Long COVID
Mild → no benefitIll for 4 years
In bed sick as hell with long COVID, no improvement from vestibular therapy
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- 4 years
- Last post
- Dec 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I've been long-hauling since 03/2020
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I've had so many tests and scans done. I've seen an ENT; the doctor had me go through a battery of fun ear and balance tests.
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
It has been ongoing, 24/7, with never a respite.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I've been long-hauling since 03/2020
In context ↗
Read from 4 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
A Reddit user who has had long COVID since March 2020, with breathlessness and a 24/7 drunk, dreamy, faint sensation they called their worst symptom. They used a prescribed albuterol inhaler for wheezing that a second COVID infection greatly worsened; it took four to six months to calm down. Vestibular therapy did nothing and metoprolol made them feel faint and terrible, but nebivolol worked great. They were sick as hell in bed in one post.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- albuterol inhaler · Not said
I usually just take an albuterol inhaler that my doctor prescribed for me. ... even after two puffs from an inhaler, I was still wheezing and having difficulty breathing
In context ↗ - vestibular therapy · No change
My doctor also had me doing vestibular therapy, but it didn't help.
In context ↗ - metoprolol · Worse
I was first prescribed metoprolol, and it instantly made me feel faint and terrible.
In context ↗ - nebivolol · Helped
He recommended that I give nebivolol a shot. It works great.
In context ↗
Their path
What they say at each step doesn’t fit the worst point or outcome above on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| 03/2020 | Long COVID beganI've been long-hauling since 03/2020In context ↗ |
| — | second COVID infection; wheezing greatly worsened a month latermy wheezing was greatly exacerbated by itIn context ↗ |
| 2023-12-12 | in bed, sick as hell, with constant drunk and faint sensation and breathlessnessI'm sick as hell in bed right nowIn context ↗ |
| 2023-12-17 | nebivolol worked great after metoprolol made them faintHe recommended that I give nebivolol a shot. It works great.In context ↗ |
Adverse events
- Metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol), Nebivolol (Bystolic)“I was first prescribed metoprolol, and it instantly made me feel faint and terrible.” In context ↗ Low blood pressure or fainting
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Breathlessness
Yes, I suffer from breathlessness too
In context ↗ - Brain fog
the worst symptom is a feeling of being slightly drunk, or high, but not in a good way
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
This sensation is also compounded with feeling faint.
In context ↗