chronic illness won't kill me but it still sucks I'm a 20-something college student diagnosed with dysautonomia (autonomic dysfunction) and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. I was diagnosed at Mayo Clinic in 2007 after years of suffering from symptoms with no known cause. But something extraordinary, yet simple, has come from that experience, I'm focused, driven, insistent, persistent, in pursuing my dreams. And that dream, is again simple, to express myself and my ideas.