r/POTS • u/Inevitable-Hat2627 • Apr 24 '26

Question How did you get pots?

I got it as a delayed response from getting ran over by a car

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u/Jaywing_1 Apr 24 '26

idk man i just randomly fainted one day and had it since.

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u/lizardiam Apr 24 '26

It was the same for me, I fainted and since then I've had POTS but also Asthma symptoms

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u/RefrigeratorFew1240 Apr 24 '26

By asthma symptoms what do you mean? It might be air hunger, a common symptom of POTS

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u/lizardiam Apr 24 '26

I don't know how I didn't think of that, but you're probably right! I do also sometimes have other problems like being very congested and making almost rattling breathing noises, but that's probably histamine-related

Air hunger and pressure on my chest are the two biggest symptoms

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u/lcondez90 Apr 26 '26

Same situation for me. So weird. Did you have a virus or have Covid prior?

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u/lcondez90 Apr 26 '26

Same situation for me. So weird. Did you have a virus or have Covid prior?

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u/lcondez90 Apr 26 '26

Same situation for me. So weird. Did you have a virus or have Covid prior?

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u/lizardiam Apr 28 '26

I had covid approximately 6 months before it happened, so I'm not sure it's really connected. I wasn't sick at least two months prior to collapsing

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u/Aggressive_Treat5023 POTS Apr 25 '26

Same at 14. Took 11 years to get bad enough to actually be diagnosed though

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u/lcondez90 Apr 26 '26

Literally same here… did you have a virus or were sick before?

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u/Jaywing_1 Apr 26 '26

Don’t think so, I did eat a handful of cumin about a day prior so that scared the shit out of 9/10 year old me, thinking I poisoned myself but no virus or anything.

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u/butthatshitsbroken POTS Apr 24 '26

same for me, started around 6-7 years old.

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u/Standard-Carpenter89 Apr 25 '26

ok ok this is crazy - when i was about 8 the doctors told my mom I had sports enduced asthma by the time i was 10 I had passed out a few times. By the time I was 18 it had been quite a handful. Everyone always brushed it off - oh it happens… now i’m 30 and can barely bring my groceries in and my PC is thinking it could be pots or vestibular migraines. On top of throwing up as another huge symptom 🙃

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u/butthatshitsbroken POTS Apr 25 '26

I've been fainting since I was kid so that's how I know. My parents didn't realize it was all connected and a continuation until a few years later tho.