Long COVID with heavy fatigue, improved then relapsed after a second infection
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 1 year
- Last post
- Dec 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
After enduring lingering symptoms for the majority of this year
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
I finally started feeling like myself again just recently. I've just been diagnosed with COVID once more, a whole year later. ... Just when I started to feel like myself and have hope, the struggle returns.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
Almost a year has passed since my initial battle with COVID.
In context ↗
Summary
A COVID infection around the start of 2023 left them with lingering long-COVID symptoms and heavy fatigue for most of the year. Late in 2023 they began feeling like themselves again, without crediting any treatment, then caught COVID a second time a year after the first and feared another long haul. Benfotiamine made their fatigue worse; magnesium alone added none. They were deciding between steroids and Paxlovid.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Benfotiamine · Worse
I was taking it during the day and noticed I was even more fatigued than usual, so I switched to taking it at night with the magnesium.
In context ↗ - magnesium · Not said
I am trying the magnesium by itself. So far no new added fatigue or other symptoms.
In context ↗ - steroids (prednisone) · Helped
I unknowingly started steroids before realizing I had COVID ... Usually prednisone helps me
Approaches: Other drugs and medicines
Their path
What they say at each step doesn’t fit the worst point or outcome above on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| early 2023 | initial COVID infection, then lingering symptoms for most of the yearAlmost a year has passed since my initial battle with COVID.In context ↗ |
| late 2023 | started feeling like themselves againI finally started feeling like myself again just recentlyIn context ↗ |
| 2023-12-20 | diagnosed with COVID a second time a year later; hope of recovery lostI've just been diagnosed with COVID once more, a whole year later. Just when I started to feel like myself and have hope, the struggle returns.In context ↗ |
Adverse events
- Thiamine / benfotiamine“I was taking it during the day and noticed I was even more fatigued than usual” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Anxiety & low mood
I'm anxious about facing another prolonged ordeal.
In context ↗
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