Long COVID
Relapsed
Constant headache with long COVID, improved then relapsed; hot showers helped
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Dec 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Did anyone else get a headache after covid 24/7 for an entire year?
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
For years it went away for a couple of months but came right back. To a lesser extent but the pain is there, daily.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
Did anyone else get a headache after covid 24/7 for an entire year?
In context ↗
Read from 7 of their posts and comments; links to the 7 this page draws on
Summary
After COVID, Island 26599 had a constant headache for a year, nerve pain on one side of their head and severe low mood. The headache subsided after about a year and they felt fine for roughly nine months, until another illness brought the pain back within three weeks. By December 2023 the pain was daily but milder. They started counseling for anxiety and found hot showers helped; topiramate gave them flashing lights and a panic attack.
Ask Miruvor AI
What they tried
Their words about each treatment
- counseling for my mental health · Helped
i started counseling for my mental health ... I tried so hard to work on calming my anxiety and when i did the headache also slowly went away, but it could be just a coincidence
In context ↗ - hot showers · Helped
I havent tried that but hot showers help.
In context ↗ - topiramate · Worse
this doc gave me topiramate or whatever and it felt like lights were flashing. I woke up and had a panic attack.
In context ↗
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 |
|---|---|---|
| onset | constant one-sided headache every day after COVIDDid anyone else get a headache after covid 24/7 for an entire year?In context ↗ | Not stated |
| — | deep low mood during the year of daily headachei went into a deep dark place the first timeIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| after 1 year | headache subsided and she felt fine for monthsIt took me 1 entire year before my headaches subsidedIn context ↗ | Near normal |
| 2023 | headache and nerve pain returned after another illnessafter 3 weeks post weird sickness i started to get small nerve pains at the same side of my head where i used to get them, its getting worse by the dayIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2023-12-25 | daily pain, milder than beforeTo a lesser extent but the pain is there, daily.In context ↗ | Not stated |
Adverse events
- Topiramate (Topamax)“this doc gave me topiramate or whatever and it felt like lights were flashing. I woke up and had a panic attack.” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Headaches & migraine
Have daily head pains on left side only.
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
i started to get small nerve pains at the same side of my head
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
i went into a deep dark place the first time
In context ↗ - Vision problems
i see colors now
In context ↗