Long COVID with pleurisy and migraines, somewhat better with antidepressants
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 20 months
- Last post
- Sep 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I’m starting to feel long covid symptoms again specifically pleurisy
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
I wasn’t able to do basic things like drive a car.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
since then, my back has gone back to normal
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I had just recovered from my 6th month journey and got covid again
In context ↗ - Says they never had: Anxiety & low mood
they keep prescribing me anti depressants even though I’m not really depressed
Read from 8 of their posts and comments; links to the 7 this page draws on
Summary
A user was ill with long COVID for about six months before July 2022, recovered, then caught COVID again in July 2022 and their symptoms returned, including pleurisy. Meloxicam cleared the pleurisy, and a back problem healed after swimming daily on a New Year holiday. From around late 2022/early 2023 chronic migraines with blurry vision and numbness sent them to the ER twice; antidepressants dulled the pain, and by September 2023 it was easing.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- meloxicam · Helped a lot
Meloxicam fixed it up for me!
In context ↗ - physical therapy · No change
Still no diagnosis and physical therapy isn’t really helping.
In context ↗ - swimming · Helped a lot
for some reason swimming got me back to where I wanted to be
In context ↗ - anti depressants · Helped
The headache still won't go away, even after the drugs, it's just dulled or the edge is taken off.
In context ↗ - CBD · Worse
I can’t even handle cbd right now without a bunch of negative side effects
In context ↗
Approaches: Exercise and activity
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. The chart starts 6 months after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 2 steps say too little to place on the scale and are only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| early 2022 | long COVID (a six-month "journey")I had just recovered from my 6th month journeyIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| July 2022 | recovered from the first long COVID boutI had just recovered from my 6th month journey and got covid againIn context ↗ | Recovered |
| July 2022 | COVID reinfection; long COVID symptoms returned, including pleurisynow a couple weeks after, I’m starting to feel long covid symptoms again specifically pleurisyIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| January 2023 | swam daily on a New Year holiday; the crater in the back healedfor some reason swimming got me back to where I wanted to beIn context ↗ | Mild |
| February 2023 | chronic migraines with vision loss, numb hands and trouble speaking; two ER visitsI wasn’t able to do basic things like drive a car.In context ↗ | Moderate |
| September 2023 | months-long migraine finally easingjust now feels like it’s going away.In context ↗ | Mild |
Adverse events
- CBD (cannabidiol)“I can’t even handle cbd right now without a bunch of negative side effects” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Headaches & migraine
Extreme chronic migraines. Blurry vision, constant headaches for +2 months
In context ↗ - Vision problems
couldn’t see (vision was completely blurry)
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
I lost feeling in my hands
In context ↗ - Brain fog
was having trouble speaking
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
it was from pleurisy inflammation of the lungs
In context ↗
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