Does anyone have any tips for getting doctors to take them seriously? I am not yet diagnosed with pots but my symptoms are becoming debilitating leaving me quite literally home bound. Just walking to the corner shop now feels like a marathon and like I’m going to pass out. I drink double the recommended intake and have upped my salt intake and move slowly like my gp first suggested but it didn’t help so we got a heart monitor put on me. The heart monitor shown tachycardia when moving ranging anywhere between 120’s to 160’s because of this we then decided it was time for a cardiology to look further into this as we already suspected pots due to my severe hypermobility. I was told the referral had gone through but that I would have to call cardiology myself to book the appointment and so I did. When I called them they said they didn’t receive a referral for me and they said they looked at my heart monitor and although it shown tachycardia it “wasn’t serious” and apparently wasn’t something I should be concerned about. The problem is my gp physically cannot treat me for my symptoms without cardiology seeing me. I spoke to my gp stating I needed them to look into treatments for me and compression garments to try help too. They said the only treatment they can give for it is any recommended by cardiology so until cardiology agrees to see me and to treat me my gp cannot do a thing to help me leaving me in a tricky situation when cardiology won’t take my debilitating symptoms seriously. I don’t know what else to do anymore. I can’t do anything. Sitting on my couch all day with water, ice packs and a fan on me is the only thing keeping me from going to pass out everyday. I’ve expressed how unfair this is and that I have no quality of life living like this but it made no difference to their opinion. I don’t know how else I can convince them I need help. I cannot live like this