Long COVID
Mild → no benefitIll for 4 years
Dizzy and unable to work with long COVID; treatments brought no lasting change
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- 4 years
- Last post
- Sep 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Finally saw a naturopath and she said she thinks I have long covid.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I absolutely love my job and am just heartbroken I can’t be there. ... I wanna go out with my friends and have drinks and not have to worry that I’m gonna be spinning so badly that I’ll throw up.
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
I’ve been suffering for years now and I’m only 26!
In context ↗ - Began after: another virus
I got very sick with what they told me was a bit of pneumonia/bronchitis
- Says they never had: Mast cell (MCAS) & allergies
I don’t have allergies and never have
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
They fell ill in 2021 while studying in England, with pneumonia/bronchitis followed by months of repeated viral infections, chest and leg pain, fevers and sore throats. Their illness settled into constant dizziness with sinus and ear pain. A naturopath suggested long COVID with POTS and NAC; high-dose sodium, betahistine and a steroid spray brought no lasting change. They were still dizzy and unable to work, worse after a seasonal virus.
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What they tried
Also tried
sinus steroid spray· Helpedbetahistine medication· No changesodium drinks, feet up and careful standing· No changemeds for strong allergies· Not saideply manoeuvre· Not saidNAC· Not said
Their words about each treatment
- meds for strong allergies · Not said
The family doctor tried giving me meds for strong allergies (I don’t have allergies and never have)
In context ↗ - betahistine medication · No change
she also tried a betahistine medication for dizziness and it didn’t do anything
In context ↗ - sinus steroid spray · Helped
she gave me sinus steroid spray (feels nice when I’m really clogged up but really doesn’t do anything long term)
In context ↗ - eply manoeuvre · Not said
she’s tried the eply manoeuvre
In context ↗ - NAC · Not said
she recommended a medication called NAC. Which I have been taking now for a few months but the NAC medication is supposed to take 6 months to a year to start working
In context ↗ - sodium drinks, feet up and careful standing · No change
So I tried drinking a sodium drinks with really high amounts like 3000/4000mg a day to see if it would get better or putting my feet up and being careful when I stand but no change.
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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 |
|---|---|
| 2021 | fell very ill while studying abroad in EnglandI studied abroad in 2021 and within a week of being in England I got very sick with what they told me was a bit of pneumonia/bronchitis.In context ↗ |
| 2021–2022 | sick the whole 8 months abroad, emergency visits for severe painI kept having to go to emergency bc of the pain getting so bad while I was sickIn context ↗ |
| after returning home | illness narrowed to sinus pain and constant dizziness; many specialists, no diagnosisEventually it narrowed in on a few symptoms …Mostly sinus issues (alot of pain in my nose and ears, and lots of phlegm) and horrible dizziness without a seeming cause.In context ↗ |
| 2025-09-29 | still dizzy and unable to be at their jobI absolutely love my job and am just heartbroken I can’t be there.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- POTS & dysautonomia
horrible dizziness without a seeming cause
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
Chest pain, leg pain
In context ↗ - Flu-like symptoms
fevers, sore throats
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
I also watch my heart rate on my watch when I’m up or walking to see if it spikes
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