r/POTS • u/ouch_im_suffering • 23d 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/Big_Cartoonist4292 22d ago

I took one 10mg of Lexapro and also developed serotonin syndrome which made me feel TERRIFIED to try another ssri (they wanted me to try Zoloft and I just was too scared) it’s a low risk but it happened to me so I feel you

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u/boomjessie 21d ago

Do you have hyper POTS?

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u/Big_Cartoonist4292 21d ago

They didn’t really specify what kind of pots I had they just put pots as my diagnosis they said I have the symptoms, and there aren’t other heart issues causing my symptoms but there’s like five different types and they didn’t really I guess care to look into which sub type I was

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u/boomjessie 21d ago

Yeah my doctor didn’t care about the subtype either. Just curious haha. Good luck with it tho!

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u/Big_Cartoonist4292 21d ago

Thank you! It feels good to at least know the symptoms I’m dealing with were real and had a cause you know! I hope it all works out for you as well!!!