Long COVID
Severe → recoveredIll 8 months before improving or writing
In bed most of eight months with long COVID, now recovered with time
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 8 months
- Last post
- Mar 2021
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
so yeah I'm a recovered covid long hauler.
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
In these 8 months I spend most of the time in the bed. Even the walk to the bathroom was an extremely daunting task.
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
I have been symptom free for > 3 month now! ... But now I'm back to normal in all respects
- Began after: COVID
despite having tested positive for covid
Read from 13 of their posts and comments; links to the 6 this page draws on
Summary
Long COVID began in April 2020 with bloody diarrhoea, cough, crippling fatigue and barely functioning cognition; they spent most of the next eight months in bed. Brain fog cleared by the end of July and the rest faded four months later. By March 2021 they had been symptom free for over three months and were back to all their previous activities, with only a slightly faster pulse on exertion. They credited time rather than the treatments they tried.
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What they tried
Also tried
anti-allergic syrup· Helped · wore offsome meds ( mainly to stop the bleeding )· No changevit c· No changea bunch of minerals· No changeinhaler· Worselow histamine diet· Not saidexercise· Not said
Their words about each treatment
- some meds ( mainly to stop the bleeding ) · No change
I was put on some meds ( mainly to stop the bleeding ) ... Nothing helped as much as I hoped though.
In context ↗ - vit c · No change
some other immunity boosters ( vit c and a bunch of minerals)
In context ↗ - anti-allergic syrup · Helped
there was an anti-allergic syrup that would relieve the respiratory symptoms just slightly and temporarily
In context ↗ - inhaler · Worse
At some pointed I tried out an inhaler ( I got it without prescription) but It ended up giving me headache and inexplicably exacerbating my symptoms.
In context ↗ - low histamine diet · Not said
I consumed mostly low histamine diet.
In context ↗ - exercise · Not said
I exercised every so often to evaluate any improvement of my condition
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 |
|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | COVID-19 with diarrhoea, cough, fatigue and cognitive problemsOn day 1 everything went upside down.In context ↗ | Severe |
| April–December 2020 | mostly in bed for eight monthsIn these 8 months I spend most of the time in the bed.In context ↗ | Severe |
| July 2020 | brain fog cleared to normal cognitionby the end of July my cognitive skills were back to normalIn context ↗ | Mild |
| November 2020 | remaining symptoms resolvedWithin 4 months of the abatement of the brain fog the rest went awayIn context ↗ | Recovered |
| March 2021 | symptom free over three months, back to previous activitiesI have been symptom free for > 3 month now!In context ↗ | Recovered |
Adverse events
- “At some pointed I tried out an inhaler ( I got it without prescription) but It ended up giving me headache and inexplicably exacerbating my symptoms.” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Gut problems
diarrhea with profuse blood in the beginning
In context ↗ - Brain fog
barely functioning cognition
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
I would come within an inch of passing out while showering!
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
a pulse that's a little bit faster than ideal on exertion
In context ↗