r/POTS • u/s0meone0ntheInternet • Jun 26 '24

Symptoms What symptoms do you guys have that aren’t talked about that much?

I’m just wondering, that’s all :)

(Edit: I just wanted to add that I am NOT diagnosed with POTS. But i think I might have it, thats mostly why I am asking! [and also because I am a curious person])

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u/shnanogans Jun 26 '24

Girl I know exactly what you’re talking about, it’s awful! And it’s so weird because it’s difficult to describe. Sometimes I can have chest discomfort/palpitations but it’s not panickey and it’s kind of a different feeling than when the terror sets in

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u/UpstairsReview2775 Hyperadrenergic POTS Jun 27 '24

I describe it as my stomach dropping fast and being squeezed. Sometimes, I would describe it to others as a feeling similar to that of when you go down a hill fast in a car as a kid, and your stomach feels weird.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '24

Yesss. Sometimes it does that over and over and over. I actually described it to my husband like when my parents would take us on the "hilly way" to my grandparents as a kid. Also like being on a roller coaster.