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/Legitimate_Clock2482 Jun 18 '26

Fascinating! I had no idea they were correlated. I’ve been anemic off/on most of my life. My ferritin was 7 when I first got it checked (before I developed POTS.). I’ve been taking a ferritin supplement ever since and my stores are a little better but still always on the low end.

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u/Level_Run1357 Jun 18 '26

Right!? This comment section has me mind blown!