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Is hypermobility spectrum disorder like, a valid thing? I got diagnosed with it bc i missed the EDS criteria by one point but like nobody ever talks about it. Makes me feel kind of like an impostor or something
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Anonymous 2d

It’s moreso a documentation diagnosis for the symptom

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Anonymous 1d

It’s not really any different than a lot of the syndrome diagnoses. It’s a label for a set of symptoms. While people with EDS may have symptoms you don’t, HSD can still cause severe symptoms and diminished quality of life. It still qualifies as a chronic illness and as a disability if it disables you. You’re valid/allowed to be in these spaces ❤️

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Anonymous 2d

I mean yeah I got it diagnosed because it’s a comorbidity with my autoimmune condition but I don’t have eds which made it hard to decipher which symptoms belong to what

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