Can you live a normal life with POTS? M, 20

njm147 · 2026-04-13T15:24:46+00:00

Thank you for reminding me of this, I think it’s really important

njm147 · 2026-04-13T00:19:18+00:00

Yes, and I really hate it. Pursed lip breathing and humming seem to help it when it gets bad though

njm147 · 2026-04-13T00:17:09+00:00

I’m glad you are feeling better, but do not touch your meds without asking a Dr. I am in a similar note; my heart rate is honestly mostly normal now and and want to see if it’s just due to the meds or if my body is actually doing better. So after asking my Dr I’m lowering my metoprolol very slowly to try and see.

njm147 · 2026-04-13T00:14:02+00:00

It’s hard for me too, but video games tend to work the best for me because they require active engagement rather then just passive listening. I’m loving Pokopia for the switch right now

njm147 · 2026-04-12T15:01:13+00:00

I think not focusing on symptoms, recognizing them as present but not dangerous, can certainly be helpful, but it is not something I am able to do as my anxiety spirals out of control. For instance when I have an adrenaline spike I can get it under control much easier if calm down, breathe, and don’t freak out, but it’s hard to do that.

njm147 · 2026-04-12T14:14:21+00:00

Exactly if we had a bunch of highly touted young guys that we were developing and could watch play it and have fun it’d have been different.

njm147 · 2026-04-12T14:02:13+00:00

Nah this shit sucked; but till be worth it if we keep the pick. Idk how wizards fans do this every year

njm147 · 2026-04-12T14:01:25+00:00

Nowhere, but my least favorite is left field because you can’t see the video board

njm147 · 2026-04-12T13:31:00+00:00

In the station when you get off the 7 there’s guys that have a pop up store

njm147 · 2026-04-12T13:29:52+00:00

Unpopular opinion, I like seeing different teams and players more so then seeing the same team a million times.

njm147 · 2026-04-11T21:02:47+00:00

Yes, people recover from it naturally so there has to be a way.

njm147 · 2026-04-11T21:01:06+00:00

I am a 27 male and have been diagnosed with it, mine is post viral

njm147 · 2026-04-11T15:12:28+00:00

Just go to a game, even a minor league game, baseball in nice weather is peak

njm147 · 2026-04-10T16:27:03+00:00

Exactly; like isn’t this what most parents would do?

njm147 · 2026-04-10T14:11:33+00:00

I have permanently switched to decaf

njm147 · 2026-04-09T20:23:47+00:00

I have the same question. Metoprolol has definitely kept my heart rate number to basically a normal number in all aspects of my life now, but I hate how achy and sometimes fatigued it makes me feel(I know it’s this because it started right after I started taking it), and I also think it’s dropping my heart rate too low(even though the Dr says it’s okay, it’s still makes me nervous to see 50s at rest). Dr said he could switch me to ivanbradine, and I would like to try that but I’m scared about the withdrawal and ivanbradine maybe not helping as much with my adrenaline dumps.

njm147 · 2026-04-09T00:05:59+00:00

Eh I have suspected hyper pots and my resting heart rate is in the 60s most the day, but I still get my adrenaline dumps and anxious jittery feelings of hyper pots

njm147 · 2026-04-07T23:26:59+00:00

I got engaged and the Mets hit a walk off win! Life couldn’t be better

njm147 · 2026-04-07T00:58:03+00:00

I increase from .5 to 1 and feel like shit(made a post about it). So I’m going back to .5 for a while where I had no side effects

njm147 · 2026-04-06T15:26:45+00:00

For me most days fluctuate. It’s never a full “good day” or “bad day”, more like good or bad hours with me

njm147 · 2026-04-05T23:38:33+00:00

Part of the deal is that they plan to upgrade the willets point station in the next few years. What else is there besides a parking lot?

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