Early long COVID with headaches, back to completely normal after getting active again
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 1 month
- Last post
- Dec 2021
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Only on week 4 myself
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I have this too but I’m on week 4.
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
Totally 100%. Back to completely normal.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I’ve searched extensively for other cases on this sub and the other covid sub
Read from 5 of their posts and comments; links to the 5 this page draws on
Summary
Alpine 85593 posted in July 2021, about four weeks into long COVID, with periods of headaches. They tried ivermectin without a clear effect, then prednisone, which gave slight improvement by day three or four. By December 2021 they were back to completely normal; they credited getting out of a negative headspace and being active again, and said it took about 1 to 1.5 months.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- toridol · Helped
That helps me a ton to ”break the cycle” whenever i go through a period of headaches.
In context ↗ - steroids (predisnone) · Helped
currently on a course of steroids (predisnone) to see if it’ll work. only around day 3/4 but feel a bit of slight improvement.
In context ↗ - ivermectin · Not said
Also tried ivermectin before this but not sure if it helped.
In context ↗ - be active again · Helped a lot
Biggest thing was getting out of my negative headspace and be active again.
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 | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | fell ill; weak, jello-like legs and periods of headachesI have this too but I’m on week 4.In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| 2021-07-19 | slight improvement on a prednisone courseonly around day 3/4 but feel a bit of slight improvement.In context ↗ | Not stated | Corticosteroid pulses |
| 2021-12-03 | back to completely normalTotally 100%. Back to completely normal.In context ↗ | Recovered |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Muscle weakness
I have this too but I’m on week 4.
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
That helps me a ton to ”break the cycle” whenever i go through a period of headaches.
In context ↗
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