{"id":109727,"date":"2025-01-27T22:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T15:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legendstitch.com\/?p=109727"},"modified":"2025-01-27T22:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T15:18:12","slug":"christina-applegates-teenage-daughter-reveals-pots-diagnosis-after-being-dismissed-for-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendstitch.com\/christina-applegates-teenage-daughter-reveals-pots-diagnosis-after-being-dismissed-for-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Christina Applegate\u2019s teenage daughter reveals POTS diagnosis after being dismissed for years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style='\"font-size:'>American actress Christina Applegate is an open book when it comes to her health struggles. The Married with Children star has suffered a host of ailments from insomnia to early menopause, breast cancer and currently, multiple sclerosis (MS).\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>And now her 13-year-old daughter Sadie Grace Applegate LeNoble has revealed that she\u2019s enduring her own health challenges. She\u2019s been diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'><img fetchpriority='\"high\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-109730 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/legendstitch.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/01%5C/Untitled-design-2.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1023\"' height='\"629\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/legendstitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Untitled-design-2.webp' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>More commonly known as POTS, the disorder is characterised by an excessively fast heart rate and symptoms of lightheadedness upon standing. On her mum\u2019s MeSsy podcast, Sadie explained, \u201cIt affects my heart. And so when I stand up, I get really, really dizzy, and my legs get really weak.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cAnd I feel like I\u2019m going to pass out,\u201d she explained. \u201cI have fainted before. And I have gone unconscious.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>SADIE STRUGGLED WITH MEDICAL GASLIGHTING<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'>Like so many women, Sadie\u2019s symptoms were dismissed \u201cfor a long time.\u201d She opened up about going to the school nurse \u201cmultiple times a day\u201d because she felt like she was going to pass out.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cEvery time I went to the nurse, they thought I was lying,\u201d she said. \u201cThey were like, \u2018You\u2019re doing this to get out of class. It\u2019s probably just anxiety. Go back to class.\u2019 They wouldn\u2019t do anything for it. And that definitely was hard because I genuinely felt so sick. And I was in a lot of pain.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>The young teenager added, \u201cThem not doing anything about it definitely hurt me \u2014 physically and emotionally.\u201d\n<blockquote><p><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>\u201cThem not doing anything about it definitely hurt me \u2014 physically and emotionally.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Sadie, 13\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Christina admitted she felt \u201chorrible\u201d because she didn\u2019t understand what was going on with her daughter at the time.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>However, Sadie shared that she\u2019s suspected POTS for a long time. Since she was nine at least. It was then that she started researching, looking for a reason why every time she stood up, her vision became blurry.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-109733 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/legendstitch.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/01%5C/Untitled-design-4-1.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"859\"' height='\"1024\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/legendstitch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Untitled-design-4-1.webp' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Presently, there is no known cure for POTS. However, the disorder can be managed with diet, exercise and medications for most patients.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Christina shared they were getting a second opinion for Sadie to see what medication may help her manage her symptoms best.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>WATCHING HER MUM CHRISTINA APPLEGATE STRUGGLE<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'>Sadie also opened up on the podcast about how difficult it has been watching her mum battle MS.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cIt was hard seeing my mom lose a lot of the abilities she used to have in my childhood,\u201d she said. \u201dIt\u2019s definitely hard seeing my mom struggle with this.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>But it\u2019s \u201cbeen nice being able to help her and support her,\u201d Sadie sweetly added.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Christina has been open about how she doesn\u2019t \u201cenjoy living\u201d with MS. But when she introduced Sadie on her show, she credited her daughter as \u201cthe reason that I get up in the morning.\u201d\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American actress Christina Applegate is an open book when it comes to her health struggles. The Married with Children star has suffered a host of ailments from insomnia to early menopause, breast cancer and currently, multiple sclerosis (MS). 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