Long COVID
Mild → relapsedIll 9 months before improving or writing
Long COVID fatigue, brain fog and headaches, improved then relapsed; nothing helped
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 9 months
- Last post
- Dec 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
got long COVID somewhere along the process
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
Going to the gym sometimes exacerbates my symptoms and I'm still exhausted all the time
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
I had almost no symptoms for like 5-6 months and in the past few weeks I've been having symptoms 2-3x a week
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
got long COVID somewhere along the process
In context ↗
Read from 4 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
They developed long COVID during a multi-year weight-loss effort, with fatigue, brain fog and headaches; exertion sometimes worsened symptoms. They put their life on hold for about nine months, then had almost no symptoms for five to six months. In late 2023 symptoms returned two to three times a week, and they wondered whether bouts of illness were COVID reinfections. Nothing they tried helped.
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What they tried
Also tried
keto· No changeGoing to the gym· Worse
Their words about each treatment
- Going to the gym · Worse
Going to the gym sometimes exacerbates my symptoms and I'm still exhausted all the time
In context ↗ - keto · No change
I haven't noticed that it helps with long COVID
In context ↗
Their path
What they say at each step doesn’t fit the worst point or outcome above on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| onset | long COVID begangot long COVID somewhere along the processIn context ↗ |
| — | life on hold while ill; exertion made symptoms worseI put my whole life on hold for 9 monthsIn context ↗ |
| 9 mo | almost no symptoms for five to six monthsI had almost no symptoms for like 5-6 monthsIn context ↗ |
| 2023-12-08 | symptoms returned two to three times a weekin the past few weeks I've been having symptoms 2-3x a weekIn context ↗ |
| 2023-12-25 | still relapsed, nothing helpednow it's just kind of come backIn context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
Going to the gym sometimes exacerbates my symptoms
In context ↗ - Brain fog
The way the headache/fog feels is so strange
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I'm just crying thinking it's back again
In context ↗