finally got diagnosed!!! WOOHOO 🎉🥳

after 10 years of suffering, i finally got diagnosed. countless doctors appointments, hospitalizations, trying different medications, after constantly being told “it’s all in your head, it’s just anxiety”, “it’s just epilepsy”, and countless searching for answers, all since the age of 7 years old! yesterday, i finally got diagnosed by a cardiologist after trying to search for answers.

i’m still trying to process it all. i feel such a mix of emotions. relief, knowing i now know what is wrong. rage towards every single doctor that would misdiagnose me & teacher that would dismiss my suffering (FUCK YOU! FUCKERS!), but i also feel kind of still at the same time, because the beginning to a new chapter has started 💕

guys, if you’re trying to search for a doctor to diagnose you, don’t stop. i’m currently 17 years old, and me & my parents were searching for answers and help since i was 7. dealing with seizures and IBS when i was a young child. finally i found answers after being referred by my GP to an internal doctor, and then eventually being referred to a cardiologist by the internal doctor. it took so much time and we gave up so many times but i just knew it is pots and i was never believed, but finally i got told “you have classic POTS”.

i feel so much relief because i was right all along and now somebody validated me. the cardiologist told me how POTS is heavily stigmatized and how patients are often told it’s anxiety, and commonly misdiagnosed. i feel so seen now. i feel like a hidden gem that finally that has been found, and now it’s shining 🌟✨