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I don’t know if this sounds weird but for the past 4 years (my POTS got much worse 4 years ago) I went from a very stable individual. To a person that was having rapid heart rate no matter if I was sitting or standing, I almost passed out a few times from it, constantly feeling ill and shaking all the time. A month and a half later the anxiety kicked in and so did the panic attacks. Since those two kicked in all my doctors focused on the mental symptoms, when I would insisted it felt more like my body was attacking me or breaking down because mentally I wasn’t excessively worried. I have been given medication for depression and mood stabilizers, doesn’t work. I did find that hawthorn berry extract helped the heart symptoms considerably more than any pharmaceutical and my anxiety/panic decreased after the heart symptoms got under control. I was just diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos this morning (unknown type). Has anyone else had issues with doctors thinking POTS was a mental disorder?
Im pretty sure nearly every eds-er and POTSy you ask they’ll say mental health diagnoses came first.
Im pretty sure nearly every eds-er and POTSy you ask they’ll say mental health diagnoses came first.
ditto.
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