Silent reflux after long COVID, now back to normal on amitriptyline
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Oct 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I got COVID back in August after an NYC trip (so most definitely omicron) for about 2 weeks, and then the silent reflux started almost literally right after
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
the silent reflux started almost literally right after, and I'm still dealing with it
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
I ended up going up to around 40 or 50mg until I felt totally normal again!
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I got COVID back in August after an NYC trip (so most definitely omicron)
Read from 4 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
Hill 10805 developed silent reflux (LPR/GERD) almost immediately after a COVID infection in August 2022, and it persisted. A booster did nothing for it, but nightly amitriptyline, titrated from 10 mg up to around 40 or 50 mg, calmed the oversensitive throat nerves; after a month or two of treatment they felt totally normal again.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Sodium bicarbonate solution spray · Helped
spraying my throat with a sodium bicarbonate solution and using my Flonase has definitely seemed to help
In context ↗ - Flonase · Helped
using my Flonase has definitely seemed to help
In context ↗ - Booster · No change
Totally forgot to update this back when I got the booster, but it essentially didn't really do much for me.
In context ↗ - Amitriptyline · Helped a lot
The solution for my problem was to use a low dosage of amitriptyline every night for about a month or two.
In context ↗
Approaches: Tricyclic antidepressants
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 | After |
|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | COVID (omicron) after an NYC trip, followed almost immediately by silent refluxI got COVID back in August after an NYC trip (so most definitely omicron) for about 2 weeks, and then the silent reflux started almost literally right afterIn context ↗ | |
| 2023-11-20 | throat symptoms settled on nightly amitriptylinethe amitriptyline helped calm it downIn context ↗ | Amitriptyline (Elavil) |
| 2024-10-02 | felt totally normal after titrating amitriptyline upI felt totally normal again!In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Gut problems
I started having silent GERD / LPR almost literally right after, and I'm still dealing with it
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