Light exercise/exertion causing nausea & other scary symptoms
Light exercise/exertion causing nausea & other scary symptoms
Hello, I was given a diagnosis of POTS by my general doctor & a cardiologist a few months back, as well as a heart scan & other tests (heart monitor, etc) taken. However, recently I’ve been really burdened by my body essentially shutting down when I do any kind of exertion.
My main concern right now is how when I participate in activities, I get scary symptoms. The other night I was being physically romantic with my partner, albeit in a light capacity as that’s as much I can do, when I started to get light headed, very nauseous, pins & needles in my left hand, general body tightness, & that overall impending doom feeling. I can start to feel like this just from basic physical activities.
Is this just the reality of POTS? Or should I be looking into something more serious with my cardiologist? I just don’t know what to do because it feels like I get turned away because I don’t have a clear & obvious problem to fix.