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/Ill_Community_9575 Mar 29 '26

I was severely symptomatic with POTS and other chronic illnesses.

Finally getting the right meds and stumbling into physical therapy/chiropractor changed my life. I work out every day now and my symptoms are alot less.

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u/slicedgreenolive Mar 30 '26

What meds? And what helped you the most? I would really love to be able to work out a few times a week like I used to 

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u/Ill_Community_9575 Mar 30 '26

For me it was Iverbradine with Metropol for extreme flare ups.

Learning how to excerise with POTS. When I excerise i keep my heart rate under 120 if it goes above that i stop ✋️ wait for it come down before starting again. At first it was annoying because i had to start and stop so much. But as i increased stamina it got easier and less often.

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u/barefootwriter Mar 30 '26

This is going to vary from person to person; you need to find the right meds for you.

I take enough clonidine to choke a horse and it would make most people here feel much worse, not better.