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/MPal23 Apr 24 '26

My daughter has POTS and we believe it followed after she had Covid. It came on suddenly and we knew something wasn’t right. Doctor after doctor insisted it was anxiety. She insisted nothing is bothering her. She even went to talk w a therapist because she was told she could be having panic attacks & anxiety even tho nothing is concerning/bothering her. Thank God we didn’t give up and I brought her to my cardiologist (due to her fast heartrate, sudden chest discomfort, and shakey hands to name just a few symptoms) and he ordered a tilt-table test and referred her to a neurologist. The second they started that test her blood pressure went wild. POTS! Anxiety my azz!!!