Weird symptom post covid

[Anonymous]

I had covid starting about ten days ago. It was pretty mild and I was over the symptoms in 36 hours. Except ever since I have these random occasional bouts of severe fatigue and excessive drowsiness where I have to sleep right then. I just can’t stay awake. They happen maybe every 2-3 days and I just have to stop whatever I am doing and I immediately fall asleep and I sleep 4-6 hours and then I am fine again. I am still sleeping normally at night. It’s like post viral narcolepsy!

Anyone else have this? It is causing major issues at work. I am hopeful it will be short lived but it has been over a week since the rest of the covid symptoms subsided.

[Anonymous]

I've had this a bit - just very bad fatigue (my case was before xmas, with a rebound/post paxlovid). The infection gave me some heart issues now too, so I'm struggling a lot with fatigue.

It's hard. And I hope yours isn't forever. Is your work understanding at all? I've been using a lot of PTO, so I feel you.

[Anonymous]

I could have written your post, OP. I’m having more fatigue now than when I was actually sick with COVID. I just want to nap. Exercise will also get me coughing now, though there’s no phlegm. That’s getting better, the fatigue is kind of worse.

[Anonymous]

OP here. The same, I didn’t really have fatigue either when I had other symptoms and then I had no symptoms for about 4 days and then these weird drowsy, sleepy, fatigue attacks started. I have no other symptoms anymore.

I am sleeping a ridiculous amount! I think I will try maxing out caffeine and see if that is enough to counteract these sleep attacks. I have to get work done!

[Anonymous]

It can take weeks for some people to completely recover from Covid.

[Anonymous]

I actually recommend you cut out caffeine entirely while you continue to recover. You want your body to rest as much as it needs - right now it sounds like you are overdoing it, based on the need for naps. One thing that they have learned about Covid over the years is pushing through recovery tends to worsen results.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually recommend you cut out caffeine entirely while you continue to recover. You want your body to rest as much as it needs - right now it sounds like you are overdoing it, based on the need for naps. One thing that they have learned about Covid over the years is pushing through recovery tends to worsen results.

+1. And yes I had extreme fatigue after covid (2022). You need to rest in order to get better. Take time off work, just like you would if hospitalized.

FYI, my other lingering issue was memory loss / not feeling sharp. That took months to go away. I did a lot of crosswords and similar puzzles to reboot my brain. But rest, first.

[Anonymous]

And still people think Covid no big deal.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I guess the weird thing is that I don’t feel sick. I feel perfectly fine and then it’s like someone opens a plug and the energy just drains out of me and I have to sleep. I have been sleeping both at night and during the day but I don’t feel like I still have anything to recover from! I feel fine except for these fatigue / sleep attacks. The covid itself was mild and I only had symptoms for two days…and that was almost two weeks ago. I guess this fatigue is a symptom, it just seems to be the only one and it comes in waves.

I had covid once before and the acute illness was horrible that time but I didn’t have these bouts of drowsiness after the fact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It can take weeks for some people to completely recover from Covid.

Or you could have long COVID. Hope it is the former.

People who think it is just a cold are playing with fire.

Science is teaching us that.

[Anonymous]

There is some speculation that narcolepsy is a combination of genetics, virus reaction. I’d let some more time pass before declaring it a permanent issue could also just be regular recovery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is some speculation that narcolepsy is a combination of genetics, virus reaction. I’d let some more time pass before declaring it a permanent issue could also just be regular recovery.

OP here! I hope to hell it isn’t permanent! It’s only been two weeks! It just seemed odd to me that the covid was mild and I recovered and felt fine and then started having these crashes and was wondering if that is what covid fatigue is like for others.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like you are still in recovery. Best of luck that it doesn't stay with you!

I had covid Summer 2021 and my strange and ongoing symptom is elevated heart rate and racing heart. Anyone had that?

[Anonymous]

OP. You could do some further testing. Covid can cause extreme exhaustion. You are still sick. Not contagious but you should consult a doctor. Lots of new data about covid. Get well soon !

[Anonymous]

10 days is not the time to worry about long Covid. Take care of yourself and get some rest. You are not fully recovered.