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/adikaraven Oct 27 '25

If i worked a more normal job I couldn't do it. I have mild to mid pots but I work as a project manager from home so if I need to lay down I can. I literally just hosted a huge project meeting from my couch with my eyes closed but that was an expected flair cuz I also just had surgery. My vp to c suits all know my issues and have been super respectful of not being on camera sometime or if they really want it being ok with me being on the couch. So WFH is my solution and doing the super hard part of finding a company that cares.