Not functional with long COVID, now recovered after ECT
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Dec 2024
In their words
- At worst: Moderate
I am not functional.
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
was eventually fixed by ECT
In context ↗
Read from 8 of their posts and comments; links to the 8 this page draws on
Summary
Cedar 59178 developed random panic attacks, anhedonia/emotional numbness, sporadic insomnia and loss of hunger after an infection, and by April described themselves as not functional. Wellbutrin gave two days of something close to feelings then stopped and caused myoclonic jerks and tinnitus, and antihistamines and benzos helped with the panic to some degree. In December 2024 they reported the problem was eventually fixed by ECT.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- Benzos · Helped
Benzo make me sleepy and stop panics, but they don’t give me emotions back
In context ↗ - claritin · No change
I have actually been on claritin for the past month or so ... haven’t notice much difference
In context ↗ - Atarax · No change
Atarax for sleep ... haven’t notice much difference
In context ↗ - Wellbutrin · Worse
I have tried Wellbutrin and had two days of something close to having feelings ... eventually I have stopped because it gave me myoclonic jerks and tinnitus
- aderall · No change
I tried aderall for the first time after getting sick ... it made me sleepy
In context ↗ - ECT · Helped a lot
No mechanistic explanation available beyond guessing, no abnormal test results, was eventually fixed by ECT
In context ↗
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 | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-18 | anxiety subsided and sleep became okish, but anhedonia and loss of hunger remained and they were still not functionalI would say the anxiety has subsided and sleep is okish, but i still don’t feel hungerIn context ↗ | Moderate |
| 2024-12-11 | reported the problem was eventually fixed by ECTwas eventually fixed by ECTIn context ↗ | Not stated |
Adverse events
- Amphetamine salts (Adderall)“I tried aderall for the first time after getting sick and it made me sleepy.” In context ↗ Side effects
- Bupropion (Wellbutrin)“eventually I have stopped because it gave me myoclonic jerks and tinnitus” In context ↗ Side effects
- Bupropion (Wellbutrin)“my tremors became even worse” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
- Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)“my memory is impacted from both whatever happened to me post infection and possibly ECT.” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
I dont have mental fog, I do have issues with memory
In context ↗ - Gut problems
5 days of yellow diarrhea (now resolved)
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
two episodes of manual breezing out of nowhere
In context ↗ - Tinnitus
it gave me myoclonic jerks and tinnitus
In context ↗
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