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237: Stood Up...Almost Died...What the HELL: The POTS - Dysautonomia Episode
Episode 237
Published 1 week ago
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Stand up too fast and your heart rate goes full rave? Welcome to POTS, the autonomic disorder that affects up to 1 in 100 Americans and still gets dismissed as "just anxiety." UK Google searches for POTS roughly tripled after COVID. A new 20-year follow-up found that just under half of patients improve, but most keep symptoms for decades. We unpack dysautonomia, long COVID, salt, compression socks, and new drugs in trials. We also cover how to tell real science from TikTok self-diagnosis. Legit science, zero fluff, maximum sass...
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Itchy & Bitchy: Have you felt dismissed, misdiagnosed, or gaslit by a broken medical system.
From gut health, hormones, autoimmune disease, chronic pain, holistic health, and alternative medicine ... medical gaslighting, patient advocacy , or misdiagnosis we’ll call that too. For chronic illness warriors, self-advocacy seekers: WE OFFER No BS