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Is there anything we can do to autoblur images on here? I do not want the first image I see when I open up Reddit to be a decidual cast or a clot someone passed after surgery or some other kind of discharge the poster needs help identifying. I’m happy they can come here for that, but it should not be visible automatically. And putting TW or CW in the title doesn’t exactly help keep the image from popping up. I’m sure we’ve all had the experience of seeing the image before the title.

If there’s nothing the mods can do, then posters, please please please remember you are coming into a space where people have experience extreme bleeding or miscarriages, and gore is not something that is easily handled. Blur your photos!

I’m trying to figure out how to pursue a diagnosis. What doctor did you got to to finally get a diagnosis? My PCP and gyno seem unworried about all my symptoms. Are cardiologists helpful?

Hi All, this post was deleted from another page so I’m going to try here. I’m interested in how people came to their diagnoses of Dysautonomia (if they have one).

I have been having what I thought were panic attacks since I was in college, almost 20 years ago now. They start sort of the same - a drop in my stomach like I'm going over the peak on a roller coaster, then my heart will race, I'll get dizzy and nauseous, vision will turn funny, and I might start shivering or my teeth will chatter. The refrain in my head is "am I sick? Am I going to be sick? I feel sick." over and over and over until I can bring myself down. 

Something happened a few months ago that gave me a new perspective on these episodes: I woke up in the middle of the night feeling very thirsty and hot. When I got up to get water, I fainted. The feeling I had right before I fainted was very similar to the feelings I have along with my panic attacks. Dizzy, naseous, body temperature all weird; but this time it ended with me on the floor. I've fainted twice before in my life: as a child, I got up from the couch to feed the dog breakfast and fainted; as a teen, I had been sick with the flu and rushed out of bed to go to the bathroom and was out. 

Something I've never really been able to tell therapists/doctors are specific things I've been worried about when these episodes come on. I'm not necessarily stressed or worked up when these episodes come on. They happen when I'm tired and dehydrated, have been drinking alcohol, are ovulating or menstrual, after I eat a particularly salty or rich meal, I'm a passenger in a car or airplane (this could straight up just be panic), or my body temperature changes really fast (e.g. going from a cold street to a warm car). It has almost always been that the feeling comes first, then the panic. 

My question is, has anyone had Dysautonomia that was initially diagnosed as panic attacks? Are dysautonomia and panic attacks two sides of the same coin? I’m not sure what kind of doctor to seek out. My PCP and gynecologist don't seem concerned when I list them all out together. Are cardiologists the ticket? There's one nearby who runs a POTS clinic.    

Thanks for any and all input!

Hi All,

I'm looking for some advice and guidance on some symptoms that I've dealt with for awhile. I have been having what I thought were panic attacks since I was in college, almost 20 years ago now. They start sort of the same - a drop in my stomach like I'm going over the peak on a roller coaster, then my heart will race, I'll get dizzy and nauseous, vision will turn funny, and I might start shivering or my teeth will chatter. The refrain in my head is "am I sick? Am I going to be sick? I feel sick." over and over and over until I can bring myself down. 

Something happened a few months ago that gave me a new perspective on these episodes: I woke up in the middle of the night feeling very thirsty and hot. When I got up to get water, I fainted. The feeling I had right before I fainted was very similar to the feelings I have along with my panic attacks. Dizzy, naseous, body temperature all weird; but this time it ended with me on the floor. I've fainted twice before in my life: as a child, I got up from the couch to feed the dog breakfast and fainted; as a teen, I had been sick with the flu and rushed out of bed to go to the bathroom and was out. 

Something I've never really been able to tell therapists/doctors are specific things I've been worried about when these episodes come on. I'm not necessarily stressed or worked up when these episodes come on. They happen when I'm tired and dehydrated, have been drinking alcohol, are ovulating or menstrual, after I eat a particularly salty or rich meal, I'm a passenger in a car or airplane (this could straight up just be panic), or my body temperature changes really fast (e.g. going from a cold street to a warm car). It has almost always been that the feeling comes first, then the panic. 

My question is, could this be some kind of dysautonomia that I've mischaracterized? Are dysautonomia and panic attacks two sides of the same coin? I have a few other symptoms that I think could point to some kind of dysautonomia, but I don't know where to go to talk about them. My PCP and gynecologist don't seem concerned when I list them all out together. Are cardiologists the ticket? There's one nearby who runs a POTS clinic.    

Thanks for any and all guidance you have!