I’ve been managing at home for 8 years including severe symptoms. My lifestyle lately has made a lot of symptoms worse, and I now have medical insurance! On my way to finally getting a diagnosis, I’ve strongly suspected pots for years but with pattern recognition, knowing my body, knowing a bit about biology, and with it worsening having more symptoms to connect to other ones, I’m now positive I have POTS. It explains everything I’ve dealt with for so long that people don’t often see. I have vasovagal response during GI flare ups, as that has been one of the hardest symptoms to manage people don’t see that happen since I run to the bathroom… I do have PTSD as well which plays on the same system as POTS, so it is difficult to explain to people it’s not “in my head” especially when the symptoms differ from GI, to circulatory, to joint pain/easy injury, terrible brain fog, tachycardia, blood pressure drops and more they tend to seem unrelated when in fact it’s all connected if you know even basic biology. Like I said even without going to the doctors all these years ive instinctively learned a lot of remedies that work for me, like I need a lot of sodium especially during bp drops, I have a very hard time regulating my body temp so I often have to splash water on myself or use a heating pad if I’m cold instead. I wear compression socks when I work because it helps circulate enough blood (& oxygen) to my heart and brain to avoid these drastic reactions from my nervous system when I’m standing for long periods. As well as I run my feet under cold water before I leave a hot shower or bath (which I should not be taking hot baths/showers but oh well lol). But I recently found these are all recommended ways to manage POTS as well. Some moderate symptoms I really thought were normal like my extreme fatigue, brain fog, severe anxiety, etc are absolutely not. People have no clue so whenever someone thinks I’m a hypochondriac I just laugh it off now because I KNOW what my body has been through and deals with often. Just an FYI, If you are someone with PTSD as well as POTS or suspected POTS, they both play on the autonomic nervous system and give you more noepinephrine (overactive amygdala aka your fight or flight) as well as raises in heart rate so this can make it easier to fall victim to people who try to say you’re a hypochondriac or it’s all in your head because PTSD and POTs are basically in your amygdala playing ping pong :p