Long COVID
No benefit
Long COVID extreme fatigue and worsening depression, no improvement from psychiatric medication
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Jan 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
my first LC symptoms
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
my symptoms otherwise are unbearable
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
my first LC symptoms
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Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
Cardinal 84440 reported long COVID symptoms including extreme fatigue, digestive problems, swelling and rapid weight gain. About 4-5 months after onset, depression worsened tenfold, with daily suicidal thoughts and self-harm; psychiatric medication had not helped yet. They described their remaining symptoms as unbearable and had paid $320 for a five-minute doctor visit.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- medications · No change
I’ve since been seeing a psychiatrist with no luck from medications yet
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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 |
|---|---|
| onset | first long COVID symptomsmy first LC symptoms (rapid weight gain, swelling/fluid retention, extreme fatigue, extreme digestive issues, etc) appearedIn context ↗ |
| about 4-5 months after onset | depression worsened tenfold with daily suicidal thoughts and self-harmmy depression worsened 10fold. I had daily suicidal thoughts and was self harming almost daily as wellIn context ↗ |
| 2024-01-06 | still has unbearable symptoms; psychiatric medication had not helped yetmy symptoms otherwise are unbearable, for meIn context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Gut problems
extreme digestive issues
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
my depression worsened 10fold
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