Exercise recommendations for someone with POTS

[bellanoise]

Hi all, I've been going to the gym consistently for the best part of 2 years but I recently started having dizzy spells whenever I stood up, got too hot or over exerted. Both in the gym and just in day to day life. Popped myself along to my GP as soon as it started happening and have been having testing done which has today been given the official diagnosis of POTS. My GP has advised that I adapt my workouts to be mainly seated with no overly heavy lifting incase I pass out and injure myself. Does anyone have any suggestions on seated (or at the very least supported), low impact exercise that will still yield decent results? Does anyone else in here have POTS and have any advice in general on how to help it? 💖

 

[SoCalGirl]

Hi Bellanoise. The last month or so I have been getting dizzy/sick at workout. I was wondering what the heck this is. I will look into POTS. I have had low BP my whole life. I read somewhere that a side effect of Reta is dizziness. I've also ordered some electrolytes to add to my water, evidently that is a thing you can do, too. You HAVE to lift fairly heavy to keep the lean muscle weight on your body. Maybe the safest thing for you to do - use the machines at your gym. That way you can stay seated and get the leg pushes in, you can go quite heavy. And you are seated, so if you do feel faint - you are seated. Your gym should have all the seated machines so you can also work upper body, core, back. I will let you know if the electroytes help me. I may also reduce my Reta from 3mg to 2mg. I'm 6' so I have a long way to fall, lol, believe me I want a cure!!

 

[laansasa]

Hi all, I've been going to the gym consistently for the best part of 2 years but I recently started having dizzy spells whenever I stood up, got too hot or over exerted. Both in the gym and just in day to day life. Popped myself along to my GP as soon as it started happening and have been having testing done which has today been given the official diagnosis of POTS. My GP has advised that I adapt my workouts to be mainly seated with no overly heavy lifting incase I pass out and injure myself. Does anyone have any suggestions on seated (or at the very least supported), low impact exercise that will still yield decent results? Does anyone else in here have POTS and have any advice in general on how to help it? 💖

My boyfriend got POTS from.long covid and was bed-ridden for 9 months. His doctor prescribed a beta blocker to reduce cortisol, which is what is triggering heart fluctuations. He has a hard time with exercise and gets exhausted easily from just being at a flea market too long.
He has been able to reduce his beta blocker meds that were causing bad eyesight after 3 years of use with supplements. It is a long list (some mostly to reduce high cortisol) including ashwaganda KSM66, phosphatydilserine, Ubiquinol, L theanine, magnesium glycinate, and taurine. He also takes NAD+, fish oil, NAC, D3K2, quercetin, along with a good brand of multivitamins. He feels a lot better.