Chronic Illness on Sidechat | POV: liking your dorm and roommate and everything else but the walk up to your dorm hall (Davis) constantly sending your OH (orthostatic hypotension) into major flares screwing with your body almost all day every day. Like genuinely what do I do? Sm1 help

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Chronic Illness 11w

POV: liking your dorm and roommate and everything else but the walk up to your dorm hall (Davis) constantly sending your OH (orthostatic hypotension) into major flares screwing with your body almost all day every day. Like genuinely what do I do? Sm1 help

Anonymous 11w

The only advice I’m ever given for my OH is to increase my salt and water intake, meaning I’m peeing all day long, or “exercise more” as if the OH isn’t what it preventing that

Anonymous 10w

Vitassium fast chews are a really great pick-me-up. Or electrolyte sports drinks. If you haven’t tried it yet. Otherwise, I was in a similar boat and just moved dorm halls/accommodated myself and got some mobility aids :(

Anonymous

#1 11w

What would do when I had to trek across the entire campus to one of my classes was to be patient with myself. Give myself extra time to get there, sit down for a bit if I need to, and limit the amount of trips back to my dorm. I pretty much lived in the student center and the arts building