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I got sick March 2020 and never seemed to recover. No one would test my family at that time. By May I had terrible blurry vision and the fatigue was ongoing. I was in pain on a daily basis and nothing resolved that pain. Nuero offered meds and that did not help the pain at all. I began to receive blood work and input from a dr in Sept/Oct as symptoms seemed to pile on and I could no longer dismiss things. I seemed to feel better after the Pf vaccines. Then 3 weeks after being fully vaccinated and thinking my health was becoming "normal" again some issues have returned. The issues were intense before vaccines and now they are noticeable, yet no where near as intense as before. I have the feeling of fainting, shortness of breath, heart palp and racing heart, numbness and tingling of extremities, blurred vision is slight where as before it was so intense I could not function on a daily basis, nausea, toes tingle yet no discoloration any more (before I had a purple foot on occasion). So slight issues that mimic POTS perhaps? I was so hopeful the past few weeks as I felt better and now I am desperate for things to get better...and fear things will go back to how they were the past year+. I hoped to avoid any type of relapse. I tried to be positive and present in the moment, thinking that would help 🙂 Has anyone had any luck with resolving the racing heart, fainting feelings and blurry vision? I hope we all feel better soon 🙂

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Hello @mjay8 and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect and this discussion. You are among other members who understand what you are going through post-COVID. You mentioned POTS so thought I would ask if you have any prior health conditions that could be aggravated?

@mjay8- Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. It looks as if you've had a very, very rough time for over a year. You said that you weren't tested early on. Have you since been tested for COVID-19? Did the blood work that you had show any signs of COVID-19? Or for any other illness? Before COVID had you ever had any symptoms like the ones that you have recently suffered?

POTS can be diagnosed using the title-table-test. I strongly suggest that you have this test.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diagnostics/17043-tilt-table-test
This is a very thorough discussion about COPS and how you can get help. There are also medications that can help:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/16560-postural-orthostatic-tachycardia-syndrome-pots
Some people who have had COVID-19 have reported that their symptoms lessen after having the vaccine. So this is a good thing.

I also recommend that you contacting VAERS with your symptoms and seek out any help that they can give you.

How to report to VAERSYou can report to VAERS online at https://vaers.hhs.gov/index. For further assistance reporting to VAERS, visit https://vaers.hhs.gov/index or contact VAERS directly at info@VAERS.org or 1-800-822-7967.

Also, you can access Survivor Corps
https://www.survivorcorps.com
Survivor Corps is one of the largest and fastest-growing grassroots movements connecting, supporting, educating, motivating, and mobilizing COVID-19 Survivors. They will help with post covid-care

Merry