What helps post COVID shortness of breath?

Hello!
I am 5 weeks post Covid and my symptoms are lingering, extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, brain fog, headaches and irritability. I am also recovering from pneumonia from Covid.
When I was first diagnosed with covid the Doctor at the Urgent Care advised me to seek the monoclonal antibodies before my symptoms got worse. I addressed this to my Primary Care Doctor and he said “NO” no explanation.
Well…I got worse-pneumonia…
I believe there is only a short window in the beginning of Covid when you can receive treatment.
I could be wrong, because I’m not a professional. I only know from my experience, and in my city as of the beginning of 2022 the antibodies were not available from one of the major healthcare systems I’m affiliated with.
I’ve been in the ER with an abnormal EKG as well. I’ve been on 3 rounds of steroids and I’m on an inhaler which causes me to have tacacardia.
Im still unable to work and I’m starting to feel depression because there is no treatment and I’m told to rest and I’ll feel better soon.
Are you on any steroids or an inhaler?
I hope you can pull through start to feel better.

Hello!
I am 5 weeks post Covid and my symptoms are lingering, extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, brain fog, headaches and irritability. I am also recovering from pneumonia from Covid.
When I was first diagnosed with covid the Doctor at the Urgent Care advised me to seek the monoclonal antibodies before my symptoms got worse. I addressed this to my Primary Care Doctor and he said “NO” no explanation.
Well…I got worse-pneumonia…
I believe there is only a short window in the beginning of Covid when you can receive treatment.
I could be wrong, because I’m not a professional. I only know from my experience, and in my city as of the beginning of 2022 the antibodies were not available from one of the major healthcare systems I’m affiliated with.
I’ve been in the ER with an abnormal EKG as well. I’ve been on 3 rounds of steroids and I’m on an inhaler which causes me to have tacacardia.
Im still unable to work and I’m starting to feel depression because there is no treatment and I’m told to rest and I’ll feel better soon.
Are you on any steroids or an inhaler?
I hope you can pull through start to feel better.

i am 9 months out from covid pneumonia- 21 days in hospital. i was on steroids for 5 months. i have been on oxygen for 9 months. i caught covid in june and didnt start seeing any teal improvement until dec. the point is be patient. be sure to check your sugar as steroids really wreck havot. try quercitin with zinc . that helped me. its over the counter

Hi
I am 11 months post covid, still missing air, lungs capacity abt 40%, as had bouth side heavy pneumonia, dificult with stairs, walking only very slow, but no any info how long IT will take to recover to kind of normal condition. Belive how is the progress IT will take minimum year and half

@ivicah, like @jd44204 said, recovery is a slow, slow crawl. Several members like @dvierheller and @marye2 made suggestions like inhalers, watching your sugar levels if on steroids, oxygen.

What has helped your recovery?

I was wondering if anyone else has had shortness of breath, dizziness, body weakness and heart palpitations after having Covid. I had a severe case of It in November 2020 but I’m still occasionally having symptoms. I also go through periods of not wanting to eat because nothing sounds good. I feel crazy but these are the exact problems I had with covid. I doubt if there is anything they can do about it. My husband doesn’t think it’s possible to still be having these issues from Covid but I do. Anyone else have these problems.

Nancy, reviewing the discussion titles in the Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 group https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/post-covid-recovery-covid-19/ you'll quickly see that the symptoms you're experiencing are common among long COVID patients. You're not alone.

I moved your message to this discussion so you can connect with others experiencing shortness of breath, dizziness, body weakness and heart palpitations.
- What helps post COVID shortness of breath? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/hydrochlaquid/

Here's a short list of related discussions:
- Post-Covid Racing Heartbeat? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/covid-1/
- Long COVID: What helps other than rest and more rest? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/long-covid/
- Deep Breathing & Mindfulness Class: Anyone else having success? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/deep-breathing-and-mindfulness-educational-class/
- Anyone else hitting cardio levels (on Fitbit) when doing simple tasks? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/cardio-when-doing-simple-things/

I think you might wish to add your thoughts to this helpful discussion too:
- How do You Describe Your COVID Symptoms to Your Doctor? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/describing-your-symptoms/
Do you find it hard to describe your symptoms to others?

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