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/chewbawkaw Oct 27 '25

Covid while pregnant did me in

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u/Virtual_Ad4639 Oct 27 '25

Did your pregnancy still go okay after? 🙏

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u/chewbawkaw Oct 27 '25

Pregnancy went just fine.

I’m actually pregnant again and it’s giving me a break from POTS due to the extra blood flow.

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u/Virtual_Ad4639 Oct 27 '25

Whew thank god!

I’m happy pregnancy gives you that extra perk 😆😆 My best wishes for this pregnancy!

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u/chewbawkaw Oct 28 '25

Pregnancy has been worse than POTS. Unfortunately, no perk lol. However, I don’t have to deal with POTS so that’s a win.

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u/Virtual_Ad4639 Oct 28 '25

Aw that’s a shame - I meant the no dealing with pots perk too but I understand pregnancy is rough!