Patient
Not properly educated on disorders like POTS. His office did a quick poor man's table test but he did not refer me to a Tilt Table test. I was diagnosed with dysautonomia but he wouldn't diagnose me with POTS even though I fit the criteria because "it's not a helpful diagnosis and you're likely to grow out of it", told me there's not much you can do besides drink more fluids, increase salt, and wear compression socks - then told me to do **yoga**. From my best friends experience as well, the nurse didn't know how to do a poor man's table test properly and they had to ask them to do it again correctly. Yes the patient had to tell the nurse how to do a very simple and common test. I was diagnosed with POTS later by a different doctor and there is actually a lot you can do besides water, salt, socks, and yoga. There are many supplements and pharma meds that can help, as well as alternative medicines like acupuncture and craniosacral therapy - which have legitimate research behind them. It takes an average of 7 years for people to get a POTS diagnosis because of docs like this. If you read this Dr. Gundry, please do some continuing education or tell the patient they are outside of your scope and refer them to a different doctor.