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Originally posted by Silky Johnson Actually sort of close to true. When you bear down to take a shit, you stimulate the vagus nerve, which can cause what is called a vasovagal episode, whereby the heart rate slows and peripheral blood vessels dilate causing a quick drop in blood pressure, feelings of light headedness, and sometimes a loss of consciousness. It happens to old ass mufuckas a lot. It is also a purposeful technique used to help slow the heart in people with cardiac arrhythmias.

yeah i sometimes use that position when my adrenaline is going crazy because of my POTS, which is what I described in the post u quoted.
wohoo, drop in blood pressure when going from supine position = grey spots in front of eyes and pre-syncope (sometimes even smack! faceplant lol). if i manage to stay upright then whoooooosh, like being injected with meth in the eyeball.
didnt know the position stabilised my condition bcus of stimulation of the vagus nerve tho. will def use that piece of info at apt with my new doc tomorrow

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Orthostatic hypotension and vasovagal response are two different things.

Cant you just read the shampoo bottle? How about reddit on your phone?

Seriously is taking a dump so philosophical?

Yes, it is.

As for the original question, no, but I do feel desperately alone and miserable when I throw up. I'm not sure if it's just because that's quite a rare occasion, but when I do, I feel I need someone by my side... though, of course, I always stop short of actually inviting someone to see me spewing out my insides in the restroom

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