Long COVID with fear and poor sleep, somewhat better with time and hydroxyzine
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Apr 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I had this happen during covid and then it left, but has recently come back ... time is the best healer for lh unfortunatley
- Now: Somewhat better
Yes it did, time is the best healer for lh unfortunatley
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I had this happen during covid
Read from 5 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
A long-COVID forum user described a symptom that appeared during their COVID infection, resolved, then came back about three months before June 2021, with fear and poor sleep. Hydroxyzine twice a day sometimes helped and knocked them out; they had trazodone but were afraid to take it, and called themselves a baseline anxious person. By April 2023 they said time was the best healer for long haul.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- hydroxyzine · Helped
I’ve been taking hydroxyzine two times a day and sometimes that helps ... that and the hydroxyzine knocked me out
- time · Helped
time is the best healer for lh unfortunatley
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 | After |
|---|---|---|
| — | symptom during COVID infection that then leftI had this happen during covid and then it leftIn context ↗ | |
| 2021-06-26 | symptom returned about 3 months earlier and sleep got badIt started about 3 months ago and has yet to leave and my sleep sucks because of itIn context ↗ | |
| 2021-07-02 | felt 100 percent when it went away; waiting to get sleep on trackWhen it went away I felt honestly 100 percent. Once I get my sleep on track i feel like a different personIn context ↗ | |
| 2023-04-15 | said time healed the long haulYes it did, time is the best healer for lh unfortunatleyIn context ↗ | Time and spontaneous remission |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Sleep problems
my sleep sucks because of it
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I'm baseline a pretty anxious person
In context ↗
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