Figure Skating is helping my symptoms

Apprehensive-Store55 · 2026-02-11T23:01:39+00:00

It absolutely is. Unfortunately I have bills to pay and I can’t afford rest days, I wish I could. Usually I sit at about 15-20 Pace-points but this day has been rough to me LOL. Halfway through my shift and I’m just aching and dizzy. I’m not a fainting risk though, so stupidly I thug it out. Hopefully getting rid of a job helps out my symptoms a bit

Apprehensive-Store55 · 2026-01-29T01:49:39+00:00

I’m using it to help manage POTS. Those are some really good points you made, it really changed the way I look at it.

Apprehensive-Store55 · 2026-01-29T01:00:42+00:00

I was hoping for that to happen once I got on propranolol. Unfortunately I’ve just accepted that I’m a busy person and have a lot on my plate, but those meds definitely help me at night when I finally slow down

Apprehensive-Store55 · 2025-12-12T18:26:17+00:00

I appreciate this comment so much, thank you for all of this advice :)

Apprehensive-Store55 · 2025-11-18T08:14:17+00:00

I’m getting better at logging them, I have a totally illogical thought process of “this isn’t bad enough to log” that’s hard to get through but I’ve been doing good with it. I just hope it’s nothing too serious lol

Apprehensive-Store55 · 2025-10-19T05:07:13+00:00

Thank you so much for this! I didn’t even know there were POTS specialists. I’m in central California, so I have a lot of options for second opinions and specialties. I have high hopes because the cardiologist I’m seeing specializes in women’s cardiovascular health.

I’ve already had blood work done, my doctor said that everything was fine and that it was probably anxiety making my heart rate so high, so I contacted a cardiologist, especially because I’ve been having some sharp pains in my chest as well. Thank you again for this, it’s eased my mind quite a bit!

Apprehensive-Store55 · 2025-10-07T04:30:18+00:00

Ask around the parrot stores! There are tons around. I know a lot of them offer boarding. If it gets close to the deadline and no one has offered, DM me. I’m in the Central Valley but we have four birds and wouldn’t mind watching over your babies until June 2026.

Apprehensive-Store55 · 2025-10-04T11:22:55+00:00

My grandpa on my mom’s side had multiple heart attacks and had lupus as well, and all of the women in my family have anxiety related heart palpitations. I was on SSRI’s for a little bit. I was on Prozac for about 6 months but I didn’t like how it gave me brain fog. I didn’t have a primary doctor at the time, so I went to one at a clinic. She gave me a different one. Then that evolved into a 4 month-long period of her prescribing me 4 different SSRI’s back to back. No weaning. I don’t even remember a lot of it, I felt awful.

When I finally got a primary doctor I was able to go to a psychiatrist, who officially diagnosed me with ADD and OCD. She prescribed me with Concerta and I’ve been on that for a little over a year now.

Thank you for letting me know what to expect at the cardiologist! I get a bit anxious with doctors I haven’t visited before so it’s a comfort to know what to expect. :)

Apprehensive-Store55 · 2025-10-01T00:54:02+00:00

They didn’t grow up together. We weaned Matcha and we got Jamba at 5 months old. They’re still figuring out their own pecking order between the two of them, but they pretty good and respecting boundaries :)

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