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Dr. Diana, both a doctor (therapeutic optometrist), and a recovered POTS and ME/CFS patient, offers help and hope for POTS, Dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Chronic Fatigue, Chronic Lyme, vascular abnormalities, Fibromyalgia, and Multiple Sclerosis. Dr. Diana is now working full time at POTS Care.

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Reply To: Do you feel sick when you lie flat on your back, or have you ever felt "paralyzed"?

NEW STUDY! Parasym Plus™ for Multiple Sclerosis › Forums › PrettyIll.com Discussion › POTS › Do you feel sick when you lie flat on your back, or have you ever felt "paralyzed"? › Reply To: Do you feel sick when you lie flat on your back, or have you ever felt "paralyzed"?

September 9, 2012 at 12:16 am #2885
dancechick4728
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I always feel sick after laying on my back… When I lay flat on my back I get light headed and the longer I lay flat the harder it gets for me to breath… I feel like there is an elephant on my chest. But the real problem is when I try to sit back up. The longer i lay the worse the dizziness is when i sit up. I have been known to pass out after laying to long many times. I have also experenced those paralyzed moments 2 or 3 times before i didnt know what was happening so it was very scary and it only happend when i ended up sleeping flat on my back i felt like i was awake and wanted to scream but i couldnt. I now sleep with 7 pillows, practicly sitting up to make sure this never happens again!

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