Long COVID
Severe → relapsedIll 2 years before improving or writing
Long COVID with tachycardia and insomnia improved, then hard exercise brought it back
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2 years
- Last post
- Sep 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I Even forgot I had long covid like 1.5 years in
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
Severe joint pain, chest pains. Muscle atrophy, heavy legs and arms. SEVERE insomnia.
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
I Even forgot I had long covid like 1.5 years in then I started exercising very hard for weeks. Then it came back with a vengeance
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I Even forgot I had long covid like 1.5 years in
In context ↗
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
A 25-year-old with long COVID for about two years had forgotten they had it around 18 months in, then began exercising very hard for weeks and the illness returned with a vengeance. They believed the exercise had permanently damaged them. Ongoing problems included two years of tachycardia, severe insomnia, joint and chest pain, muscle atrophy and heavy limbs; they wrote they had made peace with death.
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What they tried
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Their words about each treatment
- exercising very hard · Much worse
then I started exercising very hard for weeks. Then it came back with a vengeance pretty sure I destroyed my self permanently with all that exercise
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Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| about 2022 | long COVID beganI Even forgot I had long covidIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| about 1.5 years in | symptoms faded so far they forgot they had long COVIDI Even forgot I had long covid like 1.5 years inIn context ↗ | Near normal |
| after weeks of very hard exercise | illness returned with a vengeance after weeks of very hard exerciseThen I started exercising very hard for weeks. Then it came back with a vengeanceIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2024-09-17 | still ill with tachycardia, severe insomnia, joint and chest pain, muscle atrophyTachycardia on going for 2 years. Along with 1000 symptoms I’m tired to write out.In context ↗ | Not stated |
Symptoms mentioned
Anxiety & low moodHeart symptoms & palpitationsMuscle weaknessPain & fibromyalgiaPost-exertional malaiseSleep problems
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
Then it came back with a vengeance pretty sure I destroyed my self permanently with all that exercise
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
Tachycardia on going for 2 years
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
SEVERE insomnia.
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
Severe joint pain, chest pains.
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
Muscle atrophy, heavy legs and arms.
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I made peace with death, infact I wecome it
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