Long COVID
Mild → recoveredIll 22 months before improving or writing
Long COVID with post-exertional malaise, now back to normal after general anaesthesia
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 22 months
- Last post
- May 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
the LC brought on the PA
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I was on the verge of stopping work because of extreme fatigue and PEM.
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
Normal. Energy was back, no brain fog, I could walk 5 miles without repercussions.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
less so than what I had with LC
Summary
Pelican 62011 had long COVID with extreme fatigue and post-exertional malaise for about 22 months, close to stopping work. Modafinil helped for a fortnight, then left them struggling for energy with hot flashes and breathlessness. The day after general anaesthesia for cataract surgery they felt normal, energy back, no brain fog, walking five miles without repercussions, and it held. They were later diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis.
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What they tried
Also tried
general anesthesia for cataract procedure· Helped a lotmodafinil· Worse
Their words about each treatment
- modafinil · Worse
I was on modafinil for a month and for last two weeks it didn’t provide same boost, but rather left me struggling for energy, having hot flashes, and occasionally out of breath (which did not happen before).
In context ↗ - general anesthesia for cataract procedure · Helped a lot
Then I had general anesthesia for 15-20 minutes for cataract procedure. The next day I felt fine, the sort of fine I hadn’t felt for 22 months. Normal. Energy was back, no brain fog, I could walk 5 miles without repercussions.
In context ↗
Their path
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| onset | long COVID with extreme fatigue and post-exertional malaiseI was on the verge of stopping work because of extreme fatigue and PEM.In context ↗ | Mild |
| 20 mo | close to stopping work from extreme fatigue and PEM | Mild |
| 22 mo | felt normal the day after general anaesthesia for a cataract procedureThe next day I felt fine, the sort of fine I hadn’t felt for 22 months. Normal. Energy was back, no brain fog, I could walk 5 miles without repercussions.In context ↗ | Recovered |
| 2025-05-04 | no long COVID recurrence but diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis with fatigue flaresAnd I have not had a recurrence but I subsequently got diagnosed with psoriatic arthritisIn context ↗ | Recovered |
Adverse events
- Modafinil / armodafinil“I was on modafinil for a month and for last two weeks it didn’t provide same boost, but rather left me struggling for energy, having hot flashes, and occasionally out of breath (which did not happen before).” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
extreme fatigue and PEM
In context ↗ - Brain fog
Energy was back, no brain fog
In context ↗