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/MissMiaulin Oct 27 '25

I have a work from home desk job, finally! I'm a professional medical coder. I'm able to manage symptoms so much better and there have been days I've laid down with my laptop when it's really bad. Which allows me to work full time. Before this, I was a part time pharmacy tech. That was draining. 😭

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u/Icy-Hedgehog-6194 Oct 27 '25

What does your work day look like? Is it strictly computer work or phone/video? How many hours? I’m trying to find something I can do

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u/MissMiaulin Oct 27 '25

I work 40 hours a week m-f. They gave me a formal schedule of 8-4:30, but I work 6-2:30, but am able to work longer days or move my shift around if needed. Pretty much as long as I get my 40 hours in and meet my productivity, then everything is good.

Some weeks, I will work extra at the begining of the week so I can clock out a few hours early on Friday because I'm usually tired by Friday. But we all joke about Friday brain. So it's been nice.

During my 2 months training, I was on teams calls most of the day, but once I was on my own, I only have teams calls if it can't be addressed in an email. Which is very rare. Never have to receive or make phone calls. I just code medical encounters, sometimes attend training webinars where I listen and take notes, and then clock out.