Long COVID
Moderate → somewhat betterIll 8 months before improving or writing
Long COVID fog and seizures, somewhat better; cannabis made fog more tolerable
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 8 months
- Last post
- Sep 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Is this normal for long covid?
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
waking up 6 times a night, out of touch with reality and the fog is at an all time high
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
These lessened and disappeared after 3-4 months.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
plus I didn’t have a lasting cough so I didn’t do a Covid test back then, but I wish I did
Read from 4 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
They date onset to mid-January 2024, with brain fog, a dreamlike drunk feeling and unrefreshing sleep after an untested suspected COVID infection. By late January came palpitations lying down, insomnia, nocturnal seizures when drifting off and air hunger; a panic attack with depression followed. Insomnia faded by month three and the night-time seizures by three to four months, but fog improved only slowly and was still recovering at six months; cannabis made it more tolerable.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- weed · Helped
weed just makes everything more tolerable
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 |
|---|---|
| mid January 2024 | increasing brain fog, dreamlike unreal feeling, unrefreshing sleepSo around mid January this year I had this increasing fogginess in my headIn context ↗ |
| end of January 2024 | worsened: palpitations lying down, POTS, insomnia, jerks on falling asleep, air hungerThis increased until end of January when I get really bad heart palpitations when lying down, some form of POTS, insomnia, and even nocturnal seizures when I drift off to sleep causing me to wake up.In context ↗ |
| mid February 2024 | panic attack, depression, racing heart, waking six times a night, fog at its worstheart rate through the roof, looping inside of my head, waking up 6 times a night, out of touch with reality and the fog is at an all time highIn context ↗ |
| around the third month, April 2024 | night-time jolts lessened and disappearedThese lessened and disappeared after 3-4 months.In context ↗ |
| 2024-07-15 | brain fog slowly recovering; cannabis makes it more tolerableAt the 5/6th month I was getting quite impatient at my brain fog recovery, weed just makes everything more tolerableIn context ↗ |
| 2024-09-24 | insomnia gone; brain fog still slowly recoveringI also used to have bad insomnia until it slowly died off at the third month.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Anxiety & low moodBrain fogBreathlessnessFlu-like symptomsHeart symptoms & palpitationsPOTS & dysautonomiaSleep problems
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
this increasing fogginess in my head
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
I also used to have bad insomnia until it slowly died off at the third month.
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
some form of POTS
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
really bad heart palpitations when lying down
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I just got seriously depressed for no reason
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
I also needed to breathe more frequently and felt like my head wasn’t getting enough oxygen
In context ↗ - Flu-like symptoms
Til now I still feel hungover all the time.
In context ↗