it completely away. I've been reading about methylation here: http://www.enzymestuff.com/methylation.htm I'm pretty sure I'm over methylating, so I'm going to try taking l-histidine.

Thanks for all the welcomes! Finding a doctor may be tricky, as there are no electrophysiology cariologists here. I have to find out if there is one in another city around here. By alternative medicine, I mainly mean orthomolecular treatment. I'm not really concerned about whether or not mainstream medicine "approves". I find that the AMA is very resistant to alternative treatments, even when there is published research.

I was just wondering if anyone has tried any alternative medicine and what was the outcome?

I guess I should introduce myself, since I joined this forum a couple of days ago. I was just diagnosed with POTS by a cardiologist, however he said that there was nothing he could do, my heart was healthy. He said if I started fainting all the time I could go to a nuerologist. My younger sister was diagnosed with POTS a year ago and has been pretty bad off. She hasn't been to school in over a year. So I do know that the cardiologist I went to doesn't really know anything about POTS. My sister has been through a variety of treatment and nothing has helped her. I figure we must have a genetic form and I'm afraid I wouldn't have any luck with treatment, either. Becase of this (and my beliefs) I have decided to try some natural medicine before pursuing medicine. If I don't have any luck I will have to try to get a referal to a neurologist and go from there. Anyway, I really just wanted to introduce myself and say hello.

I think this could be caused by a B12 deficiency. Here is a website that talks about B-12. It doesn't go into the odor too much, but it is listed as a dificiency symptom. I had more about B-12 and odor on my other computer, but when it died I lost many files. http://www.innvista.com/health/nutrition/vitamins/b12.htm Anyway, B-12 couldn't hurt, so may be worth a try. I take B-12 shots a couple of times a week and it really helps me.

Ginkgo has been helping me quite a bit.

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