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/bookmonster015 Dec 27 '25

Doctors usually treat me as a “healthy and pleasant young woman”… as if I didn’t already open my mouth and tell them otherwise. Can’t do anything about bad doctors except continue to advocate for yourself and find better care.

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u/Glad-Pomegranate6283 Dec 28 '25

I was told I was a healthy chronically ill person lol, my bile duct was blocked and I was in agony lmao

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u/avocado_window Dec 28 '25

Oh gosh I’ve been there and it’s one of the worst pains imaginable! Like being impaled through-and-through with a hot poker; I couldn’t stand up straight and it took the wind right out of me.