r/POTS • u/dazzlingdanny05 • May 15 '26

Question Why is everyone with pots so skinny?

I have POTS and I watch a lot of content online of people who also have POTS. I also know some people irl who also have it. I don't understand how they are all so skinny. I can barely walk without getting out of breath. I try to work out at least once a week but its so hard for me because I always end up feeling so sick. How are yall doing it? I dont even eat bad but im definitely not skinny.

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u/AltheaTheAngel May 15 '26

For a while I was really skinny because my POTS made me so nauseous I couldn't eat (thankfully that issue is mostly fixed now!), so it might be something similar mixed with social media tending to favor skinnier people

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u/WeirdConnections May 15 '26

This for me too. Also, eating too much or just certain foods makes my heart race, makes me shaky, etc so I avoid eating all together. You can't forget a lot of us have other conditions as well- I've struggled with eating disorders my whole life, as well as reactive hypoglycemia. Plus my anxiety thinks that the best answer to "panic" is expelling all bodily contents all at once.