Long COVID with chest pain and breathlessness, now almost back to normal after time
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 18 months
- Last post
- Jun 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
So I’ve been having LC for like 7 months
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I started out having increased blood pressure, heart palpitations that felt like I was having a heart attack ... I’m a paraprofessional so I gotta talk a lot with my students
- Now: Near normal
I still think I have it just got better to the point barely feel it ... now I’m here, healthy again doing things I didn’t think I was going to do anymore!
- Began after: COVID
2 weeks ago last year was basically when my long covid started occurring so it’s been a year since I’ve gotten this
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Summary
They developed long COVID in November 2022, with heart palpitations, chest pain, breathlessness, dizziness and head pressure, while working as a paraprofessional. They improved gradually over about a year and a half, crediting mainly time, though they tried vitamin D and other vitamins, ginger, turmeric and kombucha without knowing whether these helped, reaching roughly 99% recovered by May 2024. Brief lightheadedness and tiredness remained.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- vitamin D · Helped
it has gotten better as I started taking vitamin D
In context ↗ - inhaler · Helped
I have an inhaler that somewhat helps me
In context ↗ - game supplements · No change
I've drank a lot of water, game supplements and all that but it really doesn't help
In context ↗ - showering with cold water · Helped
I'm gonna try showering with cold water cuz I've noticed that very time I do I feel more relived too
In context ↗ - B vitamins · Not said
I did take loads of vitamins such as D, B, multivitamin, advil, sleep more, loads of water
In context ↗ - time · Helped a lot
I think time healed me
In context ↗ - vitamin C · Not said
I tried loads of vitamins d and c, multivitamins
In context ↗ - ginger shots, ginger drinks, anything with ginger and turmeric · Not said
Loads of ginger shots, ginger drinks, anything with ginger and turmeric
In context ↗ - kombucha · Helped
Some kombucha too helped in a way
In context ↗
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. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2022 | long COVID began with palpitations, chest pain, breathlessness, dizziness, head pressure and brain fogI started out having increased blood pressure, heart palpitations that felt like I was having a heart attackIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2023-04-06 | heart rate back to normal, able to go to the gym again, head pressure easingI’ve improved on many areas, I can go to the gym againIn context ↗ | Mild | Vitamin D and sun exposure |
| 2023-07-14 | 80-85% recovered, resuming activities they used to like, shorter flaresI’ve gotten so much better compared to 6 months ago to the point I can resume things I used to like doing once againIn context ↗ | Mild | Time and spontaneous remission |
| 2023-11-19 | head pressure gone, no dizziness or breathlessness, 95% recoveredI can say I’m prolly like 95% recovered and maybe a little more!In context ↗ | Near normal | Time and spontaneous remission |
| 2024-05-05 | back to gym, skateboarding and running; 99% healed with brief lightheadedness and tirednessI’m to the point that I’m 99% healedIn context ↗ | Near normal |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Heart symptoms & palpitations
heart palpitations that felt like I was having a heart attack
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
really bad shortness of breath
In context ↗ - Brain fog
So I indeed got brain fog😭
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
my head pressure has completely disappeared to the point I barely feel anything
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
there’s still some small symptoms here and there where I will feel lightheaded
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
my anxiety calmed down and the depression it brought it’s going away
In context ↗ - Flu-like symptoms
which I like sick everyday
In context ↗
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