Long COVID
Mild → near normalIll 10 months before improving or writing
Long COVID with chest pain, breathlessness and suspected POTS, now back to daily running
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 10 months
- Last post
- Jul 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I’ve been struggling with long Covid since the end of 2023
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
Going from running 37 minute 10ks to not running at all within one year is unbelievably depressing
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
I was back to daily running with no PEM or really any other symptoms
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I’ve been struggling with long Covid since the end of 2023
In context ↗
Read from 12 of their posts and comments; links to the 9 this page draws on
Summary
Summit 71323 developed long COVID at the end of 2023 with suspected POTS, dysautonomia, bounding pulse, breathlessness, chest pain and visual symptoms. Setbacks followed a six-mile run and heavy lifting/cycling, and a fourth COVID reinfection in summer 2024 caused a short relapse. By late 2024 they had recovered from most symptoms and were back to daily running without PEM, though tinnitus, visual snow and suspected POTS remained; they later reported foamy urine, abdominal discomfort and painful groin lymph nodes.
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What they tried
Also tried
staying hydrated· Helpedreducing screen time· Helpedmassaging around my sinus areas· Helpedibuprofen· No changeanti-acids· No changeinhalers· No changewarm compress· No changeexercise (cycling, running)· Worse
Their words about each treatment
- exercise (cycling, running) · Worse
I overestimated my recovery progress and jumped up in exercise intensity far too quickly (6 mile run), which felt fine at the time, but now has caused a reasonable set back
In context ↗ - staying hydrated · Helped
the main things like staying hydrated, not wearing tight headphones, reducing screen time, and massaging around my sinus areas seemed to help
In context ↗ - ibuprofen · No change
tried ibuprofen, anti-acids, inhalers, warm compress, and nothing, seriously nothing makes it better or worse
In context ↗
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. The chart starts 7 months after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| end of 2023 | long COVID onsetI’ve been struggling with long Covid since the end of 2023In context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2024-07-18 | setback after a 6-mile runjumped up in exercise intensity far too quickly (6 mile run) ... caused a reasonable set backIn context ↗ | Mild |
| 2024-08-17 | flare after lifting at work and cyclingI think I’m having a pretty bad flare. I’ve been doing a lot of lifting at work recentlyIn context ↗ | Mild |
| 2024-08-22 | fourth COVID reinfection; short relapseI was reinfected again in the summer, which caused a short relapse but nothing long lastingIn context ↗ | Mild |
| 2024-09-27 | burning chest pain; stopped cyclingI have had to stop cycling because of a burning chest painIn context ↗ | Mild |
| 2024-10-13 | recovered from most symptoms; daily exercise without crashingI’m now getting to the point where I’m recovered from most of my symptomsIn context ↗ | Near normal |
| 2024-11-07 | back to daily running without PEM; new urinary and gut symptomsI was back to daily running with no PEM or really any other symptomsIn context ↗ | Near normal |
| 2025-07-08 | throat pressure improved somewhatIt got kind of betterIn context ↗ | Near normal |
Symptoms mentioned
Anxiety & low moodBreathlessnessGut problemsHair lossHeadaches & migraineHeart symptoms & palpitationsPOTS & dysautonomiaPain & fibromyalgiaPost-exertional malaiseSleep problemsTinnitusVision problems
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
which felt fine at the time, but now has caused a reasonable set back
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
The main things left now are neurological (tinnitus, VSS, etc..) as well as pots
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
I can’t get to sleep because it’s shaking me at night
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
My costocondritis is also having a flare at the moment.
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
Had a lot of pressure around my eyes and temples
In context ↗ - Gut problems
yellow fluffy undigested stools
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
feeing breathless even on walks
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
I’m getting lots of PVC’s during exercise again
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
It has driven me absolutely mental
In context ↗ - Tinnitus
The main things left now are neurological (tinnitus, VSS, etc..)
In context ↗ - Hair loss
Is my hair gonna start falling out again?
In context ↗