Long COVID vertigo and dizziness, now nearly back to normal after activity and Prozac
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 13 months
- Last post
- Aug 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
My LC takes the form of a very nasty case of vestibular neuritis.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I could walk and talk and have been mostly functional since day 1, but have felt god awful for almost a year.
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
Its almost gone though, after 13 months, but the motion sickness feeling only comes on at times when I lay down
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I have been suffering from Vestibular Neuritis due to covid for 11 months now
Read from 10 of their posts and comments; links to the 5 this page draws on
Summary
Heron 71409, a lawyer, developed long COVID in mid-2022 as vestibular neuritis, starting with a six-hour vertigo attack followed by weeks of intense dizziness, motion sickness, head pressure and ear pain. They kept active to let their brain compensate, took 5 mg of Prozac for anxiety, and improved steadily and linearly to about 95% by 11 months, still getting a floaty head feeling at times and motion sickness when lying down.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- staying active · Helped
Just stayed active and a lot of time.
In context ↗ - time · Helped
the only real cure is time and staying active to let your brain recalibrate itself and the swelling to subside
In context ↗ - Steroids · No change
Steroids did not help, nor did supplements
In context ↗ - Prozac (fluoxetine) · Helped
I have started 5mg prozac for anxiety ... my healing picked up a few weeks after I took it
In context ↗
Approaches: SSRIs · Exercise and activity
Their path
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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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | COVID-triggered vestibular neuritis: six-hour vertigo attack then weeks of intense dizziness and motion sicknessMine started with a 6 hour vertigo attack and then 6 weeks of intense dizziness and motion sicknessIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| 6 mo | symptoms slowly decreasing a few percent every couple of monthsEvery couple of months my symptoms would decrease by a few percentages here and thereIn context ↗ | Mild | Time and spontaneous remission |
| July 2023 | about 95% healed; Prozac helped anxiety and healing picked upI am finally 95% healed and feeling almost, but not quite normalIn context ↗ | Near normal | Fluoxetine (Prozac) |
| 2023-08-21 | almost gone after 13 months; motion sickness only when lying downIts almost gone though, after 13 months, but the motion sickness feeling only comes on at times when I lay downIn context ↗ | Near normal |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- POTS & dysautonomia
the motion sickness feeling only comes on at times when I lay down
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
Intense Head Pressure and at times headaches
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
My body was very heavy to drag around.
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
My inner ear nerves were so swollen that at times they felt like needles were piercing them.
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I have been depressed and anxious and fearful
In context ↗ - Post-exertional malaise
staying busy has been key to let the brain compensate for the errant inner ear nerve signal BUT overdoing it sets me back
In context ↗
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