Long COVID
Moderate → somewhat betterIll 3 years before improving or writing
Long COVID with ME/CFS, brain fog and POTS, bedridden after a day up, a bit better now
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 3 years
- Last post
- May 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I got long COVID in 2022
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
I’m on disability now, but I’m still nowhere close to being able to go back to what I love.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
I’m a bit better but to be honest not by much
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I got long COVID in 2022 shortly after my candidacy exam.
In context ↗
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
A graduate student in synthetic chemistry got long COVID in 2022 after a candidacy exam, with ME/CFS, brain fog and POTS. Every attempt at a single day back in the lab left them bedridden, and one full day on their feet ended in hospital with chest pain. Over two years later they were only a bit better, on disability and unable to work any job, still trying treatments.
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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 |
|---|---|
| 2022 | long COVID after candidacy exam; ME/CFS, brain fog, POTSI got long COVID in 2022 shortly after my candidacy exam.In context ↗ |
| a few months into 2022 | bedridden after each single day back at work; hospitalised with chest painevery time I worked a single day I was bedriddenIn context ↗ |
| 2025-05-07 | a bit better, on disability, unable to workI’m a bit better but to be honest not by muchIn context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
my brain wouldn’t work for long enough to get through a day of work
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
I had all the worst symptoms (ME/CFS, brain fog, POTS, etc)
In context ↗ - Post-exertional malaise
every time I worked a single day I was bedridden
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
that evening I wound up in the hospital with horrible chest pain
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
trying to live in this purgatory is awful for my mental health
In context ↗