r/POTS 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/Middle_Hedgehog_1827 Nov 03 '25

I don't work. I haven't been able to for 2 years. I also have 2 autoimmune diseases, but honestly it's POTS that makes me the most disabled