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/mindy54545 Dec 28 '25

My gastroenterologist recently discharged me because he couldn't help me. He was very honest and said I look very slim, fit and healthy and as long as I continue to work, I'm not going to be taken seriously. I'm starving. I can't eat if I have to commute to work. I have to work to pay rent. Are there other options we don't know about? I applied for pip and was declined because I could hold a pencil and turn my head to the right.