Has anyone else experienced anxiety after getting Covid?

@southam97, I appreciate your posting your exercises here for all to benefit rather than by private messaging. Thank you!

my pleasure1 hope you're feeling better

This is spot on and I’m curious if this has prevented you from working. I’m dealing with short term disability but finding the insurance companies think you’re cured in a couple months - not understanding it comes and goes and additional issues arise. I’ve had medically documented organ damage including my lungs, brain, and heart as well as the chronic fatigue and brain fog/focus issues and anxiety which progressed to depression. I contracted Covid April 2022 - so it’s only been 10 months and I fear it may continue quite some time. I ultimately took a medical leave early November 2022. The harder I tried to return to normal exercise and work demands, the worse my symptoms became. I’m now in PT and practicing “energy conservation” as well as on various vitamin supplements, anti depressants and low dose Naltrexone (4.5 mg) for pain.

I’m so very sorry you are going thru this!

I am also experiencing extreme fatigue, shakes, unbearable anxiety in waves that seemed to take shape after Covid in December ‘23. My Covid was relatively mild so I expected to return to normal life.

I had covid May 2022, and had long covid symptoms for 6 months after. My anxiety was horrific, which was followed by depression. I tried to take antidepressants but had a very bad reaction . The only thing that seemed to help was a magnesium supplement, and when I was able to build up my strength again, low impact exercise, and time.

Yes. My anxiety and depression has been almost unbearable at times. No meds seem to help since I first got Covid in 2020.

For what it's worth (and I'm not sure if this relates to your situation), I found that accepting that my constant anxiety was a symptom of long covid (rather than something in my real life) helped me cope. Early on, I kept latching on to something in my current (or earlier) life that would explain what I was feeling. I realized that I was searching for an explanation, rather than realizing that long covid created a subjective experience unrelated to objective reality.

Yes! Like you, never experienced anxiety before. Now it rules my life.

I just now read your post. I am still dealing with the same. I hope you are doing better.
Today was the worst bout of anxiety I’ve ever experienced. I have never experienced such a terrible panic attack. I never had one until long Covid. I wonder if anyone has found anything to help this on -going anxiety. I don’t want to get hooked on a benzodiazepine.
But I came very close to going to the ER tonight. I have a knee procedure scheduled for tomorrow. I don’t want to cancel and then have wait for another appointment. I’m trying to get through it all. Sometimes the only thing that helps me is to get through the worst of it, then get online with the mayo.org group when I can sit at my computer. It’s true that it helps to know others understand what you’re going through. I am truly thankful for the people I’ve “met” here. God Bless you all.

Forgot to answer your question about working. I was an elementary and K-teacher and retired several years ago. I am 67. Even if I had not retired I do not feel I could teach after having Covid and now experiencing long-Covid. Aside from the physical symptoms, I think the anxiety and fatigue I have would be too much. I always wanted to give my children the best I could. I doubt I’d be able to do that now. You may be younger and feel less of these symptoms now.
Dealing with Insurance companies makes things worse. I wish they’d catch up with the times.
I do hope you are feeling better. Let us hear how you are doing.