First of, let me tell you a bit about myself....I am 18 Male and live in Canada. I've always been very active, and sports are basically my life (playing and watching), which is why this is hard for me. Well, let me get to when this all began...about a week and a half ago I started to feel pretty strong palpatations and fast beating heart rate...at first it just bugged me a bit, but I was constantly worried about it, which I think made it worse. It kept doing it over a span of 4 days, so finally I got really scared and told my dad about it...we went to Hostpital right away. When I got there they took my BP and HR....my BP was really high for my age (I am assuming it was because of the constant worrying about having a heart attack and dying) and my heart rate was 107, so they said they wanted to do some tests on me. They hooked me up to a heart monitor at first, and they said everything looked fine, and then they did a EKG (I believe it was) and the Doctor said it looked fine...at that point I was feeling better, and was starting to think it was just in my head and/or caused my stress of thinking about it too much. They told me they wanted me to wear a 24 hour Holter monitor to evaluate my heart over a longer period of time. So, when I got home I was feeling a bit better, but I was still worried about why my BP was up and stuff like that....anyways, the next day (I think it was) my eyes were focusing funny (and still are) and my legs felt heavy (they still do somewhat) I didn't think much of this at the time, but then I came across POTS while researching stuff I could have, and let me tell you...most of the symptoms you people describe are what I have been feeling for almost 2 weeks now. I then did my own little tests...I would take my hear rate while laying down (which was usually 68-80) and then i'd stand up and take it...it rapidly shot up really fast, and it does this mostly everytime I get up...I took it and it was at 108. I was so scared, and I still am...my legs still feel funny and my eyes are very sensitive to light, and I sort of get out of breath just going up my stairs. The one think I don't understand is why my BP was so high when I went to the ER....most of you have said that BP goes down when you have pots, so it doesn't make much sense. While I was in the hostipital the doctor took my BP again while lying down, and he said that he had went down a bit, so that made me feel better. Anyways, sorry to rant...but I am so scared...i'm afraid I am going to die and not my family every again, or I won't be able to live my normal life anymore, and not play sports. Oh, and by the way I did have the Holter monitor...they expect the results back in 2-3 days (I had it on, on wednesday...took it back thursday)....but again I am really scared, and I don't really know what to do. Any help/advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks