Severe fatigue, PEM and insomnia after long COVID, now recovered with rest and trazodone
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 5 months
- Last post
- Nov 2021
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
March 2021 mild case of covid, got hit on May 1st with LC symptoms.
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
It's been about a month and a half without any symptoms now, and I haven't given a second thought to entering into my symptoms log.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
March 2021 mild case of covid, got hit on May 1st with LC symptoms.
In context ↗
Read from 3 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
A 26-year-old woman developed long COVID after a mild March 2021 infection, with symptoms starting on 1 May 2021 after intense exercise. She had severe fatigue, PEM, insomnia, anxiety, dizziness, sore throat, nausea, chest pain and pins and needles. Rest, trazodone for sleep, supplements, breathwork and positive thinking helped; symptoms stopped by September and she was exercising again by November. Zoloft left lasting sexual dysfunction.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- Trazodone · Helped
Trazodone for sleep! Your body needs sleep! If you can't get it, turning to medication helped me.
In context ↗ - Zoloft · Not said
I went on anxiety meds (Zoloft). I'm off them now, and they've left me with some not-so-ideal lasting effects
In context ↗ - multivitamin · Helped
The only ones I'll continue taking long-term are multivitamins, allergy meds, ginger, turmeric and probiotics.
In context ↗ - L-theanine · Helped
probiotics, L-theanine, Gaba
In context ↗ - Gaba · Helped
L-theanine, Gaba, Niacin
In context ↗ - Niacin · Helped
Gaba, Niacin, gingko biloba
In context ↗ - gingko biloba · Helped
Niacin, gingko biloba, allergy meds
In context ↗ - allergy meds · Helped
allergy meds (actually for my terrible allergies though)
In context ↗ - fish oil · Helped
allergy meds (actually for my terrible allergies though), fish oil.
In context ↗ - Stasis breathwork program · Helped
Did the Stasis breathwork program, part I.
In context ↗ - rest · Helped
Got a shit ton of rest.
In context ↗ - Symptom-tracking apps and wearables (Visible) · Not said
I became obsessive over my sleep tracker and body battery reading, and it ultimately helped my mental health & positivity to stop tracking those.
In context ↗
Approaches: H1 antihistamines · Amino acids and carnitine · Mind-body practices · Other antidepressants · Radical rest · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | long COVID symptoms began after intense exercise on poor sleep and drinkingMarch 2021 mild case of covid, got hit on May 1st with LC symptoms. Triggered by some intense exercise on poor sleep & drinking (so I believe).In context ↗ | Mild |
| September 2021 | stopped logging symptoms; no symptoms for about six weeksI hadn't entered since September! It's been about a month and a half without any symptoms now, and I haven't given a second thought to entering into my symptoms log.In context ↗ | Near normal |
| November 2021 | back to exercising, drinking and staying up late without watching her bodyI'm exercising regularly, drinking, and generally not giving any mind to or over-analyzing my body's ability to do certain things.In context ↗ | Recovered |
Adverse events
- Trazodone (Desyrel), Sertraline (Zoloft)“they've left me with some not-so-ideal lasting effects ... It hit me pretty hard with sexual dysfunction which led me to taper off it.” Side effects
- Symptom-tracking apps and wearables (Visible)“I became obsessive over my sleep tracker and body battery reading, and it ultimately helped my mental health & positivity to stop tracking those.” In context ↗ Mood or psychiatric effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
Severe fatigue, PEM in that first instance
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
insomnia, anxiety, dizziness, sore throat, nausea, chest pain
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
weird food reactions, pins & needles in extremities
In context ↗
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