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your body's autopilot gets drunk and forgets how to land the plane.
means a malfunction of the autonomic nervous system, the part that runs heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, and temperature without you asking it to.
from from greek dys (bad, faulty) plus autonomia (self-governance) — literally a breakdown of the system meant to run itself.
standing upcan spike heart rate by 30+ beats per minute
often invisiblenormal bloodwork, wildly abnormal daily life
long covid linka major driver of post-viral pots cases since 2020
misdiagnosis ratemany wait years, mistaken for anxiety first
for instance
neurocardiogenic syncope — sudden fainting from a misfired blood pressure reflex
multiple system atrophy — rare, progressive, degrades autonomic control over years
pure autonomic failure — isolated autonomic collapse with no other neurological damage