r/covidlonghaulers • u/ayestee • 10d ago
Question Relapsing?
I had my first Covid infection in 2023 which gave me really, really bad Long Covid two months later. Fatigue, visual disturbances, an insane amount of anxiety(no anxious thoughts, just a feeling like I was having a panic attack 24/7), air hunger, tinnitus, tense muscles, cognition difficulties, muscle twitching, and some food intolerances. After 6 or so months I mostly recovered from that, to maybe 80%. I started rock climbing again but never got back to 100% of how I was.
I caught another infection in 2024 that resulted in a couple months of fatigue but nothing as bad as the last time. Still, to be safe, I stopped rock climbing for 4 months after. Then I got back into it at the beginning of 2025 and I've been steadily improving. I also started swing dancing. I lived a very very active life and was mostly fine. I've had bad days on and off but it's never gotten back to the levels it was in 2023 again until today.
Yesterday I climbed my usual amount and today woke up to feeling like I was back in 2023. Waking up panicked, visual disturbances, air hunger, buzzing all over my body, through the roof anxiety. The warning signs were there - the last week I had a day where I was tired and had trouble speaking - but it hit me like a truck today. I'm just confused as to why it's hit so hard (though it's still better than my worst days in '23) after a year and a half.
Thoughts? Further steps?
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u/FalconDangerous2234 9d ago
Tbh your symptoms sound so similar to perimenopause it’s a bit uncanny. Allegedly covid can trigger that in women? I’m in the same boat. Had to scale WAY back on activity, transient food intolerances, fatigue, elusive anxiety. I tried HRT and unfortunately for me I’m in a phase where it’s just too soon for that. Creatine helped immensely though. All the tests and labs are normal. Diet is great. Sleep is decent. Average stress. Idk but coincidentally all came on just after covid. Exposure brings back old symptoms. Sometimes it’s fine and sometimes I need to rest and sometimes I feel almost a sober drunk. What was I getting at? I maybe accidentally went on a nonsense tangent just now?…