Born from Experience.
Built from Necessity.
Practical tools for navigating POTS — from understanding your diagnosis to advocating for yourself in the healthcare system.
Created by Devin Peters, BCPA — a Board Certified Patient Advocate living with POTS.
If you've been dismissed, told it's anxiety, or spent years searching for answers — you're not alone.
POTS is one of the most misunderstood conditions in the healthcare system. Getting diagnosed can take years. Getting taken seriously can take even longer. This site exists because that experience is real, and you deserve better tools for navigating it.
Start here — it’s free
If you're still trying to understand what POTS is, what's happening in your body, and what comes next — this is where to begin. Researched, cited, and written in plain language. You shouldn't need a medical background just to understand what's going on in your own body.
What POTS actually is
Common symptoms and triggers
How diagnosis typically works
What management can look like
Where to go from here
The POTS Starter Guide
Featured Guides
Understanding POTS is one thing. Knowing how to navigate the healthcare system once you have that diagnosis is another. This guide gives you the practical tools to walk into appointments prepared, communicate clearly, and advocate for the care you deserve.
Communication strategies that actually work in medical settings
Appointment preparation frameworks
Scripts and language for common difficult conversations
Worksheets built for real-world use
The POTS
Self-Advocacy Guide
Talking About POTS
Getting your diagnosis is one thing. Explaining it to everyone in your life is another. This guide gives you the words for the conversations that keep coming up — so you're not starting from scratch every time someone asks how you're doing.
Scripts for family, friends, and new people in your life
Short explanations for every context — 30 seconds or 30 minutes
How to handle skepticism, over-concern, and unsolicited advice
Language for when you don't want to explain at all
A Personal Communication Guide
Featured Bundles
Built by someone who had to figure this out the hard way.
I developed POTS at 40 — after COVID, with no warning and no roadmap. I saw 11 doctors before anyone gave it a name. What came after the diagnosis wasn't much easier — navigating a healthcare system that didn't always have answers, and learning to advocate for myself in rooms where I wasn't always taken seriously.
I'm Devin Peters, BCPA. The POTS Library exists because I needed it and it didn't exist. Everything here is educational, evidence-informed, and built from real experience — not theory.
If you're somewhere in the middle of this — still searching, newly diagnosed, or just trying to figure out what comes next — this was built for exactly where you are. You shouldn't have to piece this together alone. Nobody should.
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