Long COVID
Mild → somewhat betterIll 10 months before improving or writingNeeds ongoing treatment
Long COVID heart-rate and blood pressure spikes, somewhat better on metoprolol
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 10 months
- Last post
- Feb 2021
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
30m in the US here and you have described everything I've been going through almost exact timing as well.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I do get tired easier than I used to but as long as I'm not doing anything strenuous I can get through the day without sleeping/laying down.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
it's getting better now ... I do get tired easier than I used to but as long as I'm not doing anything strenuous I can get through the day without sleeping/laying down.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
you have described everything I've been going through almost exact timing as well
Read from 5 of their posts and comments; links to the 5 this page draws on
Summary
A 30-year-old US man began feeling unwell in April 2020 and was taken to the ER twice in early May for blood-pressure spikes; he had headaches, body pains, breathlessness and heart-rate spikes. Metoprolol and losartan made his heart-rate and blood-pressure spikes more manageable, while pantoprazole with diet changes helped acid reflux and cymbalta helped random pains, numbness and anxiety. By month 10 he still had random pains, numbness, breathlessness and anxiety and felt one bad day away from not being able to function.
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What they tried
Also tried
metoprolol· Helpedlosartan· Helpedpantoprazole· Helpeddiet changes· Helpedcymbalta· Helpedbreo/ellipta powdered inhaler· No changeloratadine· Not said
Their words about each treatment
- metoprolol · Helped
Still have bp and heart rate spikes even though I'm taking metoprolol and losartan but at this time it's far more manageable.
In context ↗ - pantoprazole · Helped
Acid reflux is super bad too but pantoprazole has helped a long with diet changes.
In context ↗ - diet changes · Helped
pantoprazole has helped a long with diet changes
In context ↗ - cymbalta · Helped
Still getting weird, random pains and tingly numbness in my extremities but it has improved a great deal (I'm on cymbalta for that + anxiety).
In context ↗ - loratadine · Not said
I am currently on losartan, metoprolol, pantoprazole, cymbalta, loratadine, and breo/ellipta powdered inhaler
In context ↗ - breo/ellipta powdered inhaler · No change
breo/ellipta powdered inhaler, but I stopped taking that cause it didn't do anything for my shortness of breath
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 |
|---|---|
| April 2020 | illness began with feeling odd for a monthFelt weird the whole month of AprilIn context ↗ |
| first weekend of May 2020 | blood pressure spikes, two ER visitsended up in the er twice the first weekend of may because of bp spikes. Paramedics said my bp was at stroke levelsIn context ↗ |
| 2020-12-23 | felt a lot better than in spring/summerfeel a lot better than in the spring/summerIn context ↗ |
| 2021-02-09 | improved but fragile, still symptomatic on six medicationseven though I feel improvement it feels like I'm 1 shit day away from not being able to function againIn context ↗ |
Adverse events
- Duloxetine (Cymbalta)“I also ran out of the cymbalta once and couldn't get it for a few days and had something called brain shakes or something, weird shit.” In context ↗ Withdrawal problems
Symptoms mentioned
Anxiety & low moodBreathlessnessGut problemsHeadaches & migraineHeart symptoms & palpitationsNeuropathy & tinglingPOTS & dysautonomiaPain & fibromyalgiaTemperature regulation
Their words about their symptoms
- Headaches & migraine
Headaches, weird body pains and on and off shortness of breath still going on
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
Still getting weird, random pains and tingly numbness in my extremities but it has improved a great deal
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
Weird breathing crap happens still but it's like a random episode once every so often
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
Still have bp and heart rate spikes even though I'm taking metoprolol and losartan
In context ↗ - Gut problems
Acid reflux is super bad too but pantoprazole has helped a long with diet changes.
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
tingly numbness in my extremities but it has improved a great deal
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
anxiety definitely plays into that
In context ↗ - Temperature regulation
randomly getting hot and sweaty but no fever
In context ↗