ME/CFS
Mild → no benefit
Suspected ME/CFS and POTS while working minimally, beta blockers gave no improvement
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Feb 2025
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
I have suspected CFS but I have been diagnosed with POTS for two years from a tilt table test.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
Caffeine, ADHD meds, and doing the smallest amount of work possible to keep my job.
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
I haven't had luck with any beta blockers to treat my POTS, just at home management with compression socks, increased hydration, and salt supplements.
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Summary
A person with suspected ME/CFS and with POTS diagnosed two years earlier by tilt table test, doing the smallest amount of work possible to keep their job, leaning on caffeine and ADHD medication with a breakdown every few weeks. Beta blockers did not help the POTS; they managed at home with compression socks, increased hydration and salt supplements. No improvement was described.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Caffeine · Not said
Caffeine, ADHD meds, and doing the smallest amount of work possible to keep my job.
In context ↗ - Doing the smallest amount of work possible to keep my job · Not said
doing the smallest amount of work possible to keep my job
In context ↗ - beta blockers · No change
I haven't had luck with any beta blockers to treat my POTS
In context ↗ - compression socks, increased hydration, and salt supplements · Not said
just at home management with compression socks, increased hydration, and salt supplements.
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Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| — | suspected ME/CFS with extreme fatigue, onset not describedI have suspected CFSIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2023 | POTS diagnosed by tilt table testI have been diagnosed with POTS for two years from a tilt table testIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2025-02-14 | still working the minimum needed to keep the job, with a breakdown every few weeksdoing the smallest amount of work possible to keep my job. Plus the standard breakdown every few weeksIn context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- POTS & dysautonomia
I have been diagnosed with POTS for two years from a tilt table test
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