Long COVID with insomnia and tachycardia; diet and walking helped, then symptoms returned
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2 years
- Last post
- Dec 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I had covid in mid November
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
worsen insomnia and anxiety, chest cracking and tachycardia even in rest 100-130 bpm ... and today I tried to do a little bit more heavy exercice and then go to work
- Now: Relapsed
I suffered from long COVID for like 2 years then I started to feel better and somehow living my "normal" life or something similar to it. Then 4 months ago started with these symptoms.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I had covid in mid November , the big symptom was pneumonia
In context ↗
Read from 5 of their posts and comments; links to the 5 this page draws on
Summary
They caught COVID-19 with pneumonia in November 2020 and were left with high blood pressure, insomnia, anxiety and resting tachycardia of 100-130 bpm. A nutritionist's five-meal anti-inflammatory diet, supplements, CBD and a gradual walking and running routine helped; by May 2022 there were no hypoglycaemia attacks in over six months. After about two years they felt near normal, but four months before their last post symptoms returned.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- propanolol · Not said
my psychiatrist raised my propanolol and Alprazolam doses
In context ↗ - breath exercises · Not said
I make breath exercises
In context ↗ - inspirometer · Not said
I utilize an inspirometer
In context ↗ - exercise bike · Helped
also a little bit of exercise bike. I went from 100-140 walking To 100-115
In context ↗ - redox-antiiflamatory diet · Helped
who's sent me a redox-antiiflamatory diet with 5 foods per day and supplements ... I got no hypoglycemia events recently and my bpm has going better
In context ↗ - vitamin C and D · Helped
Lots of extra supplements too like vitamin C and D, Salmon oil.
In context ↗ - CBD · Helped
cbd helped me with anxiety and it was so good for my insomnia issue too
In context ↗ - walking in the park, running intervals · Helped
walking in the park , running 5 seconds , walk again, breath and calm down and run again 5 second . Eventually I could run 10 then 15 .
In context ↗
Approaches: Diet · Exercise and activity
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-11 | COVID-19 with pneumoniaI had covid in mid November , the big symptom was pneumoniaIn context ↗ | |
| 2020-12 | sequelae: high blood pressure, insomnia, anxiety, resting tachycardiaBut I got sequels like high blood pressure , worsen insomnia and anxiety, chest cracking and tachycardia even in rest 100-130 bpmIn context ↗ | |
| 2021-02 | heart rate lower and no hypoglycaemia events on diet and CBDI got no hypoglycemia events recently and my bpm has going better ( no more than 116 bpm I can even reach 89-100 sometimes)In context ↗ | Elimination diets (other) |
| 2021-02-20 | crashed after walking fast and heavier exercise before workI felt worse since the day I needed to walk fast, almost run a street and in return. And today I tried to do a little bit more heavy exercice and then go to workIn context ↗ | |
| 2022-05-23 | walking, short runs and yoga; no glycaemia crisis for over six months; eating normal food againEventually I could run 10 then 15 . Made yoga.In context ↗ | Everyday exercise and activity |
| 2022-12-24 | symptoms returned four months earlier; still going through it and anxiousI suffered from long COVID for like 2 years then I started to feel better and somehow living my "normal" life or something similar to it. Then 4 months ago started with these symptoms.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Heart symptoms & palpitations
recently I feel my tachycardia going up again
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
worsen insomnia
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
it makes me so anxious!
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
some difficulty for breathing like rhinitis or something like that
In context ↗ - Post-exertional malaise
I felt worse since the day I needed to walk fast, almost run a street and in return
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