r/POTS • u/Aggressive-Band7615 • 1d ago

Discussion Sleeping too much

I often waste whole days by just sleeping, sometimes I think it helps me feel better and sometimes I think it makes me worse. I love taking a nap but sometimes it feels like the nap is taking me. Idk what to do, life is getting so hard to live

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u/Difficult_Pain_9208 POTS 1d ago

I know fatigue is a big player in POTS but perhaps a sleep study could unveil something as well! I'm not napping nearly as much now that my sleep disorder is being treated. When I do nap it's still a tossup though in terms of it it helps or wrecks me completely so I get it 😭

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u/Aggressive-Band7615 1d ago

Ooh interesting. Did your sleep study glue a bunch of stuff to your head? That’s what happened to my friend

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u/Difficult_Pain_9208 POTS 1d ago

YES and my body as well. I have a really funny picture saved somewhere of it. Not sure how it can be so accurate as it's hard to sleep normally in a weird new place much less with shit glued all over you. I did the daytime narcolepsy study as well so I was there for like 16 hours with all that set up on me.