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Jul 7, 2026 Recovery from Post-Viral Dysautonomia: Turning Data Into Decisions Recovery from POTS and post-viral dysautonomia is slow, noisy and non-linear, which is exactly why it's so easy to lose hope in the day-to-day. Here's how to pace, read your trends, and turn months of scattered data into decisions that actually bend the curve. RecoveryJul 5, 2026 POTS, Long COVID & MCAS: Why They Travel Together POTS, long COVID, ME/CFS and MCAS overlap so much that many people are told they have several at once. Here's what actually connects them, how they differ, and which parts of each you can track at home. Long COVIDJul 2, 2026 The Autonomic Nervous System & Dysautonomia: A Complete Guide Your autonomic nervous system runs everything you never think about: heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, temperature. When it stops regulating properly, that's dysautonomia. Here is how it works, what goes wrong, and why it's measurable. BasicsJun 30, 2026 The Best Wearables & Home Tools for Tracking POTS A practical guide to the affordable devices that capture POTS at home (chest straps, rings, watches, blood-pressure cuffs and pulse oximeters), plus the one test that needs no gadget at all. POTSJun 27, 2026 Is It Long COVID or POTS? How to Tell Them Apart Long COVID and POTS are not competing labels: one is a broad umbrella and the other a specific, measurable diagnosis that often sits inside it. Here is how to tell what you are actually dealing with. Long COVIDJun 23, 2026 SIBO, Histamine & Why Dysautonomia Wrecks Digestion Dysautonomia doesn't stop at your heart rate, it slows your gut, invites bacterial overgrowth, and can stir up histamine problems. Here is how POTS, SIBO and MCAS feed each other, and the dietary tools that actually help. FoodJun 16, 2026 The Low-Histamine Diet for MCAS: A Practical Food List A low-histamine diet can calm the flares of MCAS and histamine intolerance by lowering your total histamine load. Here is a practical eat-versus-avoid list, the freshness rule that matters most, and why this is a short-term tool, not a way of life. FoodJun 15, 2026 Autonomic vs. Fitness Trackers: Built for Recovery, Not Performance Fitness trackers are built for healthy people chasing performance. When you are recovering from POTS or long COVID, that framing can quietly mislead you. Here is what a recovery-first tool does differently. The appJun 11, 2026 POTS Treatment: Salt, Fluids, Compression & Medication Explained POTS treatment usually starts with volume, compression and a careful exercise ramp, and adds medication when those aren't enough. Here's how each piece works and why it's almost always a combination. POTSJun 9, 2026 The POTS Diet: What to Eat, and Why Small, Salty Meals Help There is no single POTS diet, but a few patterns reliably help: smaller and more frequent meals, generous sodium and fluids, and steady blood sugar. Here is what to eat, what tends to backfire, and why. FoodJun 6, 2026 Pacing 101: How to Find and Expand Your Energy Envelope Pacing is the single most important recovery skill for POTS, long COVID and ME/CFS. Here is how to find the edge of your energy envelope, stop the boom-and-bust cycle, and expand your capacity without triggering a crash. RecoveryMay 28, 2026 Salt & Fluids for POTS: What's Proven and What Isn't "Drink more, salt more" is the most repeated advice in POTS. Here is the physiology behind it, what the evidence actually supports, and where the guidance runs ahead of the data. ResearchMay 28, 2026 What HRV Actually Is, And Why It Matters for POTS Recovery Heart rate variability is one of the clearest windows into your autonomic nervous system. Here is what it measures, why it drops in POTS and post-viral illness, and how to read it without obsessing. HRVMay 23, 2026 Exercise for POTS: The Levine Protocol & How to Start Safely Upright exercise often backfires early in POTS. The recumbent-first approach (the Levine and CHOP protocols) trains your heart lying down first, then works toward standing over months. Here is how to start without crashing. POTSMay 21, 2026 The Orthostatic Stand Test: How to Do It at Home (and What the Numbers Mean) The lying-to-standing heart rate test is the single most useful at-home measurement for POTS. Here is how to run it consistently and how to read the rise and recovery. POTSMay 16, 2026 Long COVID Symptoms That Point to Dysautonomia Racing heart on standing, dizziness, brain fog, exertion crashes and temperature swings after COVID often share one root: a dysregulated autonomic nervous system. Here is how to recognize the pattern and what to do next. Long COVIDMay 9, 2026 How POTS Is Diagnosed: The 30-BPM Rule, the Tilt Table & What to Expect POTS is diagnosed by a sustained heart-rate rise on standing without a big blood-pressure drop, symptoms lasting months, and other causes ruled out. Here is what the criteria mean and what the tests feel like. POTS