Long COVID
Mild → no benefitIll for 14 months
Long COVID fatigue bouts, barely able to sit up; therapy helped them cope, no improvement
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- 14 months
- Last post
- May 2021
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
it’s been essential for helping me deal with long covid
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
able to survive the day and generally able to participate in life ... In the morning I even jog (super slow) for a little bit
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
I’ve experienced this pattern repeatedly in the months since the acute phase ... And then out of nowhere, another bout of THIS FUCKING FATIGUE hits me for a few days or a week at a time.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I got Covid in March 2020.
Summary
Comet 83603 caught COVID-19 in March 2020 with a 34-day acute phase that included three hospital trips. Afterwards they had breathlessness, a racing heart on exertion, brain fog, lost smell and taste and crushing fatigue that came in bouts leaving them barely able to sit up for days. Between bouts they could live fairly normally and jog slowly. They said therapy helped them cope emotionally with the illness.
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What they tried
Their words about each treatment
- jog (super slow) · Not said
In the morning I even jog (super slow) for a little bit and feel like maybe I’m even starting to get my fitness back. And then out of nowhere, another bout of THIS FUCKING FATIGUE hits me
In context ↗ - therapy with a mental health professional · Helped
Talking through those feelings with a professional has been enormously helpful.
In context ↗
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 |
|---|---|
| March 2020 | COVID-19, 34-day acute phase, three hospital tripsI got Covid in March 2020. Acute phase was 34 days, complete isolation from my family, all the bad stuff (intense fever, terrible cough, couldn’t breathe), three trips to hospitalIn context ↗ |
| months since the acute phase | month-long stretches of feeling alright, slow jogging, able to participate in lifeI have a stretch of about a month where I feel alright, I feel relatively clear-minded and able to survive the day and generally able to participate in life. In the morning I even jog (super slow)In context ↗ |
| last week (April 2021) | bout of crushing fatigue, barely able to sit up in bedLast week I was deep in one of these bouts. Could barely sit up in bed. Struggled to get downstairs to eatIn context ↗ |
| 2021-05-06 | back out of the bout, living more slowly than beforeBut I still have shoes to tie, and places to go (much more slowly than I did before). I’m sure as hell still going to go.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Anxiety & low moodBrain fogBreathlessnessHeart symptoms & palpitationsLoss of smell or tasteMuscle weakness
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
I’ve still had short breath, heart races with the simplest exertion, brain fog, no smell/taste
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
Will I ever even be able to take a full breath again?
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
heart races with the simplest exertion
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
Could barely sit up in bed.
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
Lot so feelings of grief, shame, frustration (at the best of times), hopelessness (at the worst of times).
In context ↗