Long COVID
Moderate → no benefitIll for 3.5 yearsNeeds ongoing treatment
Long COVID crash with vertigo, migraine and PEM, still retching and vomiting in 2025
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- 3.5 years
- Last post
- Jun 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I had a massive crash two days ago because I received a voicemail from a work contact at my former job (I had to resign bc of my illness)
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
I had to resign bc of my illness ... a slow walk in the woods without pain is all I want in the world
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
I think “pushing myself” for three years trying to work and live “like a normal person” is why my symptoms are worse and not better
In context ↗
Summary
They had been pushing themselves for about three years when, in April 2024, a voicemail from a work contact at their former job triggered a massive crash with vertigo, retching, migraine and PEM; they had already resigned from their job because of the illness. They took a medication for around a year and said it helped them. By 2025 they said uncontrollable retching often made them throw up, helped only by an ice cube and deep breathing.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Allegra · Helped
I’ve been taking it about a year and I notice when I miss a dose. It does help me.
In context ↗ - ice cube to the forehead or inside of wrists · Helped
the only thing that helps me is an ice cube to the forehead or inside of wrists and deep breathing
In context ↗
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ~2021 | illness began; kept trying to work and live normallyI think “pushing myself” for three years trying to work and live “like a normal person” is why my symptoms are worse and not better.In context ↗ | Mild |
| April 2024 | massive crash after a voicemail from a former work contactI had a massive crash two days ago because I received a voicemail from a work contact at my former jobIn context ↗ | Severe |
| June 2025 | still having uncontrollable retching after mental overexertionit often turns to uncontrollable retching until I throw upIn context ↗ | Moderate |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
was left with migraine and awful PEM like I’d been through a cage match
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
It triggered losing my balance, vertigo
In context ↗ - Gut problems
it often turns to uncontrollable retching until I throw up
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
Was able to calm my vagus nerve out of the spiral and was left with migraine
In context ↗