Post covid fatigue

[StillMedusa]

I had Covid a few weeks ago.. felt grotty but not too ill, went back to work post isolation, with just lack of smell and taste (still not back)and a morning cough.
But I'm SO exhausted. I'm falling asleep on the sofa every evening for a few hours, am knackered when I walk the dog. I'm 53 and feel 80!

How long have others taken to feel normal again? I don't feel ill...just so so tired!

I got Covid in Sept and I'm still not fit enough to go back to work, not even part time. Mainly down to exhaustion and brain fog. I'm 51. And very fed up!!! I'm recovering slowly, VERY slowly.

Hi OP, I was exhausted for about four weeks, a but less tired for about two more then suddenly right as rain.

Hope you feel better soon.

I'm 10 weeks on, late 40s and still knackered/brain fog.

And 46 year old DP was isolating until last Thursday, went for a run and played tennis on Friday, went for a Christmas meal on Saturday and this morning flew to Glasgow for a week's work. I've warned him to slow down if he starts feeling the fatigue but he assures me he doesn't.

It gets everyone in different ways and it's definitely not inevitable you will be wiped out for months. Listen to your body and if you start feeling more energetic start doing a bit more stuff, and vice versa. Good luck.

I was generally a bit more fatigued than usual. But I am 57. It has passed now and I am pretty well back to normal: 30 days after I first had symptoms.

To my relief, the brain fog passed rapidly. I'm self-employed and can't afford not be able to turn projects around quickly, and usually at short notice. But I don't usually have to work out of the house and I think that helps. Having to get up and dressed and commute can take it out of your when you're recovering.

I know some very fit people who've been wiped out. My husband is 68 and seemed to bounce back very quickly. My son is 24 and felt pretty rotten for five days.

Perhaps some people get a bigger viral load and it knocks them out more?

Currently in bed after coming out of isolation a week ago. My heart is racing, I have shakes, feel nauseous and so tired. Waiting for GP to call as my heart rate is over 100 resting. I’ve cancelled all my plans this week. I feel very low too. I’m glad I’m vaccinated or else this could have been worse I guess.

I think Covid, and other viruses, can make you feel down afterwards. I didn't feel at my best, even though I was better in all other respects. I was quite ratty, too.

It's been well over a year, i'm still bedbound a lot. I'm on medication but still feel rotten.

I think asking this here will get a lot of people answering who want to share how genuinely shit they have felt, but you might not hear from lots and lots of people who recovered very quickly.

I got covid start of November. Last week (so 4 weeks from first symptoms and positive test) i was feeling good, still a cough when I talked a lot but keen to get started exercising again. Then I caught a rotten cold from the kids and I'm choked and tired again. It'll be better soon.

I was hospitalised with Covid in March 2020. I have had long Covid fatigue and breathlessness ever since - nearly 21 months and counting.
Improvement is glacially slow, but I have come up from breathless at 100 yards to being able to slowly walk a couple of miles with rests. Too much exertion leaves me wiped out on the sofa for a few days, though.

It's what was previously referred to as CFS/ME. It's hideous, sorry that so many people are struggling. This usually happens after outbreaks of viruses. Like MERS, SARS, Ebola: all saw "Long-Covid" type post-viral fatigue become much more prevalent afterwards, and it can be permanently disabling.

One good thing that may come out of the pandemic is proper funding for research into CFS/ME to actually understand how it messes up the immune system etc and develop effective treatments, because suddenly there are many new patients. For years it has received less than 10% of the funding for research as similarly debilitating illnesses like MS (even though it affects a higher number of people), was misclassified as a mental health condition (!) etc.

I was fatigued for about 12 weeks OP, then it lifted. Completely back to normal now .

I tested positive 7 weeks ago. Was in bed for nearly 2 weeks and lost my sense of smell and taste. Taste and smell are back. I keep thinking I'm improving but then get hit with a crushing headache and fatigue again. I went back to work week 4, then had to have another week off, then went back for a couple of weeks, and now back off work again. I am 60 but usually very fit and cycle and run, and am very fed up with being stuck at home on the sofa!

3 weeks after symptoms began and I feel almost back to normal. Taste and smell has returned but still a bit of a cough and tiredness.
So, now we have all had Covid, the Delta variant in most cases, does that give us some immunity to Omicron for a period of time in a similar way that the booster does? Hope so! Especially as we have to wait a bit before we can have the booster.
Now I am out and about again, I'm wondering whether I should feel quite 'safe' from catching it in the short term.