Living with POTS

A POTS symptom tracker for the things that happen when you stand up

A chronic illness tracker and gentle companion that already knows what POTS can involve — so you do not have to explain it from scratch.

What POTS can involve

POTS — postural tachycardia syndrome, often written PoTS — involves the autonomic nervous system, the part of the body that quietly manages heart rate and blood pressure. For many people symptoms appear or build when upright: a racing heart, dizziness, near-fainting, brain fog, heat intolerance and a heavy fatigue — and often ease when lying down.

It is a real, recognised condition. It is not anxiety, and it is very often mistaken for it. A record of what happened, when, and what you were doing at the time is one of the few things that speaks for you when a reading taken sitting down looks normal.

How a day can feel

If your days sound anything like this, taluvu was made with you in mind.

  • “Standing still is harder for me than walking.”
  • “I have learned exactly how long a queue I can manage.”
  • “I feel best lying down, which is not much of a life.”
  • “The salt and the water and the tights and it still happens.”
  • “People think fainting is dramatic. It is just Tuesday.”

These are the kinds of things taluvu invites you to say in your own words — never a checklist of what anyone “should” have.

What taluvu helps you keep track of

Choose POTS and it starts you with a palette, not a blank form.

These are things people living with POTS often want to keep an eye on. Remove any you do not need, add your own, and check in with a few taps on the days you have very little to give.

  • Racing heart on standing
  • Dizziness / lightheaded
  • Near-fainting
  • Fatigue
  • Brain fog
  • Heat intolerance
  • Palpitations
  • Nausea
  • Shakiness
  • Coat-hanger neck pain
  • A journal in your own words, not a score
  • A plain-English week view of what stands out
  • A Doctor Summary you own and can print
  • Your care team’s details in one place

taluvu never claims one thing caused another. It shows what is worth noticing and leaves the medicine to your doctor. See how a check-in works.

A calm, colour-coded week view of someone's health story in taluvu, showing gentle patterns rather than a raw score.

Trusted information and support

Places we point people to for POTS.

The same sources and communities taluvu links to inside the app. They are independent of us; please check anything important with your own care team.

Information sources

Communities

Getting taluvu

Carry POTS with a little more company.

taluvu is an iPhone app. A membership comes with a free trial, and the price and terms are shown in full before you are ever asked to pay.

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Coming to the App Store for iPhone — it is with Apple for review now.

Other conditions

taluvu understands more than one thing at once.

Over a hundred conditions are built in, including living without a diagnosis yet. Choose as many as apply.

taluvu is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Nothing on this page is a substitute for advice from your own doctor or care team. taluvu helps you organise and describe your own experience — see the Medical & AI Disclaimer.

If you are in crisis or need urgent help, contact your local emergency services or a crisis line. In the UK, call 999 in an emergency, NHS 111 for urgent advice, or Samaritans free on 116 123.