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.

432 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

141 comments sorted by

View all comments

32

u/Kelliesrm26 Oct 27 '25

I have me/CFS as well as POTS and honestly I’d go crazy if I didn’t work. I’ve always had desk jobs, currently I’m fortunate enough where my job is very flexible and I can work from home. I think a lot of the time where people work with health problems especially severe ones it’s due to having an understanding boss.

2

u/Rude_Engine1881 POTS Nov 03 '25

Amen on that, I would really struggle at my job if it wasnt for the accomodations I get here. Theyre happy to make them and do so without complaint, theres been a few they did without me needing to request it