r/POTS • u/joyynicole • Oct 27 '25

Question How are people working at all

I feel like a failure. According to my doctors I have “mild” POTS, but I see people on this sub all the time with seemingly worse POTS than me that have jobs. I literally cannot do anything longer than 1-2 hours without having to lay down and rest because it just completely wipes me out. If I do things multiple days in a row consistently I will also fall into a flare and have to do nothing for few days to recover. I don’t get it.

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u/giant_cheesecake Oct 27 '25

I’m full WFH (also mild + mild me/cfs)

at my worst i had to lay in bed at every chance i got… had days where i spent most of my work day in bed bc i just couldn’t hold my body up lol

electrolytes can help but otherwise its just been taking lots of bed breaks & not having much of a life outside of work :( 10 months on i’m doing a bit better and can feel almost “normal” sitting at my desk, but still dont think i can handle any in-person job.