Hi, my daughter was diagnosed with POTS approx 5 years ago at age of 14. Is there any new developments in looking after POTS, keeping the dizziness & headaches under control? Also since my daughter was diagnosed, another 5 young people in our area (northern suburbs) has been diagnosed, is this concerning that such a large amount of young people in one area have been diagnosed (Epping /South Morang/Greenvale) or just a coincidence.
Hello, Welcome to Chat Doctor POTS or postural orthostatic tachycardia syn Chat Doctor.  Individuals suffering from this disorder face significant decline in functioning in day to day routine, and they have significant anxiety. In most cases increased fluid and salt intake is advised to prevent episodes. But if symptoms persist then medicines are given. As of now no medicine till now has been approved for POTS, but some medicines like Propranolol or Bisoprolol have been found to be very useful in controlling heart rate. Sometimes antianxiety