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Condition not stated Moderate → no benefitIll for 9 months

Wiped out by daily tasks after COVID, still getting viral symptoms and sore throats

Condition
Condition not stated
At worst
Moderate (mostly housebound)
Ill for
9 months
Last post
May 2025
In their words
  • Condition: Condition not statedNot sure if it’s long covid/CFs or what In context ↗
  • At worst: Moderategetting wiped out from basic daily activities In context ↗
  • Now: No benefitMonths later, around November, I began suffering from frequent infection, feeling like I have the flu after working out, muscle/bone soreness, breathlessness from simple tasks, pretty much all the POTS symptoms, and getting wiped out from basic daily activities. In context ↗
  • Began after: COVIDI had covid three times in three years, my third being in August 2024
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Summary

After a third COVID infection in August 2024, they developed brain fog and extreme fatigue; blood work was normal and it was put down to depression. From November they had frequent infections, flu-like feelings after working out, muscle and bone soreness, breathlessness and POTS symptoms, and were wiped out by basic daily activities. By May 2025 they were still getting recurrent viral symptoms and sore throats, with monocytes still raised.

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What they tried

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Their words about each treatment
  • Wellbutrin · HelpedI was prescribed Wellbutrin, which slightly relieved the fatigue In context ↗

Their path

Very severeSevereModerateMildNear normalRecoveredonset3 mo6 mo9 mo

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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WhenWhat happenedWhere they were
August 2024third COVID infection followed by brain fog and extreme fatiguemy third being in August 2024. Each time the infection hit me pretty hard, and after the third time I had a lot of brain fog, extreme fatigue, and just felt off In context ↗Mild
November 2024frequent infections, flu-like after working out, POTS symptoms, wiped out by daily activitiesI began suffering from frequent infection, feeling like I have the flu after working out, muscle/bone soreness, breathlessness from simple tasks, pretty much all the POTS symptoms, and getting wiped out from basic daily activities In context ↗Moderate
May 2025still getting recurrent viral symptoms and sore throatsI have also been getting sick a lot, or one big virus will be followed by mini symptom (especially sore throat) resurgences every couple of weeks In context ↗Moderate

Symptoms mentioned

Their words about their symptoms
  • Brain fogafter the third time I had a lot of brain fog In context ↗
  • Flu-like symptomsfeeling like I have the flu after working out In context ↗
  • POTS & dysautonomiapretty much all the POTS symptoms In context ↗
  • Pain & fibromyalgiamuscle/bone soreness In context ↗
  • Breathlessnessbreathlessness from simple tasks In context ↗
  • Anxiety & low moodAs someone with bad health anxiety these frequent colds/viral symptoms/mini colds/mysterious other symptoms have been very scary In context ↗

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