Long COVID
Moderate → somewhat betterIll 19 months before improving or writing
Housebound with long COVID and brain fog, taste now partly back
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 19 months
- Last post
- Dec 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
My doc said that it wasn’t medically considered “long covid” until six months.
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
I’ve become a hermit. A recluse. A shut in. I can’t go anywhere because if I smell “that smell” I may start involuntarily start gagging and dry heaving or even vomiting
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
I tasted a deviled egg on Christmas. Like, I tasted ALL the flavors the way they’re supposed to taste. ... The turkey still tasted like crap
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I was never aware that I even had Covid (I refer to it as “secret covid”)
Summary
A 50-year-old woman developed long COVID in June 2023 after an infection so mild she never noticed it. Taste and smell vanished, then returned distorted in October: everything smelled disgusting, she gagged or vomited near food, ate only about ten things, had brain fog and became housebound, while still working from home. She took antidepressants for longstanding depression and anxiety. By Christmas 2024 taste had partly returned.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- antidepressants · Helped
I’m on antidepressants (have been for ages for clinical depression and anxiety) and I feel like they’re just keeping me sane.
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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. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Taste and smell vanished a day after food turned bland; still working and eatingJune 3, 2023 was the last normal day of my life.In context ↗ | Mild |
| December 2023 | Smell returned distorted; everything smelled disgusting, gagging and vomiting near food, became housebound, ate only about ten foods, brain fogI’ve become a hermit. A recluse. A shut in. I can’t go anywhereIn context ↗ | Moderate |
| December 2024 | Tasted all the flavours of a deviled egg; other foods still distortedI tasted a deviled egg on Christmas. Like, I tasted ALL the flavors the way they’re supposed to taste.In context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Loss of smell or taste
Everything smells the same which affects the way things taste.
In context ↗ - Brain fog
And the cherry on top is that I have ridiculous brain fog
In context ↗ - Gut problems
I don’t eat and I don’t enjoy going out because everything is nauseating.
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I’m on antidepressants (have been for ages for clinical depression and anxiety)
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