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I dont know if anyone remembers my post about having depression, but i went to go see my doctor and his reaction was "well i dont see how your medicine (florinef) could do this to you" so basically ill just stick you with a needle and take more of your blood and tell you that will do something for you. I am truly frustrated. he was like "why do you think you are depressed?" "do you cry?" which made me feel a bit better but by the end of the visit i still felt like i had NO answers whatsoever. my bloodwork came back normal but i feel like he told me basically that i am crazzzy!!! arg... im just angry!! oh and does anyone have one of those handicapped parking permits? my school is up on a hill and the other day it was very very humid here and i felt like i was going to die walking up the hill, i mentioned this to my doctor and his response was "you are just afraid of a little excercise" then he told me if i tell the dmv that i have tachycardia that they wont let me drive? does anyone know about this at all? i fell like im falling apart and im only 19!! thanks for leting my rant and rave... it feels good to vent to people who actually understand that i am going thru this and not making it up. *sigh* off to class i gooo

I just want to thank eveyone for their input... I made an appointment with my doctor to discuss the issue, but thank you all for just making me feel like i am not totally nuts. in response to how my friends and family take it, they dont think it is as bad as it can get at times and just kind of blow me off and tell me that tomorrow will be a better day, so support is not something i get a lot of. i guess there are a lot of other things contributing to my mood, but i think being sick is a big part... i did notice that i have been worse since the medication so hopefully my doctor will see this. also one of my close friends is leaving for the military, and i truly love him. this has a big impact on me lately and im just to the point i want to collapse and stay in bed all day... i dont want to be all "poor me" but this is all my life and all i can deal with. i have one good friend to support me and i guess that is what gets me to go from day to day. anyway.. thanks again everyone... u guys are the best

Hey everyone! I was just wondering if anyone with POTS faces depression. Lately I have just been so down... i am not interested in anything but staying home... My pharmacist said that my medicine (florinef) can be part of it, but i was just wondering if anyone else experienced it. I know this can be a very personal subject so you dont have to feel obligated to answer if you dont wish. i just wanted to know if what i was experienceing was normal. thanks

thanks sooo much!

Does anyone know of any doctors in Northern NJ that know about POTS and treat it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!

i get that with a combination of blurred vision and sometimes i even feel as if i am drunk. my pharmacist (aka my brother-in-law) just told me to lay down and wait until the feeling passes.

i am assuming that dx is diagnosis?? well if it is... i never really got one besides the doc saying "you have POTS and im moving to TN in 2 weeks" so my family doctor has been kind of researching it and we just wing it... The Doc that moved to TN just said that I had a pretty severe case b/c of the results of the tilt table test. It was up there in the worst he saw...... as for the florinef- it works good... i asked my fam doc if i could go off of it and he said if i wanted to try, i could and without it i am a mess.... i can't do much of anything. The first med. i was on was proamatine (sp?) and it gave me crazy side affects like chills and stuff... i hated it... and btw.. the breathing has helped me focus a lil more... thanks :)

i am finishing up my second semester at college and the pressure is on. I have 5 finals in 3 days I have found that all I want to do is sleep. My family says that I am unbearable to live with, but I have noticed that my POTS has been flaring up more the worst since I was put on Florinef. I was wondering what you did to reduce stress or just help with it? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!