Long COVID chest pain, crippling anxiety, life on hold; somewhat better with zone 2 biking
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2 years
- Last post
- Feb 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
nearly two years of chest pain and crippling anxiety and neurologic weirdness is idiopathic
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
i think as far as biking is concerned, personally ive had huge benefits just staying in zone 2
In context ↗
Summary
Harbor 81210 described nearly two years of chest pain, crippling anxiety and neurologic symptoms that tests called idiopathic, with their life on hold and no treatment offered beyond anxiety drugs they refused. They worked out they had costochondritis and said they seemed to have fixed it. They reported huge benefits from staying in zone 2 while biking, taking it slow and resuming after setbacks.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- zone 2 training · Helped a lot
as far as biking is concerned, personally ive had huge benefits just staying in zone 2
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. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | onset of chest pain, crippling anxiety and neurologic symptomsnearly two years of chest pain and crippling anxiety and neurologic weirdness is idiopathic and there is no treatment aside from anxiety drugsIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2024-02-18 | self-diagnosed and fixed costochondritis; huge benefits from steady zone 2 bikingive had huge benefits just staying in zone 2In context ↗ | Mild | Everyday exercise and activity |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Heart symptoms & palpitations
glad i found out i had costochondritis myself and seem to have fixed it
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
nearly two years of chest pain and crippling anxiety and neurologic weirdness
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