Long COVID heart rate spikes on standing, now back to normal after thiamine and niacin
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 9 months
- Last post
- Mar 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I linked some information on the connections between thiamine and long covid / pots syndrome
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
After a few weeks my heart rate started lowering when standing up , now year later I'm back to a 100% ... now 2 years later im back doing half marathons and everything i did before i had those episodes
- Began after: COVID
been there about 2 years ago
In context ↗
Summary
Posting in a long-COVID forum, Osprey 81670 describes heart rate rising on standing around 2020. They took high-dose thiamine with niacin and electrolytes and say their heart rate came back down after about a month, when they felt much better. By November 2021 they reported being back to 100%, and in March 2022 said they were running half marathons again.
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What they tried
Their words about each treatment
- thiamine · Helped a lot
started high dose thiamine myself and after a good month my heart rate lowerd back to normal and felt waaaaay better
In context ↗ - niacin · Helped
I started taking thiamine and niacin with adequate electrolytes
In context ↗
Approaches: POTS medication · 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. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | long COVID with heart rate rising on standing; stopped doing usual activitiesbeen there about 2 years agoIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| late 2020 | heart rate came down and felt much betterafter a good month my heart rate lowerd back to normal and felt waaaaay betterIn context ↗ | Near normal | Thiamine / benfotiamine |
| 2021-11-11 | back to 100%now year later I'm back to a 100%In context ↗ | Recovered | Thiamine / benfotiamine |
| 2022-03-11 | running half marathons and doing everything done beforenow 2 years later im back doing half marathons and everything i did before i had those episodesIn context ↗ | Recovered | Thiamine / benfotiamine |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- POTS & dysautonomia
After a few weeks my heart rate started lowering when standing up
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