Long COVID
Mild → somewhat better
Long COVID palpitations, somewhat better with cetirizine and gluten-free diet
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Jul 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
r/covidlonghaulers
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
Lunch used to knock me out for about 4 hours. The only thing I could do was lie on the couch and endure heart palps.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
I still have this, but not as much as I used to.
In context ↗
Read from 4 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
A long-COVID patient described two months of bad irregular heartbeats and palpitations, plus lunches that knocked them out for four hours on the couch. Extra magnesium and B vitamins eased the palpitations a little, and cetirizine stopped them within two days, with the heart normal again shortly after. A gluten-free diet ended the post-lunch crashes, and they later ate gluten again without problems.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- gluten free · Helped a lot
When the doc adviced me to try gluten free I was sceptical, but it made it go away.
In context ↗ - Magnesium · Helped
Tried taking extra Magnesium and B-Complex. I feel this eased it a bit.
In context ↗ - red wine · Helped
A glass of red wine made mine go away for a while.
In context ↗ - Cetrizine · Helped a lot
2 days after taking Cetrizine they disappeared completely.
In context ↗ - L-Carnitin · Helped
took Cetrizine (also L-Carnitin & Pro-biotics with some B vits) and I felt relief within 1 day, heart normal again after 2.
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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 | After |
|---|---|---|
| — | long COVID with irregular heartbeats, palpitations and post-lunch crashesHad really bad irregular heartbeats for 2 monthsIn context ↗ | |
| 2023-04-19 | palpitations and arrhythmia disappeared after cetirizine; magnesium and B vitamins had eased them a little2 days after taking Cetrizine they disappeared completelyIn context ↗ | Cetirizine (Zyrtec) |
| 2023-04-22 | post-lunch crashes and heart palpitations stopped on a gluten-free dietWhen the doc adviced me to try gluten free I was sceptical, but it made it go awayIn context ↗ | Gluten-free diet |
| 2023-07-19 | heart normal again within two days of cetirizine; internal buzzing still present but lessI felt relief within 1 day, heart normal again after 2In context ↗ | Cetirizine (Zyrtec) |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Heart symptoms & palpitations
Gave me arrythmia (3 normal beats, followed very fast by another beat and a longer pause) and palpitations.
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
I would describe the feeling as buzzing, like a constant flow of electricity in one place.
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