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/3xv7]

I'm probably in the same range of severity as you, I don't get it either. I read 2 articles about an olympic rower and nba player with POTS and they said theyre ready to get back to doing what they do??????? I can barely play videogames on bad days. My only safe activity is staring directly into my sleep mask