It is likely for these reasons that POTS is not contested in the way ME/CFS is. There is just remarkably little awareness of it within the medical community at all. Most medical students don’t get any training on POTS. It’s not part of the board exams. Even many neurologists and cardiologists aren’t familiar with it. Lauren Stiles, cofounder of Dysautonomia International, a patient advocacy group for autonomic nervous system disorders, says, “We think part of the reason it’s neglected is because it is a young woman’s health condition.”
