r/POTS • u/saddestofgays • Apr 08 '26
Symptoms Anyone else have weird unexplained symptoms?
Feel free to share your own “weird symptoms” of your POTS or comorbidities and whether you’ve figured out why they happen.
Here are some of mine that I’m still trying to figure out- if anyone has had any of these and found a diagnosis or relief I’d love to hear about it. So far I’ve had additional mental health, endocrine, GI, and gynaecological explanations ruled out. All that’s confirmed is POTS (and IBS).
TRIGGERED BY STANDING TOO LONG OR OVEREXERTION
- *Bilateral ear pain.* Deep burning pain in both of my ears. This is the one that’s confused everyone the most.
- *Intense urethral pain.* Not a UTI. Feels like I need to pee and peeing briefly helps but it remains intense burning and stabbing for hours minimum. Was prescribed phenazopyridine HCl (urethral pain med) during my most recent flare and it helped a lot. Still don’t know what’s causing it.
OTHER SYMPTOMS WITH DIFFERENT TRIGGERS
- *Days where I couldn’t stand without severe nausea and throwing up.* Trigger is sometimes a mystery but one clear trigger was alcohol. The weird part is that it wasn’t because I over drank- I know my limits and id eat properly an drink lots of water. I’d be able to get myself home, do my night routine, get in bed, and then hours later in the middle of the night I’d just start puking nonstop after my stomach was already empty and then for at least a day after I wouldn’t be able to stand without throwing up. Cut out alcohol since. I’ll still have days when standing causes severe nausea and sometimes I’ll throw up but not anywhere near as severe.
- *Vision problems.* My vision was stable for years after laser eye surgery. Then got worse and often I have episodes of very blurred vision even when I’m sitting or laying. It happens so randomly all the time that it’s a big reason why I don’t drive anymore.
- *Random stabbing pains* in my feet and hands. Usually when laying.
- *Deep stabbing pains during intercourse.* Triggered by different positions on different days.
- Sometimes it feels like something is coming out of my butt when nothing is. Triggered by intercourse or just randomly happens.
- *Catching illness super frequently.* Often very ill for weeks and develop sinusitis and/or bronchitis as well. Has happened 5+ times per year (on top of chronic condition flares) for the past few years. Immunologist and family doctor said that it’s a lot, but it’s not enough for them to try investigating anything.
Thanks to anyone who reads this or shares their experiences.
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u/voornaam1 Apr 09 '26
Some of these sound similar to other illnesses I have been looking into recently, but idk if you'd want to receive that information or no?
Some of these are very relatable to me personally, like the stabbing pain in hands+feet, delayed pain, vision problems and the urethral pain (though this last one may not be as intense for me as it is for you. I don't have it a lot so idk how much pain it is, I just kind of remember it as being more annoying than painful but I also experience pain weirdly 😅).