Long COVID
Mild → somewhat betterIll 1 year before improving or writing
Long COVID swallowing trouble and twitching, some improvement with B12 and taurine
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 1 year
- Last post
- Jan 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I have a wide variety of LC symptoms, palpitation is one of them.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I myself cannot do that, it seems impossible.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
it has gotten easier to swallow since the beginning
In context ↗
Read from 7 of their posts and comments; links to the 7 this page draws on
Summary
With long COVID, they developed swallowing difficulty, muscle twitching and palpitations, and could not return to the gym. Pantoprazole did nothing, magnesium did not help the twitching, and NAC had no clear effect. B12 and taurine helped the twitching a little. Swallowing got easier over time, but twitching continued after a year.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Pantoprazol · No change
I myself was put on Pantoprazol for suspected GERD, bit that did not help me in anyway, so stopped taking it.
In context ↗ - magnesium · No change
Tried magnesium, B12, some forms of relaxation but here they are still 6 months later.
In context ↗ - B12 · Helped
Both or the other helped me a little bit, started taking them at the same time so can’t tell exactly which one, but still twitching a little bit though.
In context ↗ - NAC · Not said
I have been taking NAC for a couple of weeks now without any issues. Can’t unfortunately say if it has helped me, but it hasn’t done any harm :)
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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. The chart starts 6 months after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-18 | swallowing briefly normal for a week, then symptoms returnedthere was a week or so of semi-normal swallowing and I was so happy, then BOOM here we go againIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2024-08-19 | muscle twitching reduced, some twitch-free daysthey have reduced significantly, sometimes I have whole days without one twitchIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2024-09-27 | swallowing somewhat easier than at the startit has gotten easier to swallow since the beginningIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2025-01-30 | still twitching a little; small help from B12 and taurineBoth or the other helped me a little bitIn context ↗ | Mild | Vitamin B12 |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Heart symptoms & palpitations
palpitation is one of them
In context ↗ - Gut problems
I was first diagnosed with heartburn
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