I had this happen to me several times when I first developed POTS during my third trimester of pregnancy and it felt awful. I remember also trying to describe it to people as feeling like my body was waking me up so I could pass out. It startled me out of sleep and my chest and breathing and head all felt weird. I haven't had this happen since giving birth that I recall, I also got on metoprolol right after delivering so not sure if that helped.
Fainting In Sleep
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I had this happen to me several times when I first developed POTS during my third trimester of pregnancy and it felt awful. I remember also trying to describe it to people as feeling like my body was waking me up so I could pass out. It startled me out of sleep and my chest and breathing and head all felt weird. I haven't had this happen since giving birth that I recall, I also got on metoprolol right after delivering so not sure if that helped.