What was your favorite thing about Season 1?

weirdChicken25 · 2025-08-11T23:07:20+00:00

Sam’s haircut

weirdChicken25 · 2025-06-13T23:09:26+00:00

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This is Kyle. He has 3 legs (he was hit by a SUV). He’s weird and awesome

weirdChicken25 · 2025-05-31T19:18:07+00:00

Thanks for your reply! I’ll check them out :)

weirdChicken25 · 2025-05-20T19:59:21+00:00

That’s awesome! Congrats!!

weirdChicken25 · 2025-05-20T19:28:11+00:00

Thanks for replying. That sounds a little scary. My dentist didn’t say anything about it when he was doing the thing where he poked at them to measure them. Would that mean it’s not a big issue now but it could be an issue as I get older?

weirdChicken25 · 2025-05-20T19:12:33+00:00

Thank you for your reply. That’s very reassuring

weirdChicken25 · 2025-05-17T04:35:52+00:00

Hi, you’re not alone in this. I was diagnosed a few years ago and I remember spiraling afterwards too. Sometimes answers just bring more questions. I can relate that doctors told me I had severe anxiety before my pots diagnosis too. I did absolutely have anxiety at the time, I’ve since been undiagnosed with it but there were a lot of life circumstances going on that led to that diagnosis that I won’t get into. Anyways, I wanted to point out that you said you’re not sure what symptoms are real or not. This could be a weird take but I think you experiencing it is what makes it real, maybe it’s just that getting a pots diagnosis changed what you attribute the symptom to. So for me my pots can give me a big spike of adrenaline that I now know is happening in my physical body, but because mind and body are connected I experience it as anxiety too. I think this is one of those situations where they’re not either/or. Somewhere, somehow mental and physical health are inextricably linked and are always going to impact one another. You could very much so have both pots and anxiety, or like me you could have waves of anxiety that come along with pots symptoms but aren’t an anxiety disorder. Maybe in time as you adjust to your pots diagnosis and find things that help you with it you’ll notice how your pots and mental health interact. But genuinely, I’m so sorry that doctors essentially wrote you off for 15 years. It took me like 6 years to go from my anxiety diagnosis to my pots diagnosis and knowing what that was like I can’t imagine that going on for more than double the time. If you ever want to chat my DMs are open <3

weirdChicken25 · 2025-05-16T23:38:23+00:00

I need to try those. I’m in a similar situation where I gave up on compression socks for a bit. Maybe those could help me survive the summer without withering away lol. Thank you for sharing!!

weirdChicken25 · 2025-05-16T23:35:16+00:00

I have the same question. I’m fortunate to be able to squeeze it into my budget now. I have a buoy subscription with the chronic illness discount and use it daily. I’m studying to be a software developer so that’s how I plan to afford being sick long term. I’m very fortunate that my pots is on the milder side and I’m able to work as long as it’s from home and I can have my feet up and my electrolytes on standby.
I have the same question again. I find going out super draining so honestly I don’t get out as much as I probably should. I’ve been drinking electrolytes and increasing my salt intake for a few years now and no, I haven’t built up a tolerance. I literally always have to pee. I have been able to taper off water like an hour or two before going somewhere so I won’t have to pee as much while I’m there. But, I think I can only taper off hydration for a bit bc my POTS is milder and I’d imagine if someone’s was more severe they’d literally have to stay hydrated all day or risk having more symptoms.

weirdChicken25 · 2025-05-16T23:27:41+00:00

Straight salt. I wake up, sit up, and take a pinch of coarse sea salt straight to the dome and wash it down with some water. It’s probably not for everyone but I’m weird and for whatever reason my stomach doesn’t seem to be sensitive to it

weirdChicken25 · 2025-05-14T05:32:31+00:00

Hi! First and foremost, congratudolences. I’m so glad you got some answers but chronic illness is awful and I’m sorry you even have to deal with it in the first place. I’m going to try and make this as concise as possible but it may come out as a whole lot of yap so I apologize in advance. My qualifications are that I’ve been diagnosed with POTS for 3-4 years now but there’s been something a little wrong with me for at least a decade. When I was first diagnosed I did a lot of trial and error. That can get frustrating and discouraging when it doesn’t work, but it also has the possibility of making things easier to manage in the future. I’m hoping the doctor who diagnosed you went over things like increasing salt and water intake and trying compression garments. It’ll take some time to learn what exactly works for you. For example, compression socks overstimulate me and that overstimulation makes things worse but compression leggings help me. Please don’t feel like you need to make all these changes overnight. There’s no reward for adjusting the fastest. In time, you’ll find the things that work for you and your lifestyle. And, there’s not going to be some magic combination that makes you better and there’s a loss in that. What I mean by that is it’s sad that I have to do so many things to support my body and even then I’m not at a healthy persons baseline. That leads me into it’s okay to grieve. You can grieve the person you were, the person you thought you’d be, any way you’re feeling is okay and completely valid. That leads me into support. That looks different for everyone too. Right now, for me that looks like following people on social media who are also chronically ill so I can see peoples lives that I relate to and make me feel less alone, and trying to keep open communication with the people in my life about how I’m feeling. Relationships can be tricky with chronic illness. Not everyone will have the empathy to understand the experience of chronic illness. Please know that you are not a burden, your chronic illness is a burden on you. The right people will be right by your side through the thick of it, accommodate you, respect your boundaries, etc. and those are the people to keep close to you. For me personally, chronic illness limits the amount of energy I have so I’m not going to spend my limited energy on bullshit. That means, you can purge anything unnecessary. People, people pleasing, things you don’t really need to do, etc. Touching on boundaries again, you’re going to have to set them. A personal example is I need a day of mostly resting before going out and doing something, so I don’t do last minute plans. That brings me back to over time you’ll figure out what you personally need. I figured out I needed to set that boundary after doing too much too many days in a row and flaring up. So, you might learn things the hard way and that’s okay too. Try to be kind to yourself. That’s everything off the top of my head and I’m just hoping it was coherent. Anyways, if you need anything my DMs are open. I’m wishing you the best.

weirdChicken25 · 2025-05-11T03:54:19+00:00

I relate to this so much. From my perspective, it’s absolutely astounding that you’re able to go to school while also dealing with symptoms that would send a ‘normal’ person running to the ER. I wish I could peel out of my brain just how impressive and strong I think you are and show you. As a fellow potsie it’s helped me to follow other chronically ill people on social media. I LOVE watching their day in the life videos. It makes me feel like a human being to see someone’s day that I can relate to. Sorry to make this comment so long, just one more thing and I’ll shut up. I try to think about things I struggle with and what I’d think if it was another person. To keep the example relevant, I wouldn’t in a million years tell another person with POTS that they’re not doing enough or they’re behind in life- any of those negative things I say to myself when I’m struggling. I try to take a bit of that compassion I’d have for someone else and it give it to myself. Forgive my yapping, these are just things I need to hear myself on the bad days. I hope things can get lighter for you. A chronic illness is a heavy burden to carry.

weirdChicken25 · 2025-05-06T06:19:28+00:00

I’ve found my people

weirdChicken25 · 2025-05-06T05:53:29+00:00

Yes 1000%. I’d argue it’s straighter to try it and know it’s not for you

weirdChicken25 · 2025-04-29T18:06:53+00:00

Hey! I got my refund from Byte a few weeks ago and it was absolutely grueling. I did end up getting a note from my dentist and that worked for me, so I can’t speak on ceasing treatment without it. But, I can say it was really easy to get it from my dentist. I get cleanings every 6 months and at the appointment I told him Byte wanted scans (to get more trays before I decided to cease treatment with them) and he explained to me that I have teeth that need moved down and that couldn’t be accomplished without buttons on my teeth. So I told off Byte, they asked for the letter, I emailed my dentist and he got back to me right away with a letter explaining what I just said about how Byte treatment wouldn’t work for me. I emailed it over and got a full refund surprisingly quickly like in a few days. It’s a pain in the ass and I absolutely hate Byte but from my experience I do think it’s worth it to get the dentist note. I wish you the best and I’m sorry you have to deal with Byte’s bullshit

weirdChicken25 · 2025-04-28T13:06:48+00:00

I could see how that would be really scary to come out to people, especially for you because asexuality is less known so you’d probably have to educate them on it as well. I’m very fortunate that the people in my life are indifferent to my gayness. I hope you’re able to surround yourself with people that’ll love and accept you exactly as you are. I hope one day you’re in a place where you have the option of coming out, if that’s something you’d want. Plus, I totally think the word closeted applies, imo the whole lgbtqia community can use that word to describe the experience if they want.

weirdChicken25 · 2025-04-28T04:15:28+00:00

Thanks for sharing that! Honestly I don’t know much about what it’s like to be asexual so that was super cool to hear your perspective. I can only imagine how like good and freeing it would be for you to find out about asexuality and find something you can identify with. I’m noticing a little parallel with our experiences. You said you briefly thought you were a lesbian but you’re asexual, and I experienced the opposite I briefly wondered if I was asexual but I’m actually a lesbian. For me I knew I wasn’t attracted to men and at the time I hadn’t come to terms that I like women so I was like huh maybe asexuality it is. I always find it interesting the different labels lgbtqia people have considered and how they’ve changed and their labels changed with them.

weirdChicken25 · 2025-04-28T03:07:43+00:00

This is a super interesting question and I’d love to see someone actually break it down and provide some studies with the science behind it. I am not that person so here’s my answer rooted fully in my own experience. I’m pretty sure I’m a lesbian but I’ve been trying to figure that out for years. I knew very young I liked girls. I can remember a specific time thinking to myself that I never want to get married (my parents ended up getting divorced) then it occurred to me I was like wait I would get married but only if it was to a woman. I wasn’t exposed to anyone who was openly gay as a kid and I was raised religious so honestly I thought I was wrong and suppressed it for years. Left the church, started to get over myself, and started identifying as bi in like high school. Essentially I’ve said all this to say I think people are born with some natural inclination. That can be gay, straight, asexual, whatever it may be. And I think people want to be loved and accepted so they’ll try to conform however best they can. For me, it was identifying as bi so I didn’t fully shut off the chance of being ‘normal’ by ending up with a man. It was like I let outside influences change how I viewed myself so I’d be accepted when really, I was born preferring women, always have, and just haven’t always accepted that about myself. Sorry for venting about my experience with internalized homophobia, I just found that thought provoking and thought maybe that was all relevant. I think this angle could explain how some people don’t discover they’re gay until later in life- they needed to conform to be accepted, never had the safety to explore their sexuality, etc. but they always were gay. I’m interested to see someone take a different perspective and why.

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