Has anyone else experienced anxiety after getting Covid?

I’ve had anxiety before I got covid. After covid my anxiety spiked!
Been working with a therapist with hopes of regaining control.

2 months after I had covid I started to developed new symptoms. Since no clear explanation other than “stress” “anxiety” being the reason for my new onset of symptoms my dr order labs and only thing it showed was my elevated thyroid levels. A result of covid ? Idk.

My anxiety spiked after having covid. More frequently, more intense.

This is interesting as I too had the chest pains and pressure, dizziness, etc. My do. Told me to go to the ER and all tests fortunately were fine! However symptoms continue. Seeing a therapist and been trying various inhalants and medications. I’d welcome a private message with your treatment sources - I’m in Minneapolis.

I’m right there with you! I had Covid very early April 2022 and had no idea how it would impact my focus…still! And the anxiety and other symptoms that followed - wow! It comes and goes.
My employer has no understanding when I’d and literally told me In April that I was using Covid as an excuse - it’s horrible!
Just yesterday (and not the first time) I couldn’t find my car after 10 min in a store! I start a recipe or project at home as a “break” and just can’t seem to finish them. So not like me at all!!

I had Covid in last November. It was very mild, 2 days in bed and I was apparently OK. But... 2 weeks after that, a panic attack (the first one in my life!). At the time, I was on fluoxetine (20 mg) for 20+ years, and I was OK, no crises at all that time! So, I increased my dose to 40 mg (as prescribed by my psychiatrist). In the first weeks, my appetite was zero - and I was just able to eat ice cream, yogurts and things like that.
Now, 3 months later, I feel better (less anxiety waves, sleeping better), maybe because of the increased fluoxetine dose. But I still have ups and downs, and ANY minor event (bad news, even an unexpected phone call) may act as a trigger. I feel afraid of making plans, since I'm always afraid of feeling bad in any unusual situation. I'm tired!
My psychiatrist thinks I should increase the fluoxetine dose again (to 60 mg). I'm afraid of the side effects (which usually come at the first weeks of an increased dose), but I think I have to give it a try!
Anyone who has benefitted from an increased dose of an antidepressant?

That's good news! And do you continue feeling fine??

Yes. My depression is much better but sometimes it's still hard to keep my anxiety under control but I'm much better (in that aspect) than I was.

I have struggled with anxiety and depression my entire life. I am stabilized on 30mg of Fluoxetine/day for panic disorder and take 1mg Clonazepam on Wednesdays, Sundays, and 0.5 on Fridays. Between my problems with anxiety and depression and osteoarthritis, almost from the beginning I have been more afraid of long COVID than from actually dying from it. I'm 55 and doing everything possible to age well, but frankly, if I got long COVID and it made these issues even worse than they are, my quality of life would be seriously compromised as I already have to do so much self care to live a functional life. My heart goes out to any of you who are experiencing this.

Both my husband and I have never had COVID and enrolled in an NIH study called RECOVER which is looking at how COVID affects the body. We are in an increasingly rare group of people. They did very extensive tests initially to get our baseline numbers and will be following us for four years with periodic surveys and additional tests from time to time. If and when we do get COVID, they'll be all over us measuring how our bodies respond. It's our hope that we can be of help to others and ourselves by participating in this study.

Shortly after I had a mild case of Covid in 2022, I developed extreme anxiety. I'm not sure if it was caused by Covid or my worry about the many health issues I was having which I believe were part of long-Covid. My Dr prescribed Sertraline (Zoloft), two weeks at 25mg/day and then a maintenance dose of of 50mg/day. After a few weeks, it really helped reduce my anxiety. After a few months, I decided to taper off to see if my anxiety issues were resolved. I did fine without the meds so stopped the Sertraline. Luckily, about a year after Covid, my many long-Covid issues have gone away.