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Student_girl

Updated 11mo ago

POTS and Periods: Does Anyone Else Experience Worsened Symptoms?

Does anyone else’s pots act up when they’re on their period? Mine does and it sucks in too of cramps and everything else.

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Avery_18

2y

YES 100%
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Avery_18

2y

Drink lots of water and have a bunch of salty stuff liquid iv is really good for electrolytes
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Skashoozled

2y

Yeah, getting on some sort of birth control like an IUD really helped me. I'm usually super fatigued during my period, but after getting on nuva ring I stopped getting periods so it wasn't a big deal anymore.
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Teee

2y

✋ me!! I completely feel for you!! It’s awful :(
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Nor_Easter

2y

Yes absolutely!! I actually started using the pill to not get my period anymore because of this (my doctor suggested this!). It’s been LIFE changing to not have a huge increase in symptoms every month
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KitKat1450

2y

Yes! I put that together within the last week. The times I’ve actually passed out have been when I’m on my period. I have been on depo provers shots on and off for years to help with endometriosis and it helps so much for both but I still notice POTS symptoms are worse when I cramp (don’t actually get a period anymore though) and just need to be more careful of that when it happens.
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Beeble

2y

oh absolutely its so terrible
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TaylorCZ

2y

Yes! My heart rate and blood pressure go insanely out of control. I make sure I stay hydrated and have my electrolytes. Have you tried liquid IV or salt chews? They have helped me SO MUCH!!
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KitKat1450

2y

I’ve been on depo provera shot to manage my endometriosis for the past 15 year on and off and that definitely helps POTS symptoms. When I’ve not been on it and I have my period I pass out much easier and feel much worse. It doesn’t completely get rid of it but it’s much more manageable.
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WhiteRaven

2y

I finally got a hysterectomy thank goodness.
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Blobster

2y

My periods would mess with my pots so badly that I would lay in my bathroom floor with a bottle of water and saltine crackers (this was before being diagnosed with pots) my cramps would be so bad I would just vomit a lot. Anytime I got up off the floor I would pass out. Anyone that saw me would tell me how paper white I was

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