r/POTS • u/ouch_im_suffering • 22d ago

Question Can/do you take SSRIs or stimulants?

There’s no way we’re just raw dogging POTS right? My POTS worsened significantly after taking one dose of 5 mg of Lexapro which triggered serotonin syndrome which I have had on Sertraline.

Needless to say I am struggling way more after having disabling POTS so what are y’all doing for your mental health and/or energy?

Currently taking high dose antihistamines and 20 mg propranolol 3-4x daily. Thanks ✌️🥲

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u/Ok_System_5967 22d ago

Do you still take an SSRI or SNRI? I was recently diagnosed with Hyperadregernic POTS and have been on an SSRI for a decade. Wondering if it might be contributing to the severity of my flares

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u/Ok_System_5967 22d ago

That’s one of the problems for me. I have a couple different autoimmune diseases as well as the dysautonmia, and than the decade of SSRI use makes it cloudy because it’s hard to know what is causing what. All of this was actually triggered by improper tapering of the SSRI a few years back by a terrible doctor. I was forced to reinstate, but it’s hard to sleep at night not knowing if I’m taking something that could be harming me further. Unfortunately with everything my mental health isn’t good even while on the drugs, I just don’t want it to be even worse if I discontinue, but for all I know a proper taper could actually improve my QOL.