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@lynnie22, hello, I was wondering if you had the surgery and whether it helped your breathing?

Hello, I was diagnosed by TTT many years ago, with orthostatic tachycardia/inappropriate sinus tachycardia, and, subsequently, with POTs and dysautonomia. As with the others who have responded, we share much of the same story and many of the same symptoms. I am writing to tell you that your PFO can also be a contributing factor with all of these symptoms. I was just recently diagnosed with a right to left shunt/PFO and it has been causing me to be out of breath, difficult to exercise, and it's giving me hypoxia, which can cause many other related symptoms. The doctors are now telling me that the PFO is likely what caused my POTS in the first place. You need to know that the PFO puts you at higher risk for stroke. Even though you are young, you need to insist on further investigation and closure of your PFO.