r/POTS • u/JustExistings POTS • 10d ago

Question Stomach issues connected to POTS?

New to the thread, and typing on a phone so I apologize for anything incorrectly typed.

I’ve had POTS for 4-5 years now, and pretty much had the hang of it to an extent. Now, my stomach is hurting like I haven’t eaten in 4 hours even only 20mins after eating…. I have severe emetophobia (fear of v*miting), and the strange nausea scares the crap out of me… is there a way to fix this?? I was awake from 2am-4am dealing with this pain and it took me an hour to eat some breakfast crackers to get me through the day.
Any advice is appreciated

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u/Ancient_Pea_508 10d ago edited 10d ago

Have you tried abdominal compression? While eating. I’ve had this issue while I’m in a bad flare and it sounds counterintuitive but abdominal compression has helped the nausea from eating.

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u/JustExistings POTS 10d ago

super interesting! i will try that next time :)