Brain fog early in long COVID, now recovered and back to exercise with zone 2 training
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 1 month
- Last post
- May 2021
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
the anxiety of having long-covid doesnt help.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
zone 2 training really helped me get back into my pre-covid running pace
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
im back to running/cycling/swimming/lifting
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
the anxiety of having long-covid doesnt help
Summary
Caught COVID in early 2021 and had brain fog from day 15, which had cleared by around day 40. Coffee gave them palpitations and made anxiety worse, so they and their wife stopped it for a while. They were back to running, cycling, swimming and lifting, and credited zone 2 training with getting them back to their pre-COVID running pace; by late May 2021 they had resumed coffee.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- zone 2 training · Helped
zone 2 training really helped me get back into my pre-covid running pace
In context ↗ - stopping coffee · Not said
we both stopped drinking coffee because it gave us palpitations, and made anxiety worse
In context ↗
Approaches: Exercise and activity
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| February 2021 | caught COVID, brain fog from day 15when my wife and i got sick and recoveredIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| April 2021 | brain fog gone by day 40i had brain fog at day 15 onwards... but they seem to have disappeared by now. im at day 40 btwIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2021-05-27 | back to running, cycling, swimming and lifting at pre-COVID paceim back to running/cycling/swimming/liftingIn context ↗ | Recovered |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
i had brain fog at day 15 onwards
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
it gave us palpitations
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
made anxiety worse
In context ↗
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