What POTS Feels Like (From Someone Living It Every Day)
Iβm sitting on the edge of my bed. My feet are on the floor. My eyes are open. And I cannot stand up yet.
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Iβm sitting on the edge of my bed. My feet are on the floor. My eyes are open. And I cannot stand up yet.
Your autonomic nervous system runs everything you never have to think about β heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, temperature. Mine decided to stop cooperating. Hereβs what that actually means.
I fainted under a church pew at nine years old. My mom thought I was acting up. That was just the beginning of a very long conversation between my body and the medical system β one where I did most of the talking and nobody listened.