Long COVID at 30% of normal, now back to normal after time
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 3 months
- Last post
- Mar 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
After LH started only thing I focused was living and nothing more
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
first month I was like 30% very night I had felling of dieing in my sleep
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
I recovered back to normal
In context ↗
Read from 7 of their posts and comments; links to the 5 this page draws on
Summary
An 18-year-old man developed long COVID after a mild infection in May 2021, with headaches, head pressure, brain fog, joint pain, dizziness, vertigo and anxiety. The first month was worst, at about 30% of normal. He took only vitamin and zinc tablets and turmeric in hot water, and credited time; symptoms eased after about three and a half months and he was back to normal by October 2021, still feeling good in 2024.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Diligan-25mg · Not said
they gave me a tablet called Diligan-25mg
In context ↗ - vitamin/zinc tablets · Not said
prescribed me some normal vitamin tablets ... now btw only taking vitamin/zinc tablets
In context ↗ - time · Helped a lot
Only time heals LH
In context ↗ - lot of water · Not said
I drank lot of water
In context ↗ - turmeric in hot water · Helped
I added some turmaric in hot water and drank it helped me a bit
In context ↗ - vertigo exersise · Helped
I did various vertigo exersise, breathing exercises which helped me a lot
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Approaches: Mind-body practices · Supplements
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, with time counted from when the illness began. Hover or tap a point. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | COVID-19, mild; lost taste and smell for a weekFor me covid 19 itself hasn't been very severe just lost sense of taste and smell for a week and that's allIn context ↗ | Near normal | |
| June 2021 | first month: head pressure, brain fog and anxiety at their peak; legs giving up when standingfirst month I was like 30% very night I had felling of dieing in my sleepIn context ↗ | Moderate | |
| 2021-08-16 | about 80% of normal, dizziness still there, getting better day by dayI am not really 100% more like 80% and I am 2 and half months inIn context ↗ | Mild | Time and spontaneous remission |
| 2021-09-15 | 95%, very mild dizziness; walking long distances, travelling alone, eating all foods, retaking examsNow I am at 95% very very mild dizziness Can walk long distances , travel alone eat all foodsIn context ↗ | Near normal | Time and spontaneous remission |
| 2021-10-01 | back to normal, no dizziness or off-balance feeling leftI recovered back to normal it's like a bad nightmare.In context ↗ | Recovered | Time and spontaneous remission |
| 2024-03-29 | still feeling good long afterI'm feeling good actually I'm been feeling like that for a very long time nowIn context ↗ | Recovered |
Adverse events
- “I still got my 2nd shot of vaccine yesterday (covaxin) had a bit of arm pain for few hours that's all.” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
brain fog and anxiety was at the peak
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
dizziness and vertigo came these two were the major symptoms that wouldn't go away for me
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
had headaches, joint pain , brain fog
In context ↗ - Loss of smell or taste
just lost sense of taste and smell for a week
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
for few day I can't stand up for too long felt my legs were giving up on me
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