What do I need to know?
How can I help them?

If you have a friend with Dysautonomia, asking these questions is the first thing you can do to help them. Dysautonomia is what the medical profession calls a chronic invisible condition. Chronic means it's long term. Invisible means that you can't actually see what is going on inside of your friend's body and that the symptoms your friend experiences are mostly invisible to other people.

Your friend can't put a bandage on it and show people what's wrong. You can't see dizziness, gastrointestinal problems, insomnia, migraines, brain fog, fatigue, exercise intolerance, blood pressure and heart rate changes and many of the other symptoms that make having dysautonomia so difficult for your friend.