WC217: POTS and Mental Health — anxiety and depression exceed the GI symptoms under study

Source

Kulin et al. 2026, Neurogastroenterology & Motility. Meta-analysis of 19 studies / 8,268 POTS patients. Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome — autonomic disorder with orthostatic tachycardia, often years of medical gaslighting before diagnosis.

Anxiety 42.9% · Depression 34.4% — higher than GI prevalence

Pooled anxiety prevalence 42.9% (CI 22.7–65.8%). Pooled depression 34.4% (CI 19.0–54.0%). These mental-health rates were so common they exceeded the GI symptom prevalence the paper was primarily studying — a result Sonnet 5 flags as the investigative core of the topic.

Cross-links and gaslighting context

• Cross-linked to Fatigue/Long COVID, Migraine & Mental Health, Fibromyalgia, and Medical Gaslighting topics
• POTS patients are notoriously told “it’s just anxiety” for years before correct diagnosis — the WC page owns that clinical pattern explicitly
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