Long COVID
Mild → somewhat better
Long COVID with low stamina and brain fog for ten years, somewhat better after infection
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Feb 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I have had "long COVID" symptoms for 10 years
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
Not totally crippling, but with obviously reduced stamina and with some mental fog.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
I feel a lot better.
In context ↗ - Began after: another virus
probably from a MERS/SARS flu-style infection where I was in bed for 2-3 weeks
Read from 4 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
Trail 80241 had ten years of reduced stamina and mental fog, probably from a flu-like infection that kept them in bed two to three weeks. They kept working a desk job but were exhausted at home. Steroids for an unrelated wound and a COVID vaccination each gave brief relief. Some weeks before February 2025, a high-fever flu-like infection left them feeling a lot better, and they hoped it would last.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- antiinflammatory steroids · Helped
I was prescribed antiinflammatory steroids for a few days and things cleared up for the duration. ... I felt briefly a bit better after taking some steroids for unrelated reasons
- amlodipine · Worse
Curiously is happened also coincidentally with starting on high pressure meds, it seemed to be "amlodipine" that caused it
In context ↗ - a somewhat different one · Helped
switching to a somewhat different one improved things a lot
In context ↗ - skipping the evening meal · Helped
What I have found since becoming over 50yo skipping the evening meal is essential to sleeping well
In context ↗ - a COVID vaccination · Helped
I felt briefly a bit better after taking some steroids for unrelated reasons and after a COVID vaccination.
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 | After |
|---|---|---|
| onset | flu-like infection, two to three weeks in bed, then lasting reduced stamina and mental fogI have had "long COVID" symptoms for 10 years, probably from a MERS/SARS flu-style infection where I was in bed for 2-3 weeks.In context ↗ | |
| — | switched from amlodipine to a somewhat different blood pressure medication and improved a lotit seemed to be "amlodipine" that caused it, switching to a somewhat different one improved things a lot.In context ↗ | |
| — | briefly better while taking anti-inflammatory steroids for a woundI was prescribed antiinflammatory steroids for a few days and things cleared up for the duration.In context ↗ | Corticosteroid pulses |
| — | briefly better after a COVID vaccinationI felt briefly a bit better ... after a COVID vaccinationIn context ↗ | COVID vaccination as treatment |
| 2025-02-01 | felt a lot better after a high-fever flu-style infection some weeks earlierand I feel a lot better. Perhaps the immune system response to the new infection helped with the previous issue. I hope it lasts.In context ↗ |
Adverse events
- Amlodipine (Norvasc)“it seemed to be "amlodipine" that caused it, switching to a somewhat different one improved things a lot.” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
with some mental fog
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
skipping the evening meal is essential to sleeping well, as long digestion really makes a problem.
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