Long COVID
Mild → somewhat betterIll 4.5 years before improving or writing
Long COVID breathlessness and anxiety, somewhat better after breathing and humming
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 4.5 years
- Last post
- Dec 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I've had lc 4.5 years
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
PEM is still my main problem as I spend after work and days off just trying to rest from work
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
Those issues are gone but PEM is still my main problem
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I've had lc 4.5 years
In context ↗
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Summary
Heron 14428 had long COVID for 4.5 years. When they started back to work a few years ago, re-regulating their breathing and low-tone humming helped a lot: the shortness of breath and anxiety/vibrating feeling went away. Post-exertional malaise stayed the main problem, with after-work hours and days off spent resting from work. They continued working.
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What they tried
Their words about each treatment
- re-regulating my breathing and low tone humming · Helped
trying to re-regulate my breathing and doing low tone humming ... helped me a lot
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Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, with time counted from when the illness began. Hover or tap a point. The chart starts 2 years after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| about 4.5 years before December 2025 | long COVID beganI've had lc 4.5 yearsIn context ↗ | Not stated | |
| a few years ago | returned to work; breathing re-regulation and low-tone humming eased breathlessness and anxietyI found that trying to re-regulate my breathing and doing low tone humming when I started back to work a few years ago ... helped me a lotIn context ↗ | Mild | Meditation, yoga, breathwork |
| 2025-12-18 | still working, with after-work hours and days off spent restingPEM is still my main problem as I spend after work and days off just trying to rest from workIn context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
PEM is still my main problem as I spend after work and days off just trying to rest from work
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
freaking out from symptoms such as sob
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
symptoms such as sob and anxiety/vibrating feeling. Those issues are gone
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