Eight months unable to walk properly with long COVID, somewhat better with beta blockers
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 23 months
- Last post
- Sep 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I'm 23 months in after a COVID hospitalization in October 2020.
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
The first 8+ months after, I couldn't walk properly, vertigo, etc. Heart would spike, I'd black out sometimes and fall over.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
The majority of that eventually went away, with beta blockers being a significant contributing factor to the ability to even function.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
after a COVID hospitalization in October 2020
In context ↗
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
Quail 87941 was hospitalised with COVID in October 2020 and for the next eight-plus months could not walk properly, with vertigo, a spiking heart rate and blackouts with falls. Beta blockers were a significant factor in being able to function, and most of those symptoms eventually went away. By 23 months in, a post-COVID right bundle branch block remained and oxygen saturation was low.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- beta blockers · Helped
The majority of that eventually went away, with beta blockers being a significant contributing factor to the ability to even function.
In context ↗
Approaches: Beta-blockers
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 |
|---|---|---|
| October 2020 | COVID hospitalisationafter a COVID hospitalization in October 2020In context ↗ | |
| first 8+ months after | could not walk properly, vertigo, blackouts and fallsI couldn't walk properly, vertigo, etc. Heart would spike, I'd black out sometimes and fall over.In context ↗ | |
| eventually | most symptoms went away with beta blockersThe majority of that eventually went away, with beta blockers being a significant contributing factor to the ability to even function.In context ↗ | Beta-blockers (unspecified) |
| September 2022 | left with right bundle branch block and low oxygen saturationNow I have Right Bundle Branch Block, which started post-COVID. ... I'm lucky if I make 94% these days.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- POTS & dysautonomia
vertigo ... I'd black out sometimes and fall over
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
Heart would spike ... Now I have Right Bundle Branch Block, which started post-COVID
In context ↗
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