Hello, I'm Ivy. My sister and I both suffer from EDS and POTS. It is important to have awareness over these chronic conditions.

        Lets start with POTS. POTS stands for Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. It is triggered when a person with pots doesn't have enough electrolytes/salt and changes postions. This causes the persons heart rate to rise and make them dizzy, feeling like passing out, a sort of spacy experience, and faugtie. You may have guessed this but the way to calm an episode is by eating salt enriched foods and drinking eletroylte enriched drinks while moving as little as possible.

      Unfortunately, a fair share of people are not aware of this condtion and brush it of as being dramatic or "people just faint"

     You're probably thinking, "how does this affect me?" It doesn't really. But of you notice you or someone you know showing these syptoms its important to know this and could help many people.