POTS stands for  Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome . It is a form of dysautonomia, meaning a condition that affects how the autonomic nervous system regulates things like heart rate, blood pressure, and circulation. The hallmark of POTS is when a person goes from lying down to standing, their  heart rate rises significantly , and they develop symptoms like dizziness, lightheadedness, palpitations, fatigue, or brain fog. For many people in withdrawal, this topic comes

Good morning, my friends. One of the most frightening moments people experience during benzodiazepine withdrawal is the sudden realization that their brain doesn’t seem to be working the way it used to. Thoughts feel slower and distorted. Memory becomes unreliable. Concentration disappears. Emotions feel unstable. Sleep erodes. And there can be a host of unexplainable strange neurological symptoms. For some people there is even an eerie sense of detachment from themselves or

A neurobiological look at fear, adaptation, and recovery By David Powers, Ph.D. If you type this question into a search engine at two in the morning, you are not casually curious. You are scared. You are likely experiencing symptoms that feel neurological, destabilizing, and at times overwhelming. Perhaps your memory feels different. Perhaps your emotions feel blunted or volatile. Perhaps your nervous system feels electrically misfired. And the most frightening thought begins