Long COVID
Mild → near normalIll 2 weeks before improving or writing
Long COVID with poor focus and feeling depressed, now nearly back to normal
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2 weeks
- Last post
- Jan 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I got Covid earlier this month and I also had it in 2022
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I took a multiple hour long nap after going for what is usually an easy run for me ... I feel brain dead because I cant work or focus at all
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
Im feeling alot better today just a bit tired.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I got Covid earlier this month and I also had it in 2022
In context ↗
Read from 5 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
A student with ongoing symptoms after a January 2024 COVID infection, having also had COVID in 2022. Within days of testing negative they could not think clearly or focus on schoolwork, slept for hours and felt more depressed than ever; training through it made them much worse. After about a week they began to improve, and by their last post they felt a lot better, just a bit tired.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- training through it · Worse
I tried training through it because I thought it would make me feel better but I felt way worse after.
In context ↗ - caffeine · No change
I drank caffeine, took Ashwagandha, vitamins and more, however, I dont feel any better.
In context ↗
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 |
|---|---|
| January 2024 | COVID infectionI got Covid earlier this month and I also had it in 2022In context ↗ |
| 2024-01-19 | after testing negative could not think or focus, slept for hours, felt very depressedthe past few days that I have been negative have been hellIn context ↗ |
| 2024-01-20 | crashed after training through itI tried training through it because I thought it would make me feel better but I felt way worse after.In context ↗ |
| 2024-01-20 | feeling somewhat better but still not normalIts only been about a week and im feeling somewhat better today but still not normal.In context ↗ |
| 2024-01-21 | feeling a lot better, just a bit tiredIm feeling alot better today just a bit tired.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
I tried training through it because I thought it would make me feel better but I felt way worse after.
In context ↗ - Brain fog
I cannot think clearly or focus at all on school/reading
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
I took a multiple hour long nap
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I feel far more depressed then ever before
In context ↗