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Mortality Rates and Long Haul COVID
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Aug 19, 2022 | Replies (7)Comment receiving replies
Kathy,
Yes, PTSD is completely relevant--I was also prescribed anti depressants, and they have helped. You say your symptoms are severe. I hope they are being addressed with testing.
If it wasn't for my insistence I would be nowhere. I was first told by my primary care doctor that it was stress and anxiety, and this was evidenced by the fact that I was doing so much research. I had to reply that of course I am stressed--I have an illness and you are not believing me, so I must find evidence to prove it to you, and for support for myself, He wasn't even interested in reading the articles I had printed out, and prescribed the anti depressants. This shall pass. Stay positive.
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My anxiety became much worse after having covid in August 2021 . I was sick until almost Christmas with pneumonia, lack of energy, hair falling out, neuropathy in new parts of my body , brain fog. The inability to concentrate is so very frustrating . My depression became much worse. I had to get a 2nd antidepressant and an anti anxiety med which does seem to help. I'm on 2400 mg of gabapentin per day and sometimes that's not enough. I guess my question is is there a "standard" set of tests people need to have to determine what other things may happen?There's just so many unanswered questions regarding this I don't know where to start and many people haven't heard of long haulers, let along acknowledge it's a very real thing.