Long COVID
Moderate → relapsedIll 4 months before improving or writing
Long COVID with pseudo paralysis, improved on gabapentin then relapsed
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 4 months
- Last post
- Jul 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Tested positive on 2/27, tingling in my fingers and toes started 3/10.
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
Bad days my legs feel like jello, I feel like I'm going to fall.
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
Over the next couple months my symptoms improved significantly. And in mid May I relapsed.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
Tested positive on 2/27
In context ↗
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
Tested positive for COVID-19 in late February 2023, this person developed tingling in the fingers and toes within two weeks and then pseudo paralysis of the left arm and leg. Gabapentin was started and symptoms improved significantly over the next couple months, but they relapsed in mid-May 2023. By July all testing was normal, and on bad days their legs still felt like jello and their hands trembled.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- gabapentin · Not said
Started gabapentin and referred to neuro.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2023-02-27 | tested positive for COVID-19Tested positive on 2/27In context ↗ |
| 2023-03-17 | pseudo paralysis of left arm and leg, body felt asleepBy 3/17 I had psuedo paralysis in my left arm and leg and the rest of my body felt like it was asleepIn context ↗ |
| spring 2023 | symptoms improved significantly over a couple of monthsOver the next couple months my symptoms improved significantlyIn context ↗ |
| mid May 2023 | relapseAnd in mid May I relapsedIn context ↗ |
| 2023-07-04 | still symptomatic with normal testingBad days my legs feel like jello, I feel like I'm going to fall.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Neuropathy & tingling
tingling in my fingers and toes started 3/10
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
By 3/17 I had psuedo paralysis in my left arm and leg
In context ↗ - Temperature regulation
my teeth chatter like I'm cold
In context ↗