Long COVID
Mild → relapsed
Long COVID: exercising 3-4 times a week, then relapsed and could no longer exercise
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Aug 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
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In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I get flu-like symptoms every other week which has recently kept me out of the gym.
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
few months ago I was in the gym 3-4x a week. ... and then a big crash and now I couldn't even exercise
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Summary
A Reddit user reported airway infection flare-ups and flu-like symptoms every other week that kept them out of the gym. A few months before August 2025 they exercised three to four times a week; after an overseas holiday, visiting friends and a research stint they crashed and could no longer exercise, with a respiratory infection and GERD flare-ups. A flu-like infection had also left their energy very low.
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What they tried
Also tried
flu management and maintenance meds· No change
Their words about each treatment
- flu management and maintenance meds · No change
my meds (flu management, and maintenance meds) do not seem to be working
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Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, in the order they describe; they don’t give enough times to place each step. Hover or tap a point. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| a few months before August 2025 | exercising at the gym 3-4x a weekfew months ago I was in the gym 3-4x a weekIn context ↗ | Mild |
| before August 2025 | flu-like infection drove energy very lowa recent flu-infection had me spiraling down to very low energy levelsIn context ↗ | Mild |
| before 2025-08-30 | crashed after overseas vacation, visiting friends and researchhad an overseas vacation with family, had some highscool friends over to visit, did some research, and then a big crashIn context ↗ | Mild |
| 2025-08-30 | still unable to exercise, respiratory infection and GERD flare-upsnow I couldn't even exercise and am riddled with respiratory infection and bad GERD flareupsIn context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Flu-like symptoms
I get flu-like symptoms every other week
In context ↗ - Post-exertional malaise
and then a big crash and now I couldn't even exercise
In context ↗ - Gut problems
which triggers my GERD and Gout
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
triggers my GERD and Gout
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