So I was diagnosed with POTS late 2011 or early 2012, but I didn’t have it as severely as others and my mom wasn’t very supportive at the time, so I convinced myself I had “grown out of it” and just pushed through. Fast forward to spring 2023, and I began having a shortness of breath that I attributed to weight while others around me insisted it wasn’t normal even for someone with extra weight. I looked up POTS again and realized that it could explain my various symptoms that I deal with. I was able to get meds that help with my dizziness and BP, so that’s under control, but I’m still dealing with fatigue and headaches and brain fog and GI symptoms and everything else. But I’m able to drive/walk/climb stairs and I don’t pass out, so it leads me to wonder: do I actually have POTS?

Does anyone else have a form of POTS that doesn’t get so severe as to actually pass out? Everyone I hear from tends to seem more severe, so I’m wondering if there are others like me or if I’m actually misdiagnosed.