fellow orthostatic intolerants! I call upon ye. lend me your syncopal skills and help me find a reclining office chair
do you faint or near faint or seize and have a good reclining chair?
(and anyone else who knows about reclining office chairs)
leans back as far as possible (bonus if it can be locked in the reclining position)
footrest raises as close to heart/head level as possible when reclined. if feet can go above head level that would be the best possible outcome. sometimes positions like these are called "zero gravity" but ~160+ degrees reclining would be great. a lesser recline is more viable if the footrest can go higher. to faint less: head down, feet up!
has good wheels or is compatible with other good wheels (bonus if wheels can be locked)
sturdy base and unlikely to flip even if someone rolls me while in the reclined position like a wheel chair
bonus points if the arm rests are really adjustable or removable or can flip out of the way but not entirely necessary if the chair is solid to lose consciousness in
if a chair can recline back really well, and does not have a footrest, but has a sturdy as FUCK base that is less likely to fall over if I suddenly seize, then let me know about those too! the steelcase gesture is like that right
basically a good office chair to faint in. or to attempt to abort a faint. or to possibly have a reclining seizure in.
a lot of office chair suggestion threads on reddit tend to land at, "get a good ergonomic office chair and a different stationary lounging recliner". so I want to say ahead of time: I will also need a normal non-wheely recliner, I might also also need a regular ergonomic office chair, but I also also also need a recliner that has wheels. depending on the fainting episode, I will not be able to transfer to another chair before I lose consciousness.
there are full reclining workstations that come on wheels too where you can mount a monitor directly above your face. maybe some day I will get one of those. but for now
tell me what you use! or have used. or know of. there are a million generic reclining office chairs of varying likelihood to break if I faint on them so I really need specific recommendations and Not just picking from random companies that come up when searching different search terms that Technically Work but are probably. not the best in build quality or quality control
you do not need to faint or near faint to tell me what you use, but if you DO have orthostatic intolerance or seizures or any kind of presyncope or syncope, please let me know how your chair works for episodes! thank you!