For me, being on my period - especially the first two days - is absolute hell. The pain coupled with the blood loss makes me feel so weak & faint when I’m already feeling that way due to POTS. I wish people understood this. I called out from work because I can’t stand up for very long without feeling like I’m about to go down — and I feel so guilty because I’m not “sick” and I should just tough it out. I can tell that my work friends are annoyed with me because they always check on me when I call out and they haven’t. I feel like a burden to everyone. I don’t know how to make people understand that I’d rather be at work than be dealing with all of this.