Long COVID symptoms and anxiety, now nearly back to normal after therapy and medication
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 6 months
- Last post
- Sep 2021
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I had multiple physical symptoms after covid
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
I took me 6 months with therapy and meds now I feel much better almost like before I had covid
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
after covid
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Summary
After a COVID infection, Wave 12240 had multiple physical symptoms and even thought they might have Lyme disease. They were diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and had six months of therapy and medication. They said they felt much better, almost like before COVID, and described the improvement as almost a return to their pre-COVID state. They linked the improvement to therapy and medication.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- therapy · Helped a lot
I took me 6 months with therapy and meds now I feel much better almost like before I had covid.
In context ↗
Approaches: CBT & mindset
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 | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| onset | COVID infection with multiple physical symptomsI had multiple physical symptoms after covidIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2021-09-25 | felt much better after six months of therapy and medsI took me 6 months with therapy and meds now I feel much better almost like before I had covid.In context ↗ | Near normal |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Anxiety & low mood
diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder
In context ↗
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