I posted a bit ago about how pots is being newly studied more and more now and apparently new research suggests the reason we have brain fog is actually related to reduced blood flow in the brain when upright. I feel so validated in thinking I'm smarter when I'm laying down. I don't know how I never associated that with POTS. I guess I tend to assume I'm medicated and therefore Cured™️ but like obviously my medication fixes 1 (one) symptom enough to stop me fainting but doesn't really fix the other things at all. like I still have a disability I just forget it causes a shit ton of other problems.
when I was diagnosed in 2017 all we really had was "pots causes low blood pressure and inappropriate high heart rate to correct the low blood pressure, which causes fainting" but now it's really seemed to complete this clear picture of autonomic dysfunction on a much bigger scale. like my stomach issues, my cognitive functioning issues (outside of my ADHD, brain fog to me feels a lot different), my malaise, my nuropathy, everything. all thanks to getting pneumonia eleven years ago.
idk where I was going with this other than God I need To Keep Up With Science
