Long COVID
Mild → somewhat better
Breathlessness and difficulty speaking with long COVID, somewhat better after singing along to music
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Jan 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I had difficulty speaking and SOB while doing so.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I had difficulty speaking and SOB while doing so. It didn’t help that majority of my job involves speaking.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
It took about a month and my voice was back to normal.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I used it before and it worked but I wasn't long hauling.
In context ↗
Summary
Writing in a long-COVID forum in June 2021, Eagle 33898 described difficulty speaking and breathlessness while speaking, which affected a job that involved a lot of talking. They credited singing along to music, building up from a few words to whole songs, with their voice returning to normal in about a month and breathing control becoming easier.
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What they tried
Also tried
singing along to music· HelpedCBD· Helped
Their words about each treatment
- singing along to music · Helped
It took about a month and my voice was back to normal.
In context ↗ - CBD · Helped
I used it before and it worked but I wasn’t long hauling.
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 |
|---|---|
| onset | long COVID with difficulty speaking and breathlessness while speaking, while working a job that involved a lot of talkingI had difficulty speaking and SOB while doing so. It didn’t help that majority of my job involves speaking.In context ↗ |
| — | sang along to music while studying until voice returned to normalIt took about a month and my voice was back to normal.In context ↗ |
| 2021-06-01 | breathing control continued to improveBreathing control became easier as time went.In context ↗ |
Adverse events
- “I did have discomfort first two days. I’d get the horse voice but I kept pushing and signing with it.” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Breathlessness
I had difficulty speaking and SOB while doing so.
In context ↗