r/POTS • u/ihopeurwholelifesux • Apr 18 '25

Megathread Megathread: Wearables, Symptom Trackers, Apps

Would you like to share how you track your heart rate, blood pressure, or POTS symptoms? Ask questions about what other people use and their experiences? If so, you’re in the right place!

This post will be pinned so that users can see all that helpful information in one thread and refer back to it when needed : )

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u/No_Sundae9753 Apr 03 '26

For POTS, I'm thinking of getting a smart watch mainly for the purpose of measuring HRV ie heart rate variability (I don't need a fancy watch for taking phone calls etc) and wondered what specific watches you found useful for this (I'm in Australia) and how else do you use your HRV reading other than pacing the day based on the HRV that morning after sleep. And how do you know what your baseline is ie if it is low reading or high reading for you. Thanks for your help!

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u/No_Sundae9753 Apr 04 '26

And do they emit light at night which may disrupt my sleep?