The POTScast

Pediatric dysautonomia expert Dr. Kirti Sivakoti, MD, is a pediatrician specializing in complex chronic illness, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at University of Utah, and Associate Medical Director of the Pain and Autonomic Symptoms Evaluation (PAUSE) Program at Primary Children's Center.  In this episode she discusses sleep issues commonly seen in POTS, such as excessive fatigue, sleepiness, hypersomnia, insomnia, and interesting findings seen in sleep studies of POTS patients.  Dr. Sivakoti explains what can be tried at home (e.g., lifestyle strategies), medications that may help, and when a sleep study may be warranted.  As always, Dr. Sivakoti is a wealth of information and compassion.

The mentioned review of sleep disorders in POTS (Miglis and Barwick, 2018) is here.

More information about Dr. Sivakoti and her practice is here.

Julie's recovery from POTS and other serious conditions involved an epic tale of sheer determination, next-level advocacy, some unconventional treatments (which we are not endorsing: talk to YOUR doctor about what is right for you), a lot of internet research, traveling across the country to see a doctor with availability, and even winning a related lawsuit in the meantime.  She discusses how she ultimately got treatment with 4 stents for her venous compressions, and how that has made a big difference.

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Dr. Dempsey is always looking for new therapies that may help her complex patients.  In this episode Dr. Dempsey discusses how she incorporates treatments with Methylene Blue, peptides, and the Nanovi breathing device.  For each one she explains what it is, how it works, the risks and benefits, who is a good candidate, and more.

More information about Dr. Tania Dempsey and her clinic can be found at https://drtaniadempsey.com/. 

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Maggie was 14 when she started passing out regularly, and she still does occasionally, but that didn't stop her from getting back to school, completing graduate work and becoming a Mental Health Therapist.  Maggie shares how she helps others with invisible chronic illness and strategies she uses herself.  Maggie also shares some statistics about living with disabilities and a recipe for cooking octopus!  Maggie's website is here.

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Joanna Behm, EDD OTR/L and Madison Thornton, OTD, OTR/L are experts in occupational therapy (OT) as therapists, dysautonomia patients, and Joanna is even a professor of OT.  Together they created a workbook that first shares the latest evidence and then leads readers through a series of worksheets and questions to help them find their best OT-based solutions and routines for living better with dysautonomia and related challenges.  In this episode they explain occupational therapy, the workbook, and share many examples of how patients can get the most from it, and from an OT mindset in general.

The Dysautonomia Workbook is available here, and other handbooks and handouts created by Joanna and her team are available here.

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