Head pressure and malaise for 18 months, now close to normal, time the biggest healer
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 4 years
- Last post
- Mar 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Same. Though it’s almost non existent for me now I get a flare up once every few months.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
No sympathy from work or elsewhere. Worst time of my life.
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
it’s almost non existent for me now I get a flare up once every few months
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
Same. Though it’s almost non existent for me now I get a flare up once every few months.
In context ↗
Summary
A Reddit user in r/covidlonghaulers described long COVID; the first year and a half were 'pure hell', with head pressure and malaise and no sympathy from work or elsewhere. They tried a multivitamin, water, lying down when bad, and the gym and cardio, and said time was the biggest healer. Flare-ups became milder and almost non-existent, down to one every few months by March 2024, and a bout of flu in 2022 almost cleared the symptoms.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- mega man gnc multi vitamin · Not said
I took a mega man gnc multi vitamin a lot
In context ↗ - a lot of water · Not said
drank a lot of water
In context ↗ - laird down whenever it got bad · Not said
and laird down whenever it got bad
In context ↗ - time · Helped
I think time was the biggest healer. Slowly it got better
In context ↗ - gym and cardio · Helped
Also gym and cardio helped, I think
In context ↗
Approaches: Exercise and activity
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| onset | Long COVID onset; first year and a half worst, still workingThat first year and a half were pure hell. My crazy head pressure and malaise was destroying me. No sympathy from work or elsewhere.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| after about 18 months | Slowly got better with time, gym and cardioI think time was the biggest healer. Slowly it got better. Also gym and cardio helped, I think.In context ↗ | Mild | Time and spontaneous remission |
| 2024-03-20 | Almost symptom-free, occasional milder flare-upsit’s almost non existent for me now I get a flare up once every few monthsIn context ↗ | Near normal |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Headaches & migraine
a weird, raw, head pressure that is not painful
In context ↗ - Flu-like symptoms
General malaise, and now and then a weird, raw, head pressure
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
I get insomnia, but that has also dissipated
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
my heart rate keeps me up at night and I get insomnia, but that has also dissipated
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