Long COVID fatigue and focus problems, now recovered after time and increasing activity
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 18 months
- Last post
- May 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I felt recovered at six months. Like, *really* recovered. Then it all came back. Fatigue, shortness of breath, difficulty concentrating.
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
Took me about a year and a half to recover
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I recovered a while ago, also had lung issues but didn’t need to be on oxygen.
In context ↗
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Summary
Coast 64387 developed long COVID with fatigue, breathlessness, lung issues and difficulty concentrating. They felt mostly recovered at six months, then relapsed with the same symptoms returning even though they had not overexerted. They improved slowly, crediting increasing activity and time, and reported recovery at roughly a year and a half.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- Increasing activity · Helped a lot
Increasing activity is what helped me recover after a year.
In context ↗ - time · Helped a lot
I got better on my own over time, took about a year.
In context ↗
Approaches: Physiotherapy and rehab
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. The chart starts 6 months after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 3 steps say too little to place on the scale and are only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | COVID-19 illness with lung involvement, followed by long COVIDI recovered a while ago, also had lung issues but didn’t need to be on oxygen.In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| 2020-10-20 | mostly recovered after six months, lingering fatigueYes, I am mostly recovered after six months, and was told any lingering issues (fatigue, for me) will take a little longerIn context ↗ | Near normal | Time and spontaneous remission |
| 2020-10-24 | relapse with fatigue, breathlessness and poor concentrationThen it all came back. Fatigue, shortness of breath, difficulty concentrating.In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| 2021-06-09 | got better on their own over about a yearI got better on my own over time, took about a year.In context ↗ | Not stated | Time and spontaneous remission |
| 2021-12-20 | credited increasing activity with recovery after a yearIncreasing activity is what helped me recover after a year.In context ↗ | Near normal | Graded rehab and self-made programmes |
| 2022-05-03 | recovered after about a year and a halfTook me about a year and a half to recoverIn context ↗ | Recovered |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Breathlessness
Fatigue, shortness of breath, difficulty concentrating.
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I can't put into words how depressing it is to feel this way again.
In context ↗
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