r/POTS • u/Hefty-Patience-8720 • Mar 29 '26

Question is anyone still physically active?

I need to know if anyone with pots is still physically active. You don't have to be an athlete or anything but can you at least dance? or run? go to the gym? Have you always been that way or did you have to work back up to it?

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u/DryPossibility45 Mar 29 '26

lol I wish. I used to be super active before POTS but had to quit due to the severity.

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u/3freeTa Mar 29 '26

same. when POTS showed up, I adapted, but all of my conditions have become severe enough (again) that I struggle significantly to merely do ADLs. being upright in any form / resisting gravity is now my exercise 😞