Neurocardiogenic Syncope Community Group
For anyone suffering with an autonomic dysfunction like NCS, POTS, or other vasovagal syncope and would like to connect to others and discuss, share, and care about one another as we learn to cope with the many challenges of this disease. And remember that DailyStrength is designed to be completely anonymous. The only information that is required is for you to choose a...
I have found that drinking LOTS of water (I'm averaging about a gallon and a half a day) seems to help, but I'm very sensitive to heat, and that seems to get progressively worse. About half the time, if I have an episode I can bounce back fairly rapidly by simply getting into a cool enviroment. Last week, I got very faint at a local convenience store, and the owner let me go sit in the walk-in cooler for a few minutes. After about 10 in the cooler, I was fine for over an hour!
On the other hand, last night I almost hit the deck and nothing helped... like one cardiologist told me, "the frustrating thing for both you and your doctors is that we're basically shooting at a moving target".