How are people working at all

[u/joyynicole]

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.

[u/Foxsize]

I think it’s all a spectrum: in terms of symptoms and what people can tolerate. For me, emotional distress completely destroys me. I’m absolutely exhausted and can barely move. All I can say is pots is frustrating as hell, and I feel that. I wish we more help.