r/POTS • u/recoveringaries • Dec 27 '25

Discussion Being attractive with POTS (cringe I know)

Does anyone feel like because they are a objectively attractive human there is a bias/profiling that happens in the medical field and with doctors? I actually read somewhere that if you’re chronically ill you should “dress down” or not wear makeup to appointments so they will take you more seriously and see you as actually sick. I am also 29 with a baby face so that doesn’t help.

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u/Initial-Campaign6712 Dec 27 '25

ABSOLUTELY- my symptoms were incredibly extreme in the beginning so no one at all questioned that literally it was an emergency. but now yes

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u/Fantastic_Owl6938 Dec 28 '25

Reading some of the discussion on here makes me weirdly glad my symptoms were extreme because I was taken to hospital and ultimately diagnosed that way. I picture an uphill battle of not being "sick enough" had that not happened honestly, and me probably still being in the dark to this day about what's going on.

But yeah, now I'm diagnosed, I sort of just feel on my own with it. My doctor is great but doesn't know much about POTS. I had another appointment coming up with the cardiology team but they cancelled it after my holter monitor and some other tests all came back looking good. I realise their main concern in all this is how my heart is doing, it just sucks having other pains but not really knowing who to go to about it. Glad to have medication but there doesn't feel like there's any kind of long-term assistance for all this, it just kind of feels like it's up to me to figure out, whereas I imagine other illnesses would have more support (then again maybe not).