Long COVID: almost normal after rest, then symptoms returned as workload rose
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Feb 2026
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
There are so many unknowns when it comes to long covid
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
I've often been in a comparable position myself
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
when the physical/mental workload increased again, so did the symptoms
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
There are so many unknowns when it comes to long covid
In context ↗
Summary
Beacon 62103 has long COVID and used the Visible tracking app for 15 months, finding it a reasonably helpful but scientifically limited way to see how activity relates to symptoms. They describe resting and avoiding physical and mental stimuli for a while, feeling almost normal, then having symptoms return once the workload increased again. They still describe long COVID as full of unknowns.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- avoiding physical and mental stimuli · Helped
I would have largely avoided physical and mental (especially social) stimuli for a while and I felt better
In context ↗ - visible app · Helped
I think it provides a reasonably helpful insight in the relationship between what you do and experience in daily life and where you are in terms of symptoms.
In context ↗
Approaches: Pacing
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 | After |
|---|---|---|
| — | long COVIDI've often been in a comparable position myself.In context ↗ | |
| — | rested and avoided physical and mental stimuli, felt betterI would have largely avoided physical and mental (especially social) stimuli for a while and I felt better.In context ↗ | Pacing and the energy envelope |
| — | symptoms returned when physical and mental workload increasedwhen the physical/mental workload increased again, so did the symptomsIn context ↗ | |
| 2026-02-16 | still has long COVID, uses Visible appThere are so many unknowns when it comes to long covidIn context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
when the physical/mental workload increased again, so did the symptoms
In context ↗
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