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I have had hypothyroidism for 25 years (I'm 70). I got covid on March '23 from a fellow cyclist on a bike tour. It didn't impact my thyroid (although I felt better after meds increased my TSH level from 3 to 1), or result in POTS (drop in BP). It did hit me with 8 months of PEM and cardiovascular high BP, irregular heartbeat, and chest pain. No permanent heart damage (no troponin), but 8 months of minimal exercise and naps was a pain. I'm fine now. I have gotten leg cramps for many years, increasing exercise levels and making sure you get enough calcium/magnesium, hydration, and stretching help. With PEM I could only do biking/walking in bits, but could still do weights and other resistance work. Covid is evil and hits everyone differently.
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Just a query from fellow 70 year old hypothyroid sufferer still with LC…did LC affect your hypothyroidism, as you suggest it did but what do you mean by ‘meds increased my TSH from 3 to 1’…surely this is a decrease, changed by hormone replacement or are you using other ‘meds’? All specialists drs.have washed their hands of me unfortunately and I am left with ‘agreeing to disagree’ with my GP who thinks it’s ’overmedicated on levothyroxine’ that is giving me my high HR…but I do take a combo T4/T3 and have always had a suppressed TSH (0.06-0.02). It’s the postural hypotension on standing and hypertension at rest that is new( well 4 1/2 years) to LC that is disabilitating.