Post viral fatigue

[Cloud44]

Any anyone experienced fatigue after a virus recently? How long did it for you to feel back to normal? Any tips ?

I often get this and what helps me is keeping on top of the vitamins. C, Zinz, D, magnesium, iron.

Thank you, how long does it normally take you to start feeling half normal again?!

Following with interest..feeling rotten!

Depends. I had long covid which took AGES to get over. A normal virus probably about half as long as I had the virus for. Trick is to take it steady and not think horray I'm getting better ill push myself up a hill etc. Treat it as part of the virus

@wizarddry I'm scared to ask, but how long is ages?

I recently was diagnosed with this. It took about 3 months to feel normal but I felt much improved after 2 months. Then once I felt good again all my hair fell out which apparently is also another common symptom post viral fatigue 😡

Long covid they weren't even interested until it had been 3 months I think. It eventually got a lot better at 8 months when ironically I'd caught covid again but really rested. I do have a history of ME.

I took lots of berocca after having Covid to feel more with it; few weeks to feel totally fine I think

I have an autoimmune illness and so every virus sets me back. I've been lucky to avoid Covid, but a couple of weeks ago I picked up a UTI and am now back in a wheelchair as I was a few months back.

Even people who know me quite well don't get it. A virus can really takes away my function. I lose mobility, brainpower, even continence. It's a huge pile of shite!

@weegiemum that's awful I'm sorry.

In fact sorry for everyone who isn't well, it's shite indeed!

How are you feeling @OliveK , what are your symptoms?

Just absolutely wiped out. Some low level pain, a bit feverish sometimes, but I think I could ignore that if I had any energy to get up and about. How are you?

Im the same @OliveK how long have you felt like it for?

After a really bad bout of covid I got through two bottle of metatone tonic.

Did you take it three times every day @MrsPelligrinoPetrichor ? How long was it before you started to notice some positive differences in how you felt?

@Cloud44 I'm on about 6 or 7 weeks now😥

My DD has been diagnosed with PVF after suffering from glandular fever and hepatitis in January. She's still suffering with all the symptoms and trying to do her A levels. It's awful.

Oh that's awful I'm so sorry

I've had this twice now since covid. Absolutely awful made me feel a crazy! I suffer from depression and it was like that without the drop in mood, but being so helpless for what feels like forever really grinds you down anyway. I get very bad vertigo, joint pain especially im my hands and feet, fuzzy head and bone tired. I found a combination of supplements that may or may not work, but I take them every day now just in case. First time I had it for 7 months but it did get slowly better. Second time I had it for about 8 weeks, starting taking the supplements and was better a few weeks later. Could all be anecdotal but I'd have tried anything!! I take 100mg Co Enzyme Q10 and 100mg of Alpha Lipoic Acid daily, there's studies on the effect with both CFS and long covid and I think it helps me....

I had whooping cough in November, and started to recover from fatigue plus a host of other weird symptoms last month. Continuing to improve slowly.

I hope you don't mind me asking, what other weird symptoms you've suffered with? I also had whooping cough over the winter and still don't feel right at all.

I had this after covid and it took months and months to resolve. I used to be out like a light by 6 pm. I was extremely exhausted all the time. I thought something else was going on.

I'm used to staying up till late you know 10 if I want to or even midnight when I'm not working. So it was a huge shock falling asleep by 6 pm.

Just for context I had covid in 2021 Dec. I only felt better at some point last year towards the end of the year. Then I got covid again at the end of last year but this time I haven't suffered with extreme fatigue.

There appears to be a bit of a shift in attitude underway in how NHS views chronic fatigue syndrome, as this new training course suggests.

NHS England have introduced an online training course for ME/CFS that both follows NICE guidelines, and seems to show empathy (not seen previously) towards sufferers, acknowledging that they have been poorly treated in the past.

Here are the links FYI:

learninghub.nhs.uk/catalogue/mecfselearning

learninghub.nhs.uk/catalogue/mecfselearning?nodeId=7288

You have to create an General Account, to access them, and state your profession. "Care giver" is in the accepted list as I recall. If you get through the account creation part, the rest is plain sailing.
It's not perfect, but I think it's a great step in the right direction towards greater understanding by GPs and HC workers.

@coupdetonnerre did you do anything in particular that helped you to feel better? Or do you think it was just time?