Long COVID
Moderate → no benefit
Long COVID: breathlessness, pain and brain fog; inhaler gave no benefit
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Jan 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I’m so young yet so destroyed by LC.
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
Today I went out, the longest I’ve been outside for months.
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
My whole body hurts. My brain is in shambles.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
finally when I get back on track - Covid.
In context ↗
Read from 4 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
After a COVID infection, a young Reddit user with long COVID described months of mostly staying home, pacing to avoid crashes. In January 2025 they reported lung pain, breathlessness, whole-body pain, trouble with noise and brain fog, with blood oxygen at 92%. An inhaler did not help, and they had taken an antidepressant for years.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- cbd with tobacco · No change
I smoke cbd with tobacco and I don’t feel any improvement or help whatsoever
In context ↗ - Inhaler · No change
Inhaler didn’t help
In context ↗ - Venlafaxine · Not said
I’ve been taking it for years as an antidepressant. Do not take it.
In context ↗ - pacing · Not said
I have been pacing myself, choosing wisely what to do so I don’t crash
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 |
|---|---|---|
| onset | COVID-19 after anaemia and a leg injuryfinally when I get back on track - Covid.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2025-01-25 | mostly housebound, pacing; lung pain, body pain, brain fog, oxygen 92%Today I went out, the longest I’ve been outside for months.In context ↗ | Moderate |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
I have been pacing myself, choosing wisely what to do so I don’t crash.
In context ↗ - Brain fog
My brain is in shambles.
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
it feels like I can’t breathe
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
My whole body hurts.
In context ↗ - Light & noise sensitivity
I dissociated for a while, while outside, to try and shut the noises
In context ↗