Long COVID
Much better
Long COVID insomnia with 72 hours without sleep, now sleeping well on amitriptyline
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Aug 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
insomnia was one of my worst early symptoms.
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
Every other symptom in my life was more manageable after I started sleeping.
In context ↗
Read from 4 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
Long COVID brought acute insomnia as one of the worst early symptoms, with up to 72 hours without sleep and suicidal ideation. Amitriptyline for nerve pain also helped sleep, but trazodone was needed: around 150 mg they began getting stretches of sleep and slowly slept through the night. After about six months they weaned off trazodone and still sleeps well on amitriptyline alone, taken for pain.
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What they tried
Their words about each treatment
- Gabapentin · Not said
Get on some nerve painkillers. ... (I've gone up to 3200 per day)
In context ↗ - amitryptiline · Helped
I was also taking amitryptiline for pain which also helps with sleep
In context ↗ - trazadone · Helped
around 150 mgs of trazadone I started to get a couple of stretches a night
In context ↗
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 |
|---|---|
| — | acute insomnia, up to 72 hours without sleep, suicidal ideationat one point I went 72 hrs without sleeping and I was having suicidal ideation as a resultIn context ↗ |
| 2024-08-02 | started getting stretches of sleep on trazodone at about 150 mgaround 150 mgs of trazadone I started to get a couple of stretches a nightIn context ↗ |
| 2024-08-02 | weaned off trazodone after about six months and still sleeping through the night on amitriptyline aloneI've weaned completely off of trazadone, but even with only my amitryptiline I am zonking out every night, all nightIn context ↗ |
Adverse events
- Amitriptyline (Elavil)“I'm on amitriptyline and that feeling goes away quickly. It totally sucks but for me it only lasted 2 days.” In context ↗ Side effects
- Trazodone (Desyrel)“I was staying awake but was so severely drowsy from the meds that it was worse than no meds at all.” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Sleep problems
insomnia was one of my worst early symptoms
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I was having suicidal ideation as a result
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
I'm on it for pain though, not sleep.
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
one of my nerve pain meds, amitryptiline
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