Anxiety or long haul covid

I’m in a similar situation! It’s very frustrating. I’m trying to treat symptoms with help of primary and various specialists. Also, in talk therapy for anxiety. It’s the most helpful, imo.

@rick63 Perhaps if you speak to both medical providers, and see if they will communicate with each other, to come up with a beneficial game plan going forward? I don't know what the treatments are for long-haul Covid. What treatment are being proposed to address the GAD and panic disorder?
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I’m going to go to talk therapy in a week, are you able to take antidepressants

Well….I probably could. And, I will if I have to. It’s just that I am concerned with A) Side effects. And B) Withdrawal. I’ve probably read too much about both. But, it concerns me. I already take quite a few prescribed meds, vitamins and supplements.

I have a prescription for Lexapro, but haven’t started it. I think my anxiety symptoms have improved with talk therapy. We discuss it in our sessions and if I will need to take it. I also have a prescription for Klonopin to take on an as needed basis. I take it very cautiously. In 4 months, I’ve only taken about 4 pills. I half the low dose.

I haven’t ruled it out, but I hope it can be avoided. My adrenaline rush episodes have decreased and I am able to recognize them now. I’ve learned techniques like tapping to address them.

How do you feel about meds?

Okay, I was on lexapro for around 12 years until I got covid. So I after I got covid I went to my doctor, because I was so fatigued at the time, and I didn’t know what was wrong. She said that maybe lexapro stopped working, she said maybe I should try another antidepressants,( I was leery at the time because I didn’t want to, but I gave in and , that started the spiral of around 7-8 different antidepressants that didn’t work) anyway went back on lexapro, but it didn’t work. Every other antidepressants I tried my ears would buzz within 1day to 2weeks after starting??. So I’ve tried everything. The psychiatrist. Gave me Ativan as needed, she told me to take every day, well I tried to take it as needed, So did you have an adrenaline? Rush like how did it feel? Mine feels like I’m going a hundred miles an hour?, do you think talk therapy helps on the anxiety? And overall. Thank you

Sorry I thought you mean take ginger

My adrenaline rush episodes started after covid. Background: I’m diagnosed with post covid syndrome. I have multiple symptoms, but one of my worst was smell/taste disorder. I ended up at neurologist for fasciculations and neuropathy symptoms. But, he says not neuropathy. He prescribed my meds, as well as Gabapentin, which I couldn’t take, due to vision distortion, but did help. Have you tried it? It made me feel wonderful. I loved it. But, my vision was very blurry and that was not acceptable.

I read that a lot of people with Long covid describe it as shaking in the inside. For me, it’s more like a big rush. High intensity on the inside. I had panic attacks many years ago, but addressed them and haven’t had one in almost 20 years. But, these new episodes are different. They feel more like a physical force, not a mental thing. I guess it is a fight or flight response. They can emerge usually when I am preparing to do something , but not always.

However, whatever it is, I’ll treat it. They started along with my other post Covid symptoms. They have decreased a lot since I started talk therapy. I discuss everything with him, including relationships, but my main focus is anxiety and health anxiety. I have my share of long standing issues like type 1 diabetes that can be stressful.

My talk therapy is the most helpful thing I have done for myself…..perhaps in my life. Acupuncture helped me a lot too a few years ago with s separate issue. I have tried therapy on a limited basis over the years, but the right therapist is the key.

Sorry you couldn’t find a med that works for you. I’m afraid I don’t know much about that. My therapist says it is a matter of finding the right dose or combination of meds.

I never had a anxiety/panic attack in my life (54 yrs)....Until after i recovered from covid.
I still have them but they are less frequent now.
My issue is still shortness of breathe and fatigue.
My doctor finally gave in and i am seeing a lung doc in April.
He even mentioned Long Covid for the first time in 2 yrs.
Maybe he is finally coming around to believing it as he sees more and more patients
with the same complaints.
I am not expecting much as every test i have had has come back fine.