Question about POTS (professors, require, counselor, better)

[Futurist110]

I've already sent e-mails to my various professors and to my counselor about this. However, I am also interested in hearing the opinions of other people in regards to this:

Over the last month, I have developed a certain health syndrome. Based on the symptoms, I think that it is POTS syndrome; however, I haven't been officially diagnosed yet.

Anyway, though, do you think that it would be better for me to withdraw from UCI for this quarter and to (hopefully) return to UCI to complete my studies at some future point in time? Or do you think that it would be better for me to remain at UCI for this quarter and to seek accommodations for my health syndrome?

Also, for the record, I am incapable of sitting up non-stop for more than half-an-hour or so; indeed, after half-an-hour or so, my head pressure literally becomes so much that I absolutely have to lie down.

Anyway, what exactly is your advice is to what exactly I should do in regards to this?

[Pitt Chick]

You cannot be accommodated if you are not diagnosed. What steps are you taking towards that?

And POTS usually is treatable, not accommodated.... from what have seen.

A few days ago you thought you had narcolepsy. In December, you thought you had chronic fatigue syndrome. You need to stop the self-diagnosing....

[WeHa]

You need to see a doctor, you need an actual diagnosis.

[joe from dayton]

You shouldn't make any decision without a diagnosis. You should go to your advisor or dean and let them know you are having some health issues that need to be diagnosed, and you may require some temporary or emergency accommodation until they can figure out what is going on.