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Good for you glad to see this!

I saw a rhumatologist friday who has suspicions of mito for my case. He also spoke of Cohen and said hes currently at akron children's hospital. If I have to see him im 20 minutes away.

I'll have to ask my mom if I was Vaccinated for it, I have no idea... I know I got Chicken Pox bad around the age of 5. A few years later my sisters got it and I got it again just not as bad. Somewhere after I turned 21 I had shingles (at least that's what they think it was) for a brief period of time.

1. POTS is just a collection of symptoms. "Something" is causing them... I wish I would have pushed a few of my doctors the first year to finding the root cause rather than treating the symptoms. I'm now pushing them and being very direct about what I want. If they cant help me/want to run tests no hard feelings I'm off to see someone else. 2. This illness is very individualized. Be careful reading too many negative examples of people with POTS/Dysautonomia. Its very easy to get trapped in a black hole and not be able to find a way out... 3. Dont forget to continue living. Push to stay working, going to school and being somewhat normal. I feel like I put about 2 years of life on hold. I stopped/gave up so many things I enjoyed. If my finances are in order I'm going to buy another motorcycle towards the end of summer. I know its risky to ride and will be even more risky with dysautonomia however I don't care its something I enjoy.

I can still half *** grow a full head of hair but know I'm pretending if I tried.

I get them and its one of the symptoms I hate the most. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myoclonus

Has anyone on here scene Dr. Orem? One of the support groups on Facebook has been posting good things. http://www.goodsamdayton.org/physician.aspx?id=19884&phid=28312&ppctn=yes

I love that episode!

http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/76/7/1034.full.pdf

You could try UH but I had a bad experience there. I went back to the CC

I agree

The one bit of advice I like to give any dysautonomia/POTS patient is don't be a victim to the "practicing doctors". What I mean by this is that were simply labeled for having a collection of symptoms. Work towards finding the root cause and attempt to fix that. This site has a good list (not on the forum) of things that could be causing your autonomic dysfunction. Some doctors will be quick to dismiss or overlook possibilities Also try to keep some normality in your life. I work 40+ hours a week. I work on my house. I go to the gym 5 times a week. **** yes this is all a struggle but I keep pushing forward. I do believe laying around for hours/days is the worse thing we can do. If a doctor doesn't seem to understand whats going on I find a new one. Trust your gut instinct I've learned to since an IV treatment and beta blockers that put me in a horrible state last year. If meds work for you take them if they don't stop, trust your gut instinct.

Tinks you need to see a good Neuro Surgeon that is familiar with Chiari. Unfortunately most neurologists are clueless and dont seem interested in Chiari unless its a huge herniation. I cant stress enough read up on Chiari and the dr's that perform the surgery. I would be very cautious on who I would trust with treatment.

Lots of good posts already so I'll just say both!

I get myoclonous and hate it... Its intermittent and usually at rest.