Long COVID
Mild → no benefit
Long COVID with heart flutters, exhaustion and anxiety, still stuck in fight-or-flight
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Apr 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Add that on top of LC which also can target your nervous system
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
Happens at work and sometimes I have to leave. Had a really bad episode about 4 weeks ago and haven’t been right since.
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
Had a really bad episode about 4 weeks ago and haven’t been right since.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
Add that on top of LC
Summary
A Reddit user in a long COVID forum described sudden episodes of heart flutters, exhaustion, chest discomfort, nausea and anxiety, forcing them to lie down and rest, and sometimes leave work. A bad episode about four weeks before the post left them feeling stuck in fight-or-flight and not right since; pushing through made them feel faint. Tapering off a medication taken for 10+ years was, they said, the hardest thing they had been through and they continue to go through.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- lay down and rest · Helped
only thing that makes me feel better is to lay down and rest for a while
In context ↗ - Benzos · Not said
I was on lowest does for 10+ years, tapered off last year and it was hell
In context ↗
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, in the order they describe; they don’t give enough times to place each step. Hover or tap a point. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| about 4 weeks ago | bad episode of heart flutters, exhaustion, chest discomfort and nausea; not right sinceHad a really bad episode about 4 weeks ago and haven’t been right since.In context ↗ | Mild |
| 2025-04-23 | still having sudden spells and stuck in fight-or-flight; working but sometimes having to leaveIt’s like I’m stuck in fight or flight mode. Sometimes I try to push thru it but feel like I’m gonna pass out when I do.In context ↗ | Mild |
Adverse events
- Benzodiazepines (unspecified)“I was on lowest does for 10+ years, tapered off last year and it was hell. Hardest thing I’ve ever been thru and continue to go thru.” In context ↗ Withdrawal problems
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Heart symptoms & palpitations
Like heart flutters then feel super tired, have to lay down, chest feels very uncomfortable
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
It’s like I’m stuck in fight or flight mode.
In context ↗ - Gut problems
nauseous, anxiety just a fluster of symptoms
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
Sometimes I try to push thru it but feel like I’m gonna pass out when I do.
In context ↗