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CRPS - The gift that keeps on giving

 I have had CRPS for 28 1/2 years.  Who would think that after this length of time, new associated illnesses would begin.  Last year when hospitalized, I was told that I had heart block.  I went to see a cardiologist who did a stress test, echocardiogram, ECG and I wore a monitor for 7 days.  They did not see heart block but I was having runs of V-tach (an abnormal rhythm where your heart beats too fast.  I was already on a Beta Blocker for migraine prevention so nothing was done.  Fast forward a year and every time I stand from a sitting position, I get very dizzy.  Back to the cardiologist for a one year check up.  My blood pressure was dropping and my heart rate increasing when going from a sitting to standing position.  I was diagnosed with POTS.  Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome.  It is part of the dysautonomia that may of us have with CRPS.   Dysautonomia is a nervous system disorder that disrupts autonomic ...