Vent. TW: medical trauma, negligence, mistreatment
With undiagnosed POTS you’re constantly told “You’re just dehydrated” by medical professionals.
I’ve had symptoms for over a decade and still yet a few weeks ago a cardiologist told me it’s just dehydration, both before and after doing a poor man’s tilt table test (at my request) and telling me I met the criteria for POTS. Of course, he refused to do anything with that.
A few days ago I went through the results of some lab tests I had done with my new primary care doctor. One of the results showed I have higher than normal fluid level. I am the opposite of dehydrated. And I probably have been for years, because I have been loading up on salt and water for around the last 6 years at least.
So to every nurse and doctor who minimized my experiences, blamed me for my symptoms, threw on the ‘dehydration’ diagnosis with no effort, and used ‘dehydration’ as an excuse to medically neglect me, fuck. you. Especially to those who forced an IV on me even while I was screaming and begging not again. I hope you all lose your medical licenses.