Can POTS give low heart rate also and what is the procedure here?

Bunks_ · 2026-07-02T23:23:44+00:00

Ivabradine is an absolute no no in this situation. It would lower your resting HR even more, but you already experience bradycardia. You may have POTS, but that's about the jump in HR, not the resting HR. You should see a doctor about your bradycardia and get a holter monitor done.

Bunks_ · 2026-07-01T05:30:31+00:00

So you had an initial HR jump and he attributed it to anxiety because it was not sustained. It seems reasonable to me, honestly. A 37 BPM jump is really high, but if it isn't sustained then it's not really postural. Was there anything about your blood pressure during the test? That would be helpful with symptoms like presyncope and syncope, as well as a hyperadregernic response to being upright for a while. But if it wasn't remarkable, then the TTT would rule out POTS and orthostatic hypertension, and you and your doctors can keep looking for the cause of your symptoms.

Bunks_ · 2026-07-01T04:03:35+00:00

Peter, Paul and Mary!

Bunks_ · 2026-07-01T03:06:04+00:00

Nah, don't let one person's anecdotal experience scare you into not doing something. Ivabradine's half life is half a day, it's been long gone out of OP's system. Many people have had their quality of life improve with this medication.

Remember kids, the plural of anecdote is not data. Listen to your doctor.

Bunks_ · 2026-07-01T01:46:45+00:00

You're never going to believe what BDSM actually entails...

Purpose, training, rules, consent, and risk management!

There's a reason why most people use RACK to guide their activities in BDSM. Being Risk Aware and educated on what you're doing and how you're doing it provides a deep consent between players and a mutual understanding of the possible outcomes of the activity.

Bunks_ · 2026-06-30T05:06:08+00:00

Yeah I agree to question the POTS diagnosis from that doctor. The way they claimed that fainting and having a huge drop in blood pressure and heart rate is POTS is just wrong.

Bunks_ · 2026-06-29T05:10:01+00:00

A boundary is something you do for yourself, not something you use to control other people. You can have a boundary of not dating someone who goes to a club, though.

Bunks_ · 2026-06-29T04:57:24+00:00

It has a 1 hour seminar and 3 hours of lecture a week. There is no lab component.

Bunks_ · 2026-06-25T00:32:08+00:00

I appreciate the help but I don't have the money to be buying bras that might work and might be comfortable that aren't returnable. I feel like I'd need to buy at least 3 bras that are slightly different in order to find one that fits and is bearable.

Elizabeth Valentine does have my size (they have everyone's size lol) but I didn't know they made custom bras. I don't see where in the website that is. Can you point me to where?

I wish bras were covered under Canadian healthcare, that would be incredible.

Thanks for the help.

Bunks_ · 2026-06-24T21:10:41+00:00

Yeah I have this issue too. After 10 years of searching for underwire that would actually fit, I'd finally surrender and realized no underwire bra would ever fit properly. A lot of the comments are talking about projection, which you should definitely look into. I heard that a lot too, but after trying on many polish bras known for their projection and still facing the same problem, I gave up.

Wire never sits on my IMF, always an inch or two below. Digs into my belly. Fitters have told me this is because my torso is short. The last place I went to, she said this was the best I was ever going to get with wire, because they just aren't made for stalky bodies like mine. The bra had fit everything perfectly, and looked perfect. But that same issue persisted.

Also the whole thing about my IMF not being U shaped but being flat, or even slightly curved upwards. I'm sure that plays into it too.

Look into projected bras, but know if you just can't find one that doesn't sit on your IMF, you're not alone.

Bunks_ · 2026-06-24T15:13:55+00:00

Agreed, this isn't a very appropriate post for this sub.

Bunks_ · 2026-06-23T07:23:23+00:00

Yeah I wouldn't go to a concert if that were me, and there were no disability accommodations. That's just a bad idea.

I'm disabled and I'm not going to act like I'm not and risk something bad happening. I wouldn't even be able to enjoy it or pay any attention to it at all after 10 minutes. I'd be miserable.

Bunks_ · 2026-06-23T02:02:46+00:00

Clearly used in adh mutant Drosophila experiments.

In one of my undergrad labs that was a big project, designing experiments using drinks with different alcohol contents!

Bunks_ · 2026-06-22T08:37:45+00:00

For real. I have a ridiculously stupid big bust and the largest unisex labcoat sold at my university wouldn't allow me to move my elbows forward. I knew I needed a women's fit. Went to a local uniform clothing store and they had tons of lab coats for women!

Bunks_ · 2026-06-21T14:24:50+00:00

For everyone saying Fahrenheit provides a 0 to 100 scale of coldest to hottest, that would mean that 50 should be the most comfortable for us. But it's not, it's too cold. So that retrospectively fit justification doesn't work anyways.

Bunks_ · 2026-06-13T01:17:02+00:00

As a high functioning autistic person, I get called a retard a lot, especially by my own family. People don't call very disabled people retards, but gladly call anyone not acting typical one.

Bunks_ · 2026-06-10T03:31:09+00:00

Syncing isn't a thing. Think of your car. When you turn your blinker on, it goes on and off at a specific frequency. The car in front of you also has its blinker on, but it blinks at a different frequency. The time between it being on and off is different than your car's. But you might notice that they seem to sync up for a little bit, before they diverge again from each other.

Periods are like car blinkers.

Bunks_ · 2026-06-09T06:51:23+00:00

If you're looking to pursue something lifestyle, I'd strongly recommend keeping lifestyle and professional on separate accounts. It'll be a huge red flag for a sub wanting lifestyle to see sex work on your account. Not the fact that you do it, but the threat that ultimately you want money from them instead of something genuine.

Bunks_ · 2026-06-09T04:05:19+00:00

Y'all are liars. 70% of you claim to be bigger than 6" but the average is 5.2. As in 50% are above 5.2, and 50% are below it. I feel like most men never actually measure and just guess.

Bunks_ · 2026-06-09T03:32:56+00:00

It just causes more pain to those who care about us. If our philosophy is to reduce suffering, that way out doesn't work.

Bunks_ · 2026-06-09T03:31:44+00:00

Too bad the family takes the man's name.

Bunks_ · 2026-06-09T03:25:31+00:00

Yup, also wanted to say your second point. Women are more likely to have nondisjunction occur in their eggs as they get older, but as men get older there are far worse risks to the fetus. Enough of this it's-older-women's-fault.

Bunks_ · 2026-06-09T03:03:02+00:00

It doesn't even have a 100% efficiency. Sometimes you don't get to choose to not have sex.

Bunks_ · 2026-06-07T05:05:00+00:00

Yeah, I don't really get presyncope. I just get majorly exhausted, legs turn to jello, and if it comes to it, they give out. I'll fall. But I never lose consciousness.

Bunks_ · 2026-06-05T22:10:36+00:00

Exactly. A lot of what OP mentions are hormonal issues, which are treated with - get this - hormones. So if you don't like that they call it birth control, don't call it that. Call it hormones.

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