Racing heart, fever, brain fog after COVID, now recovered after trigger cuts and vitamin D
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 6 months
- Last post
- May 2021
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I had COVID in March of 2020 and had a similar reaction to you with racing heart rate that occurred weeks after the initial two week infection.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
Any strenuous exercise or eating anything overly sugary or drinking coffee would have me feeling high heart rate, mild fever or brain fog.
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
It was a LONG time but it does end eventually.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I had COVID in March of 2020
In context ↗
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Summary
After COVID in March 2020, the user had weekly episodes of racing heart, mild fever and brain fog from mid-April to mid-September 2020, set off by strenuous exercise, sugary food or coffee. They cut out those triggers and took vitamin D daily, briefly raising the dose from 5,000 to 10,000 IU, which seemed to help. The episodes eventually ended, though it took a long time.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- cutting out strenuous exercise, sugary food and coffee · Not said
I cut all those things out for a while
In context ↗ - Vitamin D · Helped
the thing i felt worked best for me was taking Vitamin D daily
In context ↗
Approaches: 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. The chart starts 1 month after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | COVID-19 infectionI had COVID in March of 2020In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| Mid April 2020 | weekly episodes of racing heart, mild fever and brain fog set off by exercise, sugar or coffeeFom Mid April to Mid September of 2020 I felt like I experienced this weekly with triggers I discovered setting them offIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| Mid September 2020 | weekly episodes stopped after cutting triggers and taking vitamin Dthe thing i felt worked best for me was taking Vitamin D dailyIn context ↗ | Near normal | Vitamin D and sun exposure |
| 2021-05-04 | says the episodes do end eventuallyIt was a LONG time but it does end eventually.In context ↗ | Recovered |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Heart symptoms & palpitations
would have me feeling high heart rate
In context ↗ - Brain fog
mild fever or brain fog
In context ↗ - Flu-like symptoms
feeling high heart rate, mild fever or brain fog
In context ↗ - Post-exertional malaise
Any strenuous exercise or eating anything overly sugary or drinking coffee would have me feeling high heart rate, mild fever or brain fog
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