Christina Applegate's Daughter Finds Strength in Shared Health Struggles

Christina Applegate's daughter, Sadie, discusses how her diagnosis with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) has given her a deeper understanding of her mother's multiple sclerosis (MS).

Christina Applegate's daughter, Sadie, recently opened up about her own health struggles, which have given her a unique perspective on her mother's battle with multiple sclerosis (MS).

On her mother's podcast, "MeSsy," 13-year-old Sadie revealed that she has been diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). POTS is a condition that causes dizziness, fatigue, and other symptoms when a person stands up from sitting or lying down.

Christina Applegate's Daughter Finds Strength in Shared Health Struggles

Sadie explained that her diagnosis has helped her better understand the challenges her mother faces with MS. "When my mom's like, 'I'm in pain right now. I'm having tremors.' If I didn't have [POTS], I probably would be like... I don't know what you're talking about," Sadie said. "But I actually have tremors from POTS."

Sadie also shared that she suffers from misophonia, which is an extreme sensitivity to sound. "My two worst are breathing and chewing," Sadie explained.

Christina Applegate's Daughter Finds Strength in Shared Health Struggles

Applegate said that when she was first diagnosed with MS, she found creative ways to help Sadie understand the pain of walking. "[She] made us put on socks with sand," Sadie recalled.

Applegate's daughter now makes every effort to assist her mother, even when her help isn't always welcome. "Every time we go to a concert, she always is like, 'You cannot push my wheelchair, Sadie, you're going to run into a wall,'" Sadie said. "And I will beg. I'm just like, 'Please, Mom, let me push your wheelchair.' Because I want to help her, so that's definitely why I want to do it, but it's also funny because she's always saying, 'No, I want this person to do it'... and it's never me."

Christina Applegate's Daughter Finds Strength in Shared Health Struggles

Applegate admitted that she feels "incredibly guilty" about not being able to do more for her daughter due to her MS. "Because I don't ever want you to feel that I'm not capable to be your protector, your mother, you know, I love you," she told Sadie. "I want to make you food. I want to bring it to you. I want to do all the things and I do when I can. And I feel incredibly guilty when I can't."

Applegate has been open about her MS diagnosis, sharing her experiences and struggles on her podcast. Despite the challenges, she remains determined to live her life to the fullest. "I dare anyone to be diagnosed with MS or any kind of chronic illness that has taken who you were prior to that moment and go, ‘This is great,'" she said. "You know? No, you have moments of feeling, ‘This is tiring and I don’t wanna do this.’ But you do it, and by having friends like you and my beautiful friends that I have saying this s--- out loud, it releases the pressure in the balloon."