Constant fight-or-flight and heart rate worry with long COVID, somewhat better on Lexapro
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Jul 2025
In their words
- Now: Somewhat better
it 1000000 percent made me able to live somewhat normally again without worrying about my heart rate
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Summary
The user reported that going on Lexapro really helped the fight-or-flight feeling they had been dealing with and the constant worry about their heart rate, and that it made them able to live somewhat normally again. They said they had not had depression issues, and described the antidepressant as the one thing that really helped.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- Lexapro · Helped
one thing that REALLY helped me with the fight or flight was going on Lexapro ... it 1000000 percent made me able to live somewhat normally again without worrying about my heart rate
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Approaches: SSRIs
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Anxiety & low mood
one thing that REALLY helped me with the fight or flight was going on Lexapro
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without worrying about my heart rate
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