Weeks in ICU with COVID-19, long COVID with anxiety and depression, much better with work
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 5 months
- Last post
- Jul 2021
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Long hauling since then.
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
I’ve been out of the icu for about 4 months now.
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
The thing that has helped the most was working again.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I’ve been out of the icu for about 4 months now. Long hauling since then.
Read from 4 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
Birch 80303 spent weeks in the ICU with COVID-19 and was given ketamine, propofol, versed and fentanyl; ketamine left them hallucinating. Four months after leaving ICU they were still long hauling with anxiety and depression. Returning to work as a developer helped most; brain remediation at Cornell helped a little, and antihistamines helped the long haul but can cause heavy depression. A strep sinusitis had gone on six months with no antibiotic helping.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- ketamine · Much worse
I can’t describe it but that ketamine really messed me up.
In context ↗ - brain remediation at Cornell · Helped
I’ve done brain remediation at Cornell, it helped a tiny bit.
In context ↗ - working again · Helped
The thing that has helped the most was working again.
In context ↗ - H1 blockers · Helped
while antihistamines do help long haul they can also cause heavy depression, so can the benzos.
In context ↗ - H2 blockers · Not said
Other than that I take H1, H2 blockers everyday.
In context ↗ - Vitamin D · Not said
5k of Vitamin D, and a multivitamin.
In context ↗ - klonopin · Not said
I also take klonopin PRN.
In context ↗ - COVID vaccine · No change
I’ve gotten both doses myself, no relief here but hey I guess the protection is worth it.
In context ↗ - antibiotic · No change
Strep from hell that no antibiotic seems to affect.
In context ↗
Approaches: H1 antihistamines · Exercise and activity
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 2021 | COVID-19, weeks in ICU, hallucinationsI realized something wasn’t right when the first month in the hospital I started hallucinating.In context ↗ |
| 2021 | hallucinations on ketamine in ICUthat ketamine really messed me up. Ever since then I close my eyes and see thingsIn context ↗ |
| 2021-06-14 | back to work as a developer; brain remediation at CornellThe thing that has helped the most was working again.In context ↗ |
| 2021-07-06 | chronic strep sinusitis, no antibiotic helpedChronic sinusitis caused by strep going on 6 months now.In context ↗ |
Adverse events
- Ketamine“It’s a strong dissociative, I can’t describe it but that ketamine really messed me up. Ever since then I close my eyes and see things, I’m scared to close them.” In context ↗ Mood or psychiatric effects
- Ketamine“I spent weeks in the ICU hallucinating on it. Some of the worst and strongest hallucinations that haunt me to this day.” In context ↗ Other
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
I’ve done brain remediation at Cornell, it helped a tiny bit.
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
Oh I thought the anxiety and depression was universal at this point lol. I definitely have that too.
In context ↗
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