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Long Covid Fatigue - Exhausting Physically and Mentally
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Sep 18 7:15am | Replies (94)Comment receiving replies
@roxannelee
I'm curious what symptoms have been primary for you; if they wax and wane; if you've experienced full recovery of any of them... It seems we probably were infected by the same COVID strain. I've often wanted to compare notes...
General list of my most persistent symptoms since onset 9/2020:
SOB, chest pain/pressure, brain fog!, dizziness/imbalance, fatigue (many times crushing), heart rate spikes/dips, mild nausea with full-body flushes, depression, anxiety.
[-Chest Pressure: Since onset have graduated down from adult to baby elephant sitting on my chest.
-SOB: Feels like breathing through cheesecloth.
-With the adding of Metoprolol to my Rx's, my heart rate has calmed down. No more spikes to 200bpm! Range now is between 65-120.]
My Official Diagnoses:
POTS (Heart rate spikes when changing position from waiting/lying to standing), Postural Orthostatic Hypotension (drop of blood pressure when changing position to standing), PEM, depression/anxiety. Everything else? Test results show I'm healthy as a horse.
Regardless of where we are in this process, blessings to all!
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My long covid started with the onset of my covid, January 2022. That year, I had pneumonia 4 times, the flu twice(despite flu shots), immune system was shot. Oxygen levels were extremely low. Fatigue, especially as the day went on ,was exhausting and couldn't exercise more than 10 minutes. I was living outside Denver and had to move to lower altitude.
I need my oxygen now only when sick(and when I visit my grandchildren in Denver. ) I have asthma now and ongoing lung infections. Had lung surgery last year for lung cancer. I hardly ever talk about my long covid now. Do everything in the morning when I am stronger, including chair yoga and have rebuilt muscles as I became weak . Resting in the afternoon is important. Evenings are hard.
I have wonderful Drs at Mayo and a helpful and understanding husband which are lifesavers. Feels good to talk about it. Thanks for listening.