Badly ill for months with long COVID and severe insomnia, partly better at seven months
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 10 months
- Last post
- Nov 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
severe insomnia cause by LC
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
7 months later I have some what of a handle on it. But not fully.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I got Covid last January it was terrible for months
In context ↗
Summary
They caught COVID in January 2024 and were badly ill for months, left with severe insomnia they had never had before. Seven months in they had only partly got a handle on it and still leaned on trazodone as an occasional reset, roughly monthly when their period starts. They wondered whether systemic candida was driving inflammation, and mentioned repeated courses of antibiotics and antifungals.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- trazodone · Helped
I take it and it like resets my system
In context ↗ - fluconazole · Helped
after taking fluconazole for the first time and second time I noticed a crazy difference in quality
In context ↗ - antibiotics · Not said
keep going on antibiotics and anti fungals and can't mix trazodone with them
In context ↗ - Hydroxazine · Helped
Hydroxazine was good for 3 uses then stopped working- I would only get 6 hours exact on it though
In context ↗ - benydryl · No change
after that benydryl stuff wasn't nearly enough
In context ↗ - ibuprofen pm · Helped
I did try ibuprofen pm once it did ok? Didn't keep me asleep too long though.
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Approaches: Antifungals
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 |
|---|---|
| January 2024 | COVID-19 infection, terrible for monthsI got Covid last January it was terrible for monthsIn context ↗ |
| about 7 months in (August 2024) | partly got a handle on the insomnia7 months later I have some what of a handle on it. But not fully.In context ↗ |
| 2024-11-18 | still partly managed; insomnia flares with her periodI just don’t know why it flares up on my period now and if there’s other options so I don’t have to lean on trazodoneIn context ↗ |
Adverse events
- “I tried that once and it made me feel like I was gonna pass out constantly for like a day or more, the side effects didn’t like me” In context ↗ Low blood pressure or fainting
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Sleep problems
What does everyone here do for the severe insomnia cause by LC?
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