Conditions Mistaken for Anxiety (And What They All Share)

Bye Bye Panic · Jul 24, 2025 · 13m · transcript

You’re doing everything they told you. Taking the meds. Following the routines. But the dizziness won’t go away. The nausea flares up again. Your chest still tightens when there’s no reason for it.

Eventually, someone mentions anxiety.

And maybe at first, it makes sense. But then other names start getting thrown around – IBS, POTS, fibromyalgia. Each one sounds like a piece of the puzzle. But none of them explain why your symptoms keep shape-shifting, why they seem to multiply instead of resolve.

This episode takes a closer look at those in-between cases – the ones that don’t show up clearly…