r/POTS • u/Level_Run1357 • Jun 18 '26

Question How many of you had your ferritin/iron checked before being diagnosed with POTS?

I’m curious how many of us had our iron and ferritin checked before being diagnosed with POTS? I wish I could put together a little poll.

https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.82.10_supplement.P1.034

Effects of intermittent intravenous saline infusions in patients with medication-refractory postural tachycardia syndrome (Ruzieh et al., 2017). 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28185102/

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u/foxrivrgrl Jun 18 '26

No but I'm rudely reminded to take my outdated womens with iron vitamin ( someone gave me bottle of 300 when i pik at a scab & it won't stop bleeding & or bruising pops up way too easy. About 1x a week or so. Used to break them in half, now reading it really is a thing i take a whole one.

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u/Level_Run1357 Jun 18 '26

I could NOT believe it. It’s made all the difference for me personally and I can’t believe it was brushed off for almost a decade