Excellent , and helpful! I was 48. Suffered a 6 week viral illness then life changing symptoms of a Dysautonomia. I’m on a journey now to encorporate all aspects of improving my health from natural and western medicine. As an advanced practice nurse I really appreciate you taking the time to explain the disorder.

FINALLY someone that understands and also can explain why I wake up at 3am in the morning with a racing heart rate. Just having validation and Hope is amazing. I am so frustrated and as you said very few Doctors understand the condition

This is the best explanation I’ve ever heard. I have hyper POTS and I wake up constantly at night (if I can get past the adrenaline rushes and fall asleep in the first place). I’m both wired and exhausted all the time. I often tell people that I don’t live my life, I cope with it.

Thank you for making POTS well known. The bit about waking up in pain is a key problem for people with conditions like EDS.

Who would have thought that 4years ago you’d be helping so many long Covid hauler patients understanding what we have/suffering from from this video. Thank you from 2022

Finally, a doctor who was willing to take the extra time to research this and make his insights freely available.

Thank you so much for your knowledge and expertise!! I have Dysautonomia and after 5 years of suffering I finally started seeing a doctor who understands Dysautonomia really well and he is helping me get through it. What a Blessing!! You’re right, sleeping with the enemy is appropriately titled. I still can’t sleep well and it does exacerbate my symptoms. That’s the only thing. If I could get the sleep under control. I cry when I can’t sleep and I feel irritated throughout the next day. Overall, I’m getting to a place where I can manage symptoms better but It’s tricky, and I feel defeated at times. I’m so glad you touched on this. Your videos have been so helpful!! I’ve been watching your videos for a lot of years. 🙌🏾🙌🏾❤️

This has been so interesting and useful. I am so glad someone is interested in PoTs in the UK. I have pots and my current gp told me he doesn’t believe in it as a condition even though a cardiologist is the one who said it.. it’s horrid not having professionals take you seriously and now I have no support as no longer under cardiology. I can’t wait to hear your suggestions. This nearly brought a tear to my eye because it means so much (probably partially emotional because so tired though haha) thank you

I've had severe pots for 6 years now and its wrecked havoc on my body and made life extremely hard. Thank you for your interest in this and actually trying to look for real solutions. Btw for anyone else reading AVOID HIGH SALT as much as possible.(a little is ok just dont go out of your way to intake more) Part of healing pots is healing your endothelium (basically lube for your veins) and a high salt intake DAMAGES endothelium. Pots is so misconstrued and misunderstood that the god damn society for dysautonomia is promoting and selling salt pills. We need more doctors like Dr. Gupta who are 1. actually educated and continue to educate themselves, and 2. trying to treat the root cause rather than the symptoms

6:17 This makes so much sense to me. I used to wake up drenched in sweat with my heartrate high and feeling super alert and awake, every single little noice would let me jump up from my bed when i slept.

Wow this happens to me. When I'm waking up it feels like something just scared me and my heart is beating fast

Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this information. It's literally life-saving.

Thank you so much! This is fabulous! I’m so thankful I found your POTS series.

Thank you for making these videos about POTS, it took me a year to get my diagnosis...so I’m incredibly grateful for the publicity you’re giving such an unknown condition

Thank you so much! I have POTS and my sleep cycle is exactly like you described. I never linked my sleep with Dysautonomia like that. I was always told that it was a buildup of adrenaline and other hormones that would normally get released throughout the day by physical activity, but since I couldn't be physically active, it released slowly at night. But this explanation makes a lot more sense to me

I got pots age 48 after 2 surgeries within one week for a kidney stone and then acquired an ESBL infection... Life came screeching to an awful halt. Tachycardia air hunger headaches and much more. Pots is an immune dysfunction also mitochondrial dysfunction and brain dysfunction.. It is probably similar to M. E. As a matter of fact approx 25 to 40% of those with M. E have pots. Exercise can be dangerous and even fatal in severe cases. Exercise has been taken off the CDC And NIH website for ME as it usually causes more damage unless you are able to tolerate it. Many can't.. Some can. I've had pots now for about 15 months and I don't exercise.. I do however walk up to 15 to 20 minutes on a good day. This is no joke.. Thank you for the upload and research Dr Gupta.... We need more attention to this dreadful affliction.

My 20 yr old son has EDS- Dysautonomia- and POTS. His main issue is that his body wants to sleep all of the time. Because he can't do that, he feels like a truck ran over him every day. He has depression issues and lethargy daily. The sleep study showed that he is having brain bursts every few minutes. This video is the 1st of anyone explaining why, now we need to know how to fix it.

Thank you! Can’t wait to see the next two videos... this is exactly what happens to me when I sleep!

Thank you. Can't wait to watch all the episodes, this problem is making my life so difficult.

You are so brilliant I can’t believe you’re explaining every single thing I have felt for the last 10 years I’ve been suffering for so long. I wish someone would help me

Really enjoyed the video. Great delivery; helpful and concise! Thank you!

Thanks so much - these videos on POTS and sleep are fascinating. I'm waiting for a POTS diagnosis for my son but there are so many useful ideas to try at home here. You obviously have an amazing understanding of this condition - it would really be worth the POTS UK website referring to your channel.

Fantastic! You’ve described my sleep habits perfectly. This is so unknown in my corner of the world, Chicago. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you! Waiting for next videos!! My daughter has pots and she is always tired.

Thank you. Looking forward to your next video on this subject.

This is such a helpful and informative video! I was diagnosed with POTS when I was 15… they told me not to worry that it would go away in a few years. It DID NOT go away unfortunately. 😒 I’m 34 and just now finally finding ways to deal with the crazy amount of fatigue and other debilitating symptoms. Thank you for this video 🖤

I was just diagnosed with this, your video was very helpful.Thank You!

My gratitude is ten fold for your kindness bringing this much needed information.Especially when you are so busy.I agree with you about tiredness, it is a very distressing problem.My son does try yoga and is resilient.Although he has suffered a lot I am now optimistic, so appreciated. Thank you so much DrGupta, you are remarkable and so clever. Thank you for video and blessings and greetings and hugs.xx

I'm so grateful York hospital is on the ball with POTS. Dr Megarry had me diagnosed in weeks of symptoms starting rather than the years it takes some people. Keep up the good work :)

That was a fantastic video, Dr. The straw analogy was awesome.

Thank you so much for doing this series!!

Gosh I'm so grateful for this information. I've have been trying to get past this 3 ring circus of Dysautonomia and POTS since 1996 after a EPS av node ablation... Thank you Thank you Thank you!

My family has a definite flair for dysautonomia - two of my sons, a daughter, two nieces, my mother and myself all have it. For us it usually starts in early childhood with no infection to trigger, just a gradual tendency towards blackouts and fatigue. It shows up very strongly at times of hormonal stress, like adolescence and perimenopause. We've used birth control pills, salt, water. Florinef, beta blockers, etc. Here's to hoping that we can find more help in this wonderful series! Thank you very much, Dr. Gupta!

Dr. Gupta, you're a legend (or will be). 💜

thank you for taking the time to share this very insightful information

God bless you for making these videos!

Great video! Terrific example that my daughter can share with others to easily explain what's going on with her health. Love advice on other things that will help other than water and salt! Thank you!

Can you seriously do a world wide talk about this? I diagnosed myself and I finally found a doctor here in Montreal who confirmed it!!! Yes sleep is recovering and avoiding negativity and stress! Thank you for understanding this debilitating illness!!! God bless you 💖

I was recently diagnosed with POTS. This describes my sleep exactly. Thank you for explaining this so well.

Your videos have been so helpful for me to understand what’s going on with my body. I went to my cardiologist appointment then came home and watched your videos.

Never even thought about this. Interesting!

Thank you, Dr Gupta! That simple visual aid demonstrating the balance of the nervous system was brilliant. I’m definitely going to use that to explain to others my POTS and my body’s reactivity to “normal” stress!

Thank you it’s good to see someone who knows what pots is I’m in Australia and many people don’t know much about it. Australia is very behind. I struggle a lot with my fatigue atm

Hey Dr. Gupta, I have been binge-watching your videos for the past hour and I must say what an inspiration you are for a medical student like me. Recently while studying for my cardiology pharmacology exam (what are the odds!) I suddenly started to get palpitations and my BP went as high as 150/100 with a resting heart rate of 116-120bpm. Although I don't really get nervous about exams, I thought maybe this was due to exam anxiety. So after doing extremely well on the exam, I had expected my bp to go down but it would just be about 143/95 all the time and my resting heart rate didn't change at all. So I went to see a GP and a Cardiologist, after an ECG all I was told was that I have sinus tachycardia and I was put on 2.5mg Bisoprolol while the doctors said it's the medical school stress/anxiety despite of me telling them that's total B.S. So now my BP has come down to 118/78 but I am still kind of irked by my HR which on resting is usually 80 but while standing up goes to about 100. Although I am not a MD yet to make a dx myself but I feel I might just be suffering from POTS. I feel like I need to go back to my Cardiologist to have him prescribe low dose Ivabradine to lower my HR, which I can maybe take along with Bisoprolol. Although luckily I don't have any symptoms of POTS, I am just glad to know that at least someone agrees with the fact that it's not the anxiety/stress inducing this. On a second note, thank you for all of this information, and thank you for teaching me and I hope many other medical students like myself to strive to understand the patient's problems than to just give them a pill and show them the door.

God Bless you! I have been suffering with post Covid for over a year and diagnosed myself with pots and feel very in the dark. This is so comforting and I thank you for your kindness and compassion.

You are explaining it very clearly. Thanks

You have explained POTS in a way that no one else has been able to. Thank you so very much. My hope is that I can now start helping my son get better.

Can't wait to see the other videos. My doctor did a sleep apnea test, but it came back normal. I'm always so tired throughout the day and it's really taking a toll on my life. I know I don't sleep well because I wake up gasping for air all the time. POTS is very frustrating to say the least. Thank you for sharing all these wonderful videos! Definitely means a lot. 💙

Thank you. I’ve suffered from POTS for so long. This is a wealth of information 20 years of having this be so hard to manage. I wake up with my heart going 140-150 bpm in the middle of the night. I knew Thank you thank you Dr. Gupta. I have been to Mayo, Emory, endless specialists and in one KZfaq series I finally see the answer. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thank you so much! This gives me hope 🙏🏼

You are the first person who has explained it in a way that makes sense to me. I have seen three Dr. Who do not know that much about POTS and I am at witts end. I am 57 and have had it for 4 years I have had a lot of stress from caregiving for both parents, heat stroke and many tick bites all in one year before I was diagnosed. the only symptom I do not have is dizziness or passing out. I find that strange. I look forward to your next videos. Thank you. You are an angel.

Thank you , thank you ! I recently was hospitalzed for potts, and everything you describe is what I have been going through , I have insomnia now I understand why , ty !

This is SO amazing! FINALLY, someone is discussing dysautonomia in a relevant, helpful way! Thank you!!!!!

5:50 MY GOD. I can’t believe what I’m hearing. THANK YOU ❤️

Fascinating! Thank you!!!

I love your videos, thank you for making them. 😊

Thank you for educating! Very well explained.

Wow! This explains so much - thank you

Super vid frp, Dr Gupta, thank you for sharing.

Besides waking up with a racing heart, my heart rate will jump up when I turn over or change positions. I also wake up in the morning with tremors or internal body vibrations. My blood sugar is not low, in the mornings, either. It is actually a little over 99, like 101-107, then goes back to normal (below 100). So that’s not a blood sugar problem. And the other night I woke up at 2am with night sweats, drenched. Felt fine though. Had a tilt table test at a cardiologist and “everything was fine”. Well, I happened to have no symptoms that day.

Will be watching out for the next video!

this information just might save my life....... thank you

I am looking forward to your videos coming up. I have POTS and would love to learn new ways to manage it.

what a great explanation!!!

Definitely looking forward to you next video. I honestly never considered the sleep aspect of this illness I've woken from a total sleep in the middle of the night with my heart beating very fast to the point I didn't even know were I was for a couple of minutes I was in a total panic with no trigger what so ever and I felt like I hadn't slept in days this makes a lot of sense.

Great video! Thank you!

Wow...so they should get a sleep study...look forward to hearing your solutions.

Thank you so much!!! Great Doctor!

Respeced sir, I am an Indian and happy to see your video . My quary here is after a month after the diagnosis for hypertension I had black out while standing with mild body coordination issue and chest discomfort and I was diagnosed for TIA but didn't find any defect in MRI ,Ecg, ultrasound/Doppler and EEG.

Thank you for another informative video. We need to learn HOW TO MOVE THE PIVOT BACK!! Please hurry with the next video 🙂 thank you! From mother of a severe POTS daughter who gets very little sleep!

This is really interesting. I have POTS and my sleep study said I woke up over 300 times throughout the night but I didn’t think I woke up at all. I was told by a sleep neurologist that this was in the normal range though and that I was fine.

This is so helpful - I have my POTS under control during the day but really struggle with sleep. Will keep watching to learn more!

Wow! Really explains why I am so tired even if I sleep all night! I'm also a chronic pain patient with a full body spinal fusion. I'm just blown away!

Wonderful presentation.

This is brilliant- I wake through the night constantly- I’ve tried everything and nothing works! Can’t wait for the next video! I literally love you lol

I got sepsis I nearly died they don’t know what was causing it I have been in icu 4 times then I starting fainting I can’t sleep I was a hair dresser and I can’t work anymore I was told to up my salt in take but I’m on anti sickness injections so I really don’t feel i want to eat because I’m feeling so sick 😷 and my I’m really struggling with my pots and my mental health is not in a good place I was so healthy I was working every day I feel lost and alone in this so thank god and thank you 🙏 I’m glad I found your videos thank you so much I wish you where my cardiologist your a god send 🙏🙏🙏💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

Thank you so much Doctor.... Thank you so much

Thanks for this! I suspected I was waking in the night, now I realise at least part of the problem is I stop breathing! Many of you might want to look into sleep apnea too. Regarding exercise, I would love to but I have ME too (as many of us do), and when I over exert it makes both POTS and ME worse. I try and be as active as I can within my energy envelope :)

Brilliant!

This makes sense.Thanks bless you

This is the best video on POTS I have watched yet! I do exercise but boy my heart really pounds as well, I’m always tired I’m in bed as I write this.

Thank you Doctor...

Hello, Thankyou for sharing . It's great to know what happens in our bodies in a easy to understand format. Could you please do a video on Anuersyms in the ascending Aorta and the Root. Have A Great Day.

Thank you very much dr👏🏽.

Excellent explanation

The explanation of the sleeping was really informative as I'm now on amitrityline to help my sleep due to fibromyalgia.

I’m a nurse and know more than the average person but I have suffered for years. I use to jump up 30 mins into sleep with symptoms. Thank you for explaining so well. I’m currently trying chiropractor care and have learned my cervical spine is a mess thus likely messing up my nervous system. I’m experimenting on myself to see if anything helps!!

Thank you brother....love from Your homeland India.....

Really wonderful explanation dctr...no words to express my gratitude...looking forward to ur next video so that I can also try to tackle my sleep disturbances..please help me dctr

Wonderfull ! Keep the great job ! Greetings from MGH : D

Thank you.

Wonderful!! I wonder if it is also related to the enteric nervous system (ENS) as three divisions of the entire autonomic nervous system sophisticatedly regulate the body's unconscious actions.

This was a really helpful explanation. Thank you!

I wish you were my doctor!! I'm just getting somewhere!! Up to now I've been told I'm anxious constantly xx

I just watched this and sent the following to my sweetie (summarized): this could explain why the content of my nightmares doesn't seem especially frightening or relevant, but I'm always aware of the anxiety that underlies them. If it's happening even b without my awareness, and I'm usually pretty aware of at least two per night, it makes sense. But I've had anxiety nightmares for most of my life and POTS for only a few years. I have had ME/CFS for 23 and figure it's all related somehow.

Thanks!!!! My sleep has gotten much worse and I was probably waking up before that but not aware.

Hi Dr. Sanjay, what an interesting and informative video and very important to know,😊👍 it's true a lot of doctors don't know much, involving this and some other things , it's unbelievable! In fact I'm very surprised. Ps. Can you do a video on which stethoscope is better for cardiologists to use and why ? Which one do you use? Thank you! And lots of luck!

Thank you

Thanks for the heads-up Mr Gupta.

My daughter is 24 years old.... has had POTS since the age of 12.... she has it really bad and the heat intolerance is unreal and debilitating. She's a warrior but can hardly function normally. We are currently working on getting her full permanent disability