TBJ

I know this is an old topic; however, I just joined this group and wanted to share some information. I have had POTS since the age of 16 (though not diagnosed until 2000) and am currently 48 years old. I am also a Public Safety DiveMaster. If has been my experience that scuba diving is one of the best treatments for my POTS symptoms. If I'm having a flare up and can't get it under control, one or two dives to 90 feet clears it right up. After you reach your first atmosphere, which is at 33 feet of sea water, approximately 700 ml of your blood volumes shunts to your core. The peripheral vasculature is constricted thereby circumventing the vascular tone issues POTS patients have. It seems to reset my body if I'm in a bad flare up. All the retained fluids in my ankles and abdomen shunt back to my core and my kidneys get rid of it. I wonder if hyperbaric medicine could be a plausible and more realistic treatment modality for severe POTS flare ups. I wonder if the manual pressure of the water would be comparable to the pressure of a hyperbaric chamber. Any thoughts?