Long COVID
No benefitIll for 3 years
Constant headache after long COVID for over a year, no benefit from migraine treatments
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- 3 years
- Last post
- Oct 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
constant headaches after COVID for over a year now
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
the headache has been never ending for more than a year
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
constant headaches after COVID for over a year now
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Summary
A Reddit user developed a constant, never-ending headache after COVID, still present more than a year later; in October 2024 they asked whether sexual activity gives relief. Many migraine treatments, every over-the-counter medicine and four rounds of Botox injections did nothing, and caffeine made it worse. Only ice packs and sexual activity gave brief distraction or slight temporary relief.
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What they tried
Also tried
ice packs· Helpedmigraine treatments· No changeover the counter med· No changeBotox injections· No changecaffeine· Worse
Their words about each treatment
- migraine treatments · No change
I’ve tried so many migraine treatments, nothing worked
In context ↗ - over the counter med · No change
tried every over the counter med
In context ↗ - caffeine · Worse
caffeine really makes it all worse so I avoid that
In context ↗ - Botox injections · No change
I’ve even tried Botox injections in my head, my neurologist tried this 4 different times, no effect
In context ↗ - ice packs · Helped
The only other thing that seems to help a tiny bit is ice packs.
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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 |
|---|---|
| 2021 | constant headaches began after COVIDconstant headaches after COVID for over a year nowIn context ↗ |
| 2022-11-29 | never-ending headache; nothing helpedthe headache has been never ending for more than a yearIn context ↗ |
| 2024-10-17 | headache still there, only brief distraction or slight reliefIt seems to give me a little bit of temporary reliefIn context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Headaches & migraine
constant headaches after COVID for over a year now
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