Bedridden with long COVID for nine weeks, much better with thyroid medication
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Oct 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
When I got sick with covid I was bed ridden for 9 weeks and had some lingering symptoms for months after.
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
I was bed ridden for 9 weeks
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
I’ve been on a thyroid med for a couple months and starting to feel like normal
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
When I got sick with covid I was bed ridden for 9 weeks
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Summary
After COVID, the user was bedridden for nine weeks and had lingering symptoms for months. They have thyroid issues, with labs in the low range of normal for years and normal results many times. A thyroid medication, started a couple of months before writing, was helping them start to feel like normal; they did not plan to take it indefinitely and sought a permanent solution.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- thyroid med · Helped
I've been on a thyroid med for a couple months and starting to feel like normal
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Approaches: Thyroid hormones
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 |
|---|---|---|
| onset | COVID illness, bedriddenWhen I got sick with covid I was bed ridden for 9 weeksIn context ↗ | |
| — | out of bed but lingering symptomshad some lingering symptoms for months afterIn context ↗ | |
| 2022-10 | on thyroid med, starting to feel normalI've been on a thyroid med for a couple months and starting to feel like normalIn context ↗ | Thyroid hormones (unspecified) |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Gut problems
vomiting all day
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