Long COVID
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Long COVID post-exertional malaise masked by stimulant-effect things, led to crashes
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Dec 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
masked the pem which led to crashes
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Summary
A person with post-exertional malaise reported that things with a stimulant effect masked their PEM and led to crashes. They also became significantly more sensitive to medication dosing in general. They advised starting at the lowest possible dose and titrating up slowly if it seems to agree.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- things that had a stimulant effect · Worse
i did go on some things that had a stimulant effect for me and masked the pem which led to crashes
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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 |
|---|---|
| — | crashes after stimulant-effect treatmentsmasked the pem which led to crashesIn context ↗ |
| 2025-12-20 | more sensitive to medication dosingi also became significantly more sensitive to med dosing in general.In context ↗ |
Adverse events
- Stimulants (unspecified)“i did go on some things that had a stimulant effect for me and masked the pem which led to crashes.” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
masked the pem which led to crashes
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