Long COVID
Mild → relapsedIll 6 months before improving or writing
Long COVID with chest pain and breathlessness, improved then relapsed again
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 6 months
- Last post
- Sep 2020
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Got sick in March, felt 95% back to normal for most of July.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
My job has been stressful lately so I’ll probs quit and take a few months off to really look after my health.
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
felt 95% back to normal for most of July. Relapsed badly due to workplace stress early August.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I got sick on March 11
In context ↗
Read from 13 of their posts and comments; links to the 10 this page draws on
Summary
Sick with COVID from 11 March 2020, Beech 62144 had a stressful full-time job and felt 95% back to normal for most of July, then relapsed badly in early August from workplace stress and quit to rest. The August wave brought chest pain, tachycardia, breathlessness and a sore throat. Magnesium chelate with taurine seemed to ease the heart symptoms, but they relapsed again the next day. By 19 September they were on the mend.
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What they tried
Also tried
magnesium chelate· Helped · wore offtaurine· Helped · wore offdiaphragmatic breathing· HelpedLife Extension Cytokine Suppress· No changemild exercises· Worsepropranolol· Not saidrest, relaxation and healing· Not saidfish oil· Not saidZn· Not saidD3· Not saidQuercetin· Not saidCoQ10· Not saidC (vitamin C)· Not saidB12· Not said
Their words about each treatment
- mild exercises · Worse
Starting mild exercises again when I felt better between weeks 6 and 7 (cos what else is there to do in lock down!) then relapsed.
In context ↗ - magnesium chelate · Helped
I’ve had a good result with magnesium too (chelate), with taurine. I’ve only just started taking it but it seems to have helped with the heart symptoms.
In context ↗ - propranolol · Not said
My doc prescribed propranolol, a beta blocker.
In context ↗ - rest, relaxation and healing · Not said
I’ve now decided to dedicate myself to rest, relaxation and healing (have quit my stressful full time job). Taking it very very slowly.
In context ↗ - diaphragmatic breathing · Helped
trying to incorporate just simple diaphragmatic breathing into my day. Just doing this breathing itself has a calming effect on me
In context ↗ - Life Extension Cytokine Suppress · No change
So I’ve taken almost a whole bottle of this (60 caps in bottle, I take 2 a day), and have seen no obvious benefit to my symptoms, that I’m aware of.
In context ↗ - fish oil · Not said
I’m also taking a heap of other supplements (fish oil, Mg, Zn, D3, Quercetin, CoQ10, Taurine, C, B12) so it’s hard to say exactly what’s working and what’s not.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 11 March 2020 | COVID-19 illness beginsI got sick on March 11In context ↗ | Mild |
| weeks 6-7 (around May 2020) | relapse after mild exerciseStarting mild exercises again when I felt better between weeks 6 and 7 (cos what else is there to do in lock down!) then relapsed.In context ↗ | Mild |
| July 2020 | felt almost back to normal for most of Julyfelt 95% back to normal for most of JulyIn context ↗ | Near normal |
| early August 2020 | relapse from workplace stressRelapsed badly due to workplace stress early August.In context ↗ | Mild |
| mid-August 2020 | worst wave yet, the worst relapse5th wave hit around 10 days ago and although I’m getting over it now, it was the worst wave yet - heart/chest pain, phlegm, very mild cough, slight SOB, slight sore throat, but the tachycardia was what scared the crap out of me.In context ↗ | Mild |
| 19 September 2020 | on the mend from the worst relapse while resting off workI’m on the mend from this current (and worst) relapseIn context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Anxiety & low moodBreathlessnessFlu-like symptomsHeart symptoms & palpitationsNeuropathy & tinglingPost-exertional malaise
Their words about their symptoms
- Heart symptoms & palpitations
the tachycardia was what scared the crap out of me
In context ↗ - Flu-like symptoms
heart/chest pain, phlegm, very mild cough, slight SOB, slight sore throat
In context ↗ - Post-exertional malaise
Exercise caused my first relapse too, months ago (and mild execise at that - stretches and body weight exercises.)
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
sore/heavy feet that comes on randomly, as if circulation is bad
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
It’s like my tolerance for stress and anxiety has gone down to zero.
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