Christine Applegate announces that her daughter Sadie, 13, has been diagnosed with POTS

Christina Applegate has found common ground with her daughter, Sadie, who was recently diagnosed with POTS.

The “Married… With Children” star’s 13-year-old daughter opened up about her diagnosis on Tuesday’s episode of Applegate’s “MeSsy” podcast, noting that she now has a new understanding of the struggle of his mother against multiple sclerosis.

“I have something called POTS,” Sadie explained. “I have no idea what it actually is, but it has something to do with the autonomic nervous system and it affects my heart. When I get up I get really, really dizzy and my legs get really weak and I feel like I’m going to pass out.

According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, POTS – formerly known as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome – is a chronic disorder that affects the autonomic nervous system and blood circulation.

People with POTS will experience a rapid increase in their heart rate when they get up from a sitting or lying position; and may experience dizziness, brain fog, fatigue, exercise intolerance, headaches, blurred vision, palpitations, tremors, and nausea. They may also faint.

During the episode, Sadie explained that she had suffered from her symptoms for a very long time, but was often ignored.

“I hate this for you sweetheart. I really hate that for you,” Applegate said in response. “I’m sad. But I love you and I know you’ll be okay. And I’m here for you and I believe you. And thank you for bringing this to light and bringing awareness to this.

Sadie – whom Applegate shares with her husband, Martyn LeNoble – recalls leaving her sixth-grade classes and visiting the nurse “multiple times a day” because she “always felt like she was going to pass out.”

“In class, if I got up, I said to myself: ‘I have to go to the nurse. I can not do that. Or I’ll be in PE and I’ll be like, ‘I need to go to the nurse,'” she said.

“They told me, ‘You’re doing this to get out of class.’ It’s probably just anxiety. Go back to class. They wouldn’t do anything about it.

“Them not doing anything definitely hurt me physically and emotionally,” she continued. “Because I was like, ‘This is rude and I feel sick and you’re telling me to go to PE and do laps on the soccer field.’ I can not do that.’

Applegate – who was diagnosed with MS in 2021 – said she was also dismissive of her daughter’s symptoms out of ignorance of the disease.

“She wears layers of clothing on days when it’s 90 degrees and she hates PE — sorry school, she’s not a big fan of PE or physical things,” Applegate said.

She continued: “I was like, ‘Oh, I kinda felt that too.’ I feel so bad that we didn’t pay attention to it.

“I just haven’t seen him at home, baby. At home, you were fine. But that’s a lot like us,” Applegate said. “We go out into the world, and the stress and anxiety of the world causes symptoms that are much worse than they would be if we were in the safety and cool of our own home.”

Despite the debilitating symptoms, Sadie said her diagnosis made it “easier to understand what my mother is going through.”

“Like when my mom says to me, ‘Oh, I’m a little sore right now.’ Oh, I have tremors. » If I didn’t have that, I would probably say, “I don’t care. I do not know what you’re talking about. »