I really don’t get why munchies latch so hard on to POTS. Maybe I don’t actually understand what it really is, but it just sounds like usual shit that human bodies sometimes do, especially if you’re not living a particularly healthy lifestyle. Sometimes your heart beats faster if you stand up too quickly? Boohoo, stand up slower next time.
So yeah, a POTS service dog would just be for attention or an excuse to have a dog.
I've some experience with POTS. First, I wanna say that I think a lot of things get shoved under the POTS umbrella, including people that just don't drink enough water and are not active at all, and people who dont eat enough. That stuff all causes symptoms. Munchies make it seem like a much worse thing that it is tho.
For people who legit have it, you minimize symptoms by drinking a ton of fluids, getting a lot of salt and electrolytes so you can use those fluids, consistently exercising, even if it's something light, to keep conditioned, and compression stockings. They recommend full tights for POTS, but I see so many people only using the socks for some reason. In more severe cases, there are meds one can take to lower hr and increase bp or help hold on to salt and fluid. Lifestyle changes are also important. Like eating well if you aren't, all the fluid shit I mentioned, staying active, and avoiding stuff that is likely to trigger symptoms, like don't plan a marathon standing session on a hot day when you know it will be hard to get water etc. It's really a thing that's more annoying than anything else and can be managed with all this stuff. Once you know your heart is ok and that it's just POTS causing it, you just suck up episodes and sit or something cuz you know you are fine. It will pass and you are not in danger.
This whole thing with getting iv fluids and wheelchairs is wack. You don't need an iv when you are capable of drinking with your mouth. And a wheelchair is probably the worst thing you could do for yourself, because deconditioning is a big issue when you have POTS, it's almost guaranteed to make you worse, which I guess they want. Being active is so important, and losing stuff like the basic walking around of daily life is bad. They also do not need to be going to the er for this ever. You aren't in danger. It's a waste of their time. It's not this life threatening thing they make it out to be.
I'm guessing they like it because it's easy to get a dx, you can induce symptoms easily if you don't have them, and they have a wheelchair excuse.
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