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When Doctors Dismissed My POTS as 'Anxiety'

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“It’s anxiety,” the doctor said as I lay on the bed, sticky pads and wires all over my chest. I had fainted and found myself in Accident and Emergency with a racing heart, pain, and serious brain fog.

This was far from the first time I had found myself in A&E and every time with the same symptoms, treated by different doctors, but the same outcome.

They said my problem was anxiety. Mood disorders were nothing new to me, I already have a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, but this “anxiety” was taking over my life.

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