Long COVID
Moderate → somewhat betterIll 2 months before improving or writing
Long COVID: weeks of exhaustion, six hours' sleep after a shower, now somewhat better
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2 months
- Last post
- Oct 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
6 weeks after testing positive: My Journey
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
Work about 2 hours at a time, nap, repeat.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
Would say I’m at about 75%-85% normal energy levels, but I get winded very easily.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I contracted COVID on 8/6/22.
Summary
Birch 32953 caught COVID in August 2022 and spent the next weeks exhausted, sleeping through a whole day, losing taste and having smell and taste off, with blood pressure spiking to 215/180 and an ER trip. Tidying a basement for 45 minutes felt like a marathon, and a 15-minute shower was followed by six hours of sleep. By September they were at 75-85% of normal energy, still winded and coughing, and clearing the sinuses ended weeks of headaches.
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What they tried
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Their words about each treatment
- pedialyte and Gatorade with simply lemonade · Not said
drank tons of pedialyte and Gatorade with simply lemonade mixed in
In context ↗ - saline · Not said
Given saline and BP meds, BP goes down some to 179/145
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 |
|---|---|
| 2022-08-06 | COVID infection, then fever, dizziness, lethargy and hallucinationsI contracted COVID on 8/6/22. ... 3 days later 8/9/22 first symptoms appeared. Dizziness, lethargic, and some mild hallucinations.In context ↗ |
| 2022-08-16 | slept through an entire day without eating or drinkingI lost an entire day of my life sleeping. Did not eat, drink, use bathroom, nothing.In context ↗ |
| 2022-08-22 | crashed after tidying the basement, BP 215/180, went to ERTidying up the basement for 45 minutes was the equivalent of a marathon.In context ↗ |
| 2022-08-29 | energy slowly returned; cough and high BP remained8/29-9/5 energy slowly returns, cough lessens some but remains, BP remains highIn context ↗ |
| 2022-09-10 | 75-85% of normal energy but winded easily, cough and off taste/smellWould say I’m at about 75%-85% normal energy levels, but I get winded very easily.In context ↗ |
| 2022-10-01 | cleared a large blockage from their sinuses and weeks of headaches endedwithin a hour my headaches were gone and haven’t come back.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Anxiety & low moodBreathlessnessFlu-like symptomsGut problemsHeadaches & migraineHeart symptoms & palpitationsLoss of smell or tastePOTS & dysautonomiaPost-exertional malaiseSleep problemsTemperature regulation
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
first shower since testing positive. Made it about 15 minutes, slept for 6 hours.
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
Not great sleep.
In context ↗ - Loss of smell or taste
8/20 taste goes away.
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
I know I for one felt horrendous headaches for weeks after my negative test
In context ↗ - Temperature regulation
At least 102.9°F for seveal hours if not two days.
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
Chest hurts, BP rises, feel like I’m on the verge of a heat stroke.
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
Getting dressed taxing, walk to car and chest hurts dizzy, heat stroke symptoms.
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
I get winded very easily.
In context ↗ - Flu-like symptoms
Everyday I feel like I have a cold.
In context ↗ - Gut problems
Severe nausea with vomiting after dinner on 8/3, 9/4, 9/5.
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
went through a mild depression
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