A4P Dys Challenge

For dysautonomia awareness month this October of 2023, we have created a fun month filled with post ideas for our community to participate and tag us in! Using #A4PDysChallenge, we hope that this creates added awareness, fun, and a way for our community to interact with one another. Choose a few that you like the most, and have fun!! We will be announcing our A4P POTS Challenge (seen on Day 26) on September 10th.

October

  • 1st: When thinking about POTS, what does it mean to you? This can include the challenges, things you have learned, and other components.

  • 2nd: POTSie Corn Maze! What was your journey to getting diagnosed like?

  • 3rd: POTS Trick-or-Treat bag! What do you keep in your POTS to-go bag?

  • 4th: What are some of your favorite medical appointment tips and tricks?

  • 5th: Eerie Medical Gaslighting. What are some of your medical gaslighting stories that you are comfortable sharing?

  • 6th: What are some of the most ridiculous things others have said to you about your POTS?

  • 7th: Pajamas! What are your favorite flare-day pajamas and comfy socks?

  • 8th: Sleeping beauty! What are some of your favorite tips and tricks for sleeping with POTS?

  • 9th: Witches brew! What is an electrolyte concoction that you would create for POTSies?

  • 10th: Driving with POTS. How has POTS impacted your ability to drive/ what would you like to share?

  • 11th: What are some of your other co-occurring conditions, if applicable? (other diagnoses you have in addition to POTS)

  • 12th: Spookiest POTS Triggers. What are some of your spookiest POTS flare-up triggers?

  • 13th: Hydration. What are some of your most effective and favorite hydration options?

  • 14th: Memes. What is your favorite POTS meme? One you’ve seen or one you create!

  • 15th: Supportive Quotes. What is one of your favorite supportive quotes?

  • 16th: How has living with POTS impacted your life?

  • 17th: POTS Inventions! If you could invent anything for POTSies, magic allowed, what would it be?

  • 18th: Mental Health and POTS. How has your journey with POTS impacted your mental health?

  • 19th: Movies/TV shows. What are some of your favorite comforting movies and/or TV shows?

  • 20th: Family and Friends. How have you explained POTS to your family and friends?

  • 21st: What helpful and unhelpful comments about POTS have you heard?

  • 22nd: Magical Spells! Create some magical spells that you think would be helpful for POTSies.

  • 23rd: Cauldron Coping Strategies. What are some of your favorite coping strategies that you pull out from your cauldron?

  • 24th: Scary Boundaries. What are some scary boundaries you have had to set during your journey with POTS?

  • 25th: POTS Trick or Treatment? Provide two options or more and have others choose if they are tricks or helpful POTS treatments that can help with symptoms for you.

  • 26th: A4P POTS Challenge. Will be announced!

  • 27th: Creepin’ it real. What are some of the common POTS myths that you would like to debunk and shed light on?

  • 28th: Salty Treats. What are some of your favorite POTS salty treats?

  • 29th: Spooky Fog. What are some of your most memorable brain fog moments?

  • 30th: Spooky POTS Symptoms. What are some of your spookiest POTS symptoms?

  • 31st: POTS Haunted House or Creepy Crawlers. What does your POT haunted house look like for Halloween, or what are some POTS creepy crawlers?