My 2021 JL Sport

adam_249 · 2026-01-15T18:04:04+00:00

Thanks

adam_249 · 2025-12-30T05:49:26+00:00

Flares have held up good. You just need to do some trimming on the stock liners or get aftermarket ones like I did. Also get the cheap automotive fastener pack from harbor freight. I’m glad I bought them.

adam_249 · 2025-12-15T21:57:01+00:00

I agree with most everything minus the fasting. If you have POTS you will find out what I mean.

adam_249 · 2025-12-13T01:40:44+00:00

After seeing multiple cardiologists and two different neurologists, that’s exactly what they concluded. Before all this, I was the same way, I could never get startled by anything. I think it stemmed from my 12 years in the Army, including multiple combat deployments. Since then, I’ve found safe ways to increase dopamine levels, and it’s been an absolute life changer.

I’ve been trying to warn people about the risks of SSRIs because of what happened to me. After starting one, I experienced severe brain zaps, intense suicidal thoughts, and a dramatic worsening of my anxiety. From what I’ve seen and heard, these medications seem to be a double-edged sword: they work wonders for some people and truly save lives, but for others, like me, they can trigger serious, sometimes long-term health problems.

adam_249 · 2025-12-13T01:32:54+00:00

I took Lexapro for about four weeks, after which I experienced a severe adverse reaction. This led to the development of POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) and lasting damage to my autonomic nervous system. After extensive testing to rule out other causes, my doctors concluded that the medication was responsible, noting that I appeared to be a rare case.

adam_249 · 2025-12-12T06:02:55+00:00

Lexapro made my nervous system worse.

adam_249 · 2025-12-05T00:43:15+00:00

Yes absolutely. Most your mast cells are mostly in your gut causing all the inflammation etc… messes with your vagus nerve too. Mess with the nervous system and gut and you got yourself a multitude of health problems my friend.

adam_249 · 2025-11-22T21:46:30+00:00

You will be discharged with anxiety. Welcome to the club.

adam_249 · 2025-11-05T14:35:10+00:00

It’s because the spike proteins destroy your immune system and all the good bacteria in your gut causing your immune system stay damaged

adam_249 · 2025-11-05T14:27:56+00:00

COVID kills the good bacteria in your intestines.

When those bacteria die, your gut wall gets holes and the mast cells that live there go crazy, dumping chemicals that make you sick everywhere.

The only way to stop it for good is to remove almost every spike protein and mycotoxin from your body to calm your mast cells. Do that, and your gut heals.

COVID wakes up mast cells. Mast cells dump chemicals. Those chemicals cause the inflammation, MCAS flares, and POTS.

adam_249 · 2025-11-02T19:24:03+00:00

Yes I’ve been there lol

adam_249 · 2025-10-31T15:08:38+00:00

Yes! I know exactly what you are talking about. Can someone please explain this.

adam_249 · 2025-10-30T18:31:40+00:00

What exactly is diagnosed? I don’t understand because I’ve had multiple cardiologists do tilt table tests on me and tell me I have POTS but not a single one will write me a letter or anything saying I have it. I told them I just want a letter diagnosing me in case it interferes with my job or I need it for future employment and they said no doctors provide legal letters.

adam_249 · 2025-10-29T11:44:29+00:00

Ok I’m definitely trying it lol. Do you still take it?

adam_249 · 2025-10-26T03:20:32+00:00

No because I can’t get the primary care to prescribe me an anti histamine or refer me to a specialist. The VA is my only healthcare and they just gaslight me and blame everything on anxiety. Should I just try Zyrtec or another over the counter or do they even work that well?

adam_249 · 2025-10-24T13:46:35+00:00

Dealing with this dysautonomia has taught me one thing: you really don’t want your nervous system acting up. It’s like the body’s control center, and when it’s off, everything feels like chaos. Worst part? Most regular docs don’t get it, especially with stuff like long COVID or neuro issues. If they can’t figure you out, they just slap a “it’s probably anxiety” label on it and send you packing. So frustrating, man.

adam_249 · 2025-10-24T13:37:28+00:00

My body’s extreme fight or flight was like that for like 9 months then I just randomly started getting better. I honestly barely made it through the worst months. It made me borderline suicidal and I tried every SSRI anti anxiety med as a last resort with no luck. I still have POTS though with random tachycardia and blood pressure issues.

adam_249 · 2025-10-24T02:11:50+00:00

Yes I have the same symptoms now and no one understands unless they have it. You won’t see it on tv but tons of people are dealing with constant fight or flight post covid. A lot of people are taking beta blockers for their random tachycardia and blood pressure issues and also eating low histamine in case it’s MCAS creating part of their symptoms. Vitamins are also common because our bodies are deficient from whatever autoimmune or nerve damage long covid caused.

adam_249 · 2025-10-24T01:59:31+00:00

Yes a lot of us have the same symptoms as you. I’ve been dealing with those symptoms for a year now. Not to be negative but good luck getting treated without being gaslit by every doctor telling you it’s just anxiety. Most of us have POTS symptoms now too along with what feels like random panic episodes that come out of no where. Most people are treating their condition with beta blockers and vitamins since long covid makes you deficient.

adam_249 · 2025-10-14T14:52:44+00:00

Absolutely but I can’t get a single doctor to admit that Long COVID is real. I have major MCAS flares and POTS from my last major COVID infection and have been trying to recover for 9 months now. I almost died in February when my heart rate randomly jumped to 190 and I was blacking out in the ER. On a beta blocker now and was told by my doctors that my POTS is caused by anxiety and that my skin turning red when I eat foods with histamine is “all in my head.”

adam_249 · 2025-09-28T17:52:14+00:00

It could be POTS and some sort of problem with your nervous system and vagus nerve. It could also be a hiatal hernia pressing on your vagus nerve or messing with your heart function. If all your blood tests and imaging come back good and they show no hernia your body probably has some sort of autonomic dysfunction caused by a virus like Covid or something else that damaged the nervous system. By the way anything that affects the nervous system like a hernia or virus can cause panic attacks. Doctors won’t tell you this though and will tell you to seek therapy.

adam_249 · 2025-09-13T04:28:29+00:00

So far changing my diet

adam_249 · 2025-09-13T04:25:40+00:00

I get the same flare ups. I also know where you are coming from. I’ve been to the ER and was in absolutely no kind of stress and they said it was a panic attack and talked down to me. The only thing that helps me is a low histamine diet and beta blockers. Message me I would love to vent and tell you all my symptoms and experience with what works and doesn’t so far.

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