Long COVID
No benefitIll for 5 monthsNeeds ongoing treatment
Long COVID tachycardia, palpitations and adrenaline surges, no improvement
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- 5 months
- Last post
- Apr 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Just reinfected for third time and I recovered fine the first two. Now having chest pains and palpitations
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
Went from 3 per day down to one per day with the Calcif channel blocker and have been having a major uptick in flutters.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
Just reinfected for third time and I recovered fine the first two.
Read from 20 of their posts and comments; links to the 10 this page draws on
Summary
In December 2023, around her third COVID infection, she had tachycardia, daily adrenaline surges, palpitations and temperature swings. Beta blockers (metoprolol, 100 mg) only partly controlled her heart rate; she was hospitalised for tachycardia in December. By April 2024 she was weaning onto a calcium channel blocker and had more chest flutters. Under 25 mg of ubiquinol had pushed her heart rate to 130.
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What they tried
Their words about each treatment
- Metroprolol · Helped
I need 100mg Metroprolol to control it
In context ↗ - Ubiquinol · Worse
I took less than 25mg Ubiquinol and my hr shot to 130
In context ↗ - calcium channel blocker · Not said
wants me to switch to a calcium channel blocker instead, which I am while weaning
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 |
|---|---|
| December 2023 | third COVID infection with heart rate surge and hospitalisation for tachycardiaHr shot up on the 14th and tested positive on the 19th.In context ↗ |
| 2024-01-27 | symptoms returned after a week freeI just had a week without symptoms and now I’m feeling awful again today.In context ↗ |
| 2024-02-03 | worst adrenaline rush, heart rate 155 while lying in bedhad one of my worst ones yet last night ... spiked to 155bpm laying in bedIn context ↗ |
| 2024-04-25 | weaning off beta blocker onto a calcium channel blocker, more chest fluttershave been having a major uptick in fluttersIn context ↗ |
Adverse events
- CoQ10 / ubiquinol“I took less than 25mg Ubiquinol and my hr shot to 130” In context ↗ Heart rhythm problems
- Metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol)“On the beta blocker when my hr is low even sometimes I feel very tense and shakey like I’m having an adrenaline rush it’s awful” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Anxiety & low moodBreathlessnessHeart symptoms & palpitationsPOTS & dysautonomiaTemperature regulation
Their words about their symptoms
- POTS & dysautonomia
have been having pretty much daily adrenaline rushes since and they even break through my meds sometimes
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
have been having a major uptick in flutters
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
Felt like crap all day yesterday so anxious and tense
In context ↗ - Temperature regulation
My hands and feet get freezing cold and I go back and forth between hot and freezing and shivering.
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
was having trouble breathing
In context ↗