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Menopause Discussion => Personal Experiences => Topic started by: daisie on August 28, 2023, 07:06:47 AM
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has anyone of you ladies had a bad case of covid ,i came down with it 2 weeks ago and still feel dreadful but my test are now coming up negative for the past 3 days ,how did you feel and how long did it take you to feel well and what did you take to help with the symptoms thanks daisie x
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Thank you jaypo,yes it's awful it's making me feel depressed with bad anxiety x
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I slept for a month (quite literally) and it took 12 weeks for me to feel remotely normal. I thought there was something seriously wrong with me as my energy levels were so low. Rest up. Listen to your body. It's a nasty virus. Hope you're feeling better soon x
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Zinc tablets will help with immune symptoms.
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I slept for a month (quite literally) and it took 12 weeks for me to feel remotely normal. I thought there was something seriously wrong with me as my energy levels were so low. Rest up. Listen to your body. It's a nasty virus. Hope you're feeling better soon x
thank you dotty for your reply ,its an awful virus ,glad you feeling OK now x
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DH and I have recently come out of the Virus. We both lost several pounds in weight due to not eating, being asleep at meal times ::) or due to a vague sense of taste alteration.
Initially I had a runny nose and sneezed constantly on the Thursday, very tired Fri/Sat and by Sunday felt better. Then during Sunday DH began having the shakes/shivers. We tested on the Monday, both positive. It's like nothing I've experienced.
I've had 'flu: not like that. I've had worse colds ........ I had a headache down one side ,not bad but constant enough to worry that I had an aneurysm brewing ::). Lasted 3-4 days. Then we both had a sore throat and hacking cough. If sleep were an Olympic sport, we would be on the podium ! We tested every 3/4th day for 12.
Listen to your body. Our negative tests were Tuesday but I am still weary. Get into the sunshine as much as possible but don't burn! Topping up VitD levels and relaxing is important.
It's a nasty virus which is mutating. Have U kept up2date with the booster programme?
If you begin eating again your anxiety will ease. U R through the worst!
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It's horrible isn't it Daisie? Try not to get anxious and listen to your body. There is no point in fighting it.
I tested positive for the second time (I had it a year ago) on 31st July and negative a week later. I'm suffering from fatigue still, along with breathlessness and voice changes. My GP says to give it another two weeks and things should improve. If you are still suffering symptoms twelve weeks after testing negative then it becomes long covid. It's a nasty virus that does take its toll on the body and it's easy to forget that. I have fibromyalgia too so I am used to pacing myself but it's still very frustrating and this time around the virus has definitely affected me differently.
I hope you soon recover. Rest rest and more rest. As soon as you feel like your battery is running down....stop and rest.
Taz x
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Sounds awful. Hopefully all of you who've had it recently will have gained good immunity for the winter/ new variant they're talking about.
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DH and I have recently come out of the Virus. We both lost several pounds in weight due to not eating, being asleep at meal times ::) or a vague sense of taste alteration.
Initially I had a runny nose and sneezed constantly on the Thursday, very tired Fri/Sat and by Sunday felt better. Then during Sunday DH began having the shakes/shivers. We tested on the Monday, both positive. It's like nothing I've experienced.
I've had 'flu: not like that. I've had worse colds ........ I had a headache down one side ,not bad but constant enough to worry that I had an aneurysm brewing ::). Lasted 3-4 days. Then we both had a sore throat and hacking cough. If sleep were an Olympic sport, we would be on the podium ! We tested every 3/4th day for 12.
Listen to your body. Our negative tests were Tuesday but I am still weary. Get into the sunshine as much as possible but don't burn! Topping up VitD levels and relaxing is important.
It's a nasty virus which is mutating. Have U kept up2date with the booster programme?
If you begin eating again your anxiety will ease. U R through the worst!
thanks clkd,yes me and my partner have both got it he's been so poorly walking down the drive tired him out I started with it 2 days before him Saturday morning 2 weeks ago 3 in the morning woke up with a bad headache burning up felt shocking took a covid test 4.30 in the morning was positive iv no energy my appetite has got a little better but depression is hitting me bad now because of the feeling of feeling too drained to do anything, I haven't been vaccinated but partner has I'm waiting for some more test they should be here today, I had 3 negative test but his was still positive 2 days ago so I will test him again today when they arrive,hope you feeling better x daisie
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It's horrible isn't it Daisie? Try not to get anxious and listen to your body. There is no point in fighting it.
I tested positive for the second time (I had it a year ago) on 31st July and negative a week later. I'm suffering from fatigue still, along with breathlessness and voice changes. My GP says to give it another two weeks and things should improve. If you are still suffering symptoms twelve weeks after testing negative then it becomes long covid. It's a nasty virus that does take its toll on the body and it's easy to forget that. I have fibromyalgia too so I am used to pacing myself but it's still very frustrating and this time around the virus has definitely affected me differently.
I hope you soon recover. Rest rest and more rest. As soon as you feel like your battery is running down....stop and rest.
Taz x
hi taz ,thanks for your reply, you sound like you had it bad my daughter has tested positive 3 times for covid also she had all of her vaccinations working in the NHS she had no choice,yes the fatigue is awful and I get a breathless too only thing that makes me feel a bit OK is when I'm resting its so annoying and frustrating when the only thing you want to do is get up and carry on with your chores but just thinking about doing that is like climbing a mountain x daisie
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Sounds awful. Hopefully all of you who've had it recently will have gained good immunity for the winter/ new variant they're talking about.
hi penguin,it sure is awful it takes away every ounce of energy you have leaving you drained ,but yet my neibour only had it 3 days I can't work that one out ,if it makes people so poorly and bed ridden then some people it's just a light cold over in a few day's x daisie
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Sounds awful. Hopefully all of you who've had it recently will have gained good immunity for the winter/ new variant they're talking about.
hi penguin,it sure is awful it takes away every ounce of energy you have leaving you drained ,but yet my neibour only had it 3 days I can't work that one out ,if it makes people so poorly and bed ridden then some people it's just a light cold over in a few day's x daisie
That's been true for all the variants hasn't it. First time around me and the kids got it, hubby didn't despite being contained in a car with us for 7 hours on day we tested positive. Second time around we all got it, but hubby better in 48 hours while mine lingered for over a fortnight.
Hope you all feel better really soon x
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It's a virus. I remember when I had 'flu in 1988 and 12 months later exactly, how painful my joints were as well as how weary I was for at least a week after symptoms had gone.
The body deserves rest when it's fighting a virus. I found easy to open tins of rice pudding as well as custard helpful, something to eat when I felt hungry. Lots of sliced, fried tomatoes on bread for ease of cooking ::). Lollies. Ice cream ;-).
This too will pass. Viruses may leave a sense of depression as the immune system has been depressed, compromised and has been fighting the Germ. Sleep when you are able to, we couldn't fight the need to doze when the brain needed to shut down.
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Sounds awful. Hopefully all of you who've had it recently will have gained good immunity for the winter/ new variant they're talking about.
hi penguin,it sure is awful it takes away every ounce of energy you have leaving you drained ,but yet my neibour only had it 3 days I can't work that one out ,if it makes people so poorly and bed ridden then some people it's just a light cold over in a few day's x daisie
That's been true for all the variants hasn't it. First time around me and the kids got it, hubby didn't despite being contained in a car with us for 7 hours on day we tested positive. Second time around we all got it, but hubby better in 48 hours while mine lingered for over a fortnight.
Hope you all feel better really soon x
thank you penguin,yes it's kinda weired how it affects us all in different ways must be a big difference in our immune systems,x
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It's a virus. I remember when I had 'flu in 1988 and 12 months later exactly, how painful my joints were as well as how weary I was for at least a week after symptoms had gone.
The body deserves rest when it's fighting a virus. I found easy to open tins of rice pudding as well as custard helpful, something to eat when I felt hungry. Lots of sliced, fried tomatoes on bread for ease of cooking ::). Lollies. Ice cream ;-).
This too will pass. Viruses may leave a sense of depression as the immune system has been depressed, compromised and has been fighting the Germ. Sleep when you are able to, we couldn't fight the need to doze when the brain needed to shut down.
yes you are exactly right clkd,I never thought of getting rice pudding but I will now for a quick fix x
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Bananas; custard; rice pudding; dried fruits and nuts to nibble on B4 U R hungry ;-). Anything that doesn't take much thinking about or effort to prepare.
It does depend on which variation of Covid-19 we run into. Apparently there are several but as no one is testing, nor do we need to inform any1, how is research going to progress :-\
Also: as well as the cold in the week prior to testing positive, during the first few days my ear lobes ached. Where they are pierced :-\. I haven't worn ear rings for ages due to the R getting very red so I need to treat both with Savlon and get some studs in.
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Bananas; custard; rice pudding; dried fruits and nuts to nibble on B4 U R hungry ;-). Anything that doesn't take much thinking about or effort to prepare.
It does depend on which variation of Covid-19 we run into. Apparently there are several but as no one is testing, nor do we need to inform any1, how is research going to progress :-\
Also: as well as the cold in the week prior to testing positive, during the first few days my ear lobes ached. Where they are pierced :-\. I haven't worn ear rings for ages due to the R getting very red so I need to treat both with Savlon and get some studs in.
yes anything for a quick fix iv plenty of fruit i nibble on,the last thing I feel like doing is cooking iv not got the streangth to stand up long enough over the cooker to cook a meal ,there's always take aways from just eat and places now,I'm hoping it doesn't last much longer I need to get my head back into cooking I'm OK with toast 😅 doesn't take long and I can mash a cuppa x
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Same here. My gut won't tolerate eggs :( so I miss out on 5 meals that way :-\.
Toast with Marmite or Bovril in hot water?
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Same here. My gut won't tolerate eggs :( so I miss out on 5 meals that way :-\.
Toast with Marmite or Bovril in hot water?
same here eggs always give me an upset stomach, I love marmite on toast 😋
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A query: is it possible to harbour C-19 for months B4 symptoms appear?
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Don't know specifically about covid but defo some virus can lay dormant for a long time before reactivating, eg hpv, Eastern Barr virus, herpes etc. So it wouldn't surprise me. Is that what you think has happened with you and hubby?
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Unlikely. Covid is the same species of virus as cold viruses. Don't think they lay dormant.
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Tnx.
For months I have felt really really tired, my head didn't want to wake up in the morning: until Covid cleared. I would drop off to sleep mid-afternoon, zonked for a couple of hours as well as sleeping heavily at night.
Now my head is much less sleepy. I no longer need to drop off in the afternoon. Apart from dropping olives and VitD from my diet, not much has altered.
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Tnx.
For months I have felt really really tired, my head didn't want to wake up in the morning: until Covid cleared. I would drop off to sleep mid-afternoon, zonked for a couple of hours as well as sleeping heavily at night.
Now my head is much less sleepy. I no longer need to drop off in the afternoon. Apart from dropping olives and VitD from my diet, not much has altered.
Did you have covid before this one? Or another virus that could have caused long term symptoms. What you are describing sounds like long covid to me.
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This was our first Covid attack >:(. Long Covid is when symptoms of the last infection continues more than 3 months. Because of the continued need to sleep I began VitD tablets, now that I've stopped those ......... ::)
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Maybe you had it asymptomatically before then?
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It didn't cross my mind as apart from the sleeping I had no other symptoms. That's why I began the VitD tablets. We will probably never know.
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Yeah it's odd, the effects the vitd tablets had on you I mean. Well if you ever can't sleep perhaps try vit d at bedtime!
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;D
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daisie - how have you been this week?
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daisie - how have you been this week?
hi clkd ,still not feeling good ,covid seems to have triggered bad anxiety and depression, which I had before bur not as severe still feel exhausted and worn out it seems to be lingering too ling for me 3 weeks now x
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It can take a while, as other Viruses may do. They work their way through the body's immune system, triggering the reaction to fight and heal.
How is your diet overall? R U well hydrated? Sleeping when necessary; we would drop off quite suddenly for several hours at a time ::). I began to think that I would be tired for ever, in fact I feel much better 'head' wise in the last 5-6 days, not as sleepy. We had 12-15 days B4 we got a negative test, how R your tests?
Viruses can affect the whole body including the brain. Depletes energy levels. Long Covid is diagnosed after 3 months of symptoms. Rest whilst you can. Get into the ☀️ to top up VitD levels.
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It can take a while, as other Viruses may do. They work their way through the body's immune system, triggering the reaction to fight and heal.
How is your diet overall? R U well hydrated? Sleeping when necessary; we would drop off quite suddenly for several hours at a time ::). I began to think that I would be tired for ever, in fact I feel much better 'head' wise in the last 5-6 days, not as sleepy. We had 12-15 days B4 we got a negative test, how R your tests?
Viruses can affect the whole body including the brain. Depletes energy levels. Long Covid is diagnosed after 3 months of symptoms. Rest whilst you can. Get into the ☀️ to top up VitD levels.
hi ckld,I'm eating now and again ,drinking plenty of fluids but not sleeping much I tend to just lay with my eyes shut in the day I never drop off ,until my body clock knows its time for sleep ,then I drop off wake up ,drop off wake up,that's me every night :-\it must be insomnia but I feel realy exhausted but still can't sleep my mind is like on overdrive constantly thinking over things ,having covid has made it worse x
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My test are now negative
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That's good. Now take it easy. We sleep a lot more than we are aware of, even when we 'think' that we've had a 'bad' night. I have been known to wake to see whether I've slept ::). Resting is important.
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That's good. Now take it easy. We sleep a lot more than we are aware of, even when we 'think' that we've had a 'bad' night. I have been known to wake to see whether I've slept ::). Resting is important.
you sound like me ,if it wasn't for dreaming I wouldn't know If I have even slept,😄
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;D.
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How R U ? any improvement .........
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How R U ? any improvement .........
hi ckld .just seen your message .im still feeling fatigued .but im a bit more motivated .iv ventured out of bedroom into the living room now.not been shopping yet.cant find the energy yet to walk around supermarket been ordering off line.dr put me on ecitalopram took one yesterday now feeling more anxiety with the side effects ,no end to this x daisie
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Sometimes ADs can cause a hike in anxiety which will pass once the brain gets used to the medication. Also there's a certain amount of worrying about side effects so they may happen. Little steps. I'm still pacing myself.
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Sometimes ADs can cause a hike in anxiety which will pass once the brain gets used to the medication. Also there's a certain amount of worrying about side effects so they may happen. Little steps. I'm still pacing myself.
It's the side effects why I always stop taking them.the nausea and everything are horrible,on top of already feeling awful its a vicious circle c
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Daisie I struggled starting taking citalopram (this one is related to the one you're taking) so the GP had me start on a lower dose. Standard dose is 20mg and I started on 10mg and it was a lot more manageable. Plus making sure I'd had a decent breakfast before taking it also helped reduce the side effects too. I hope you can stick with it, it took about 6 weeks for me to feel the full benefits x
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Daisie I struggled starting taking citalopram (this one is related to the one you're taking) so the GP had me start on a lower dose. Standard dose is 20mg and I started on 10mg and it was a lot more manageable. Plus making sure I'd had a decent breakfast before taking it also helped reduce the side effects too. I hope you can stick with it, it took about 6 weeks for me to feel the full benefits x
hi penguin, the dose iv been given is a 5mg to start with then up to 10mg ,did the one you are on make you feel more anxious at first and nauseous x
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Many ADs in the 1990s caused nausea so I had to stop ........ fortunately the last drug I tried worked! I've not had problems since.
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Daisie I struggled starting taking citalopram (this one is related to the one you're taking) so the GP had me start on a lower dose. Standard dose is 20mg and I started on 10mg and it was a lot more manageable. Plus making sure I'd had a decent breakfast before taking it also helped reduce the side effects too. I hope you can stick with it, it took about 6 weeks for me to feel the full benefits x
hi penguin, the dose iv been given is a 5mg to start with then up to 10mg ,did the one you are on make you feel more anxious at first and nauseous x
I had hormonal nausea early mornings anyway and the citalopram didn't make it any worse. I resolved it by having crystallised ginger to hand and making sure I had a snack before bed and one as soon as I woke. I still take an emergency banana up to bed with me! But yes, the anxiety was defo worse at first. Particularly in the morning for about 1-5 hours after taking it. Then it tailed off and I was calm by mid afternoon and felt good in the evening. I recently attempted an increase from 10mg to 15mg (one year after starting) and I gave up after four days, it caused absolutely raging anxiety and could not tolerate it. Upped my estrogel instead and felt much better. I think 5mg is a low starting dose for escitalopram though as you supposedly need less of it than citalopram. I'd stick with it for 6 weeks if you can before deciding, I was warned I could feel worse before better and I'm glad I continued.
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Worked out I just need to eat and then keep busy in the mornings until both the estrogel and the citalopram peak and then stabilise. Plus I am also on a steroid nasal spray which gives me morning jitters so I now no longer know what is causing what, I just know to keep going and it'll pass. And some days I'm fine for the whole day 🤷♂️.
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Which spray, I have no problems with 'beconase' though when I use it too often, my nostrils dry out and become sore.
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Avamys, active ingredient is fluticasone. GP said it is the next one up from beconase, I tried that and it didn't work.
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Ain't we a strange lot ::)
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Daisie I struggled starting taking citalopram (this one is related to the one you're taking) so the GP had me start on a lower dose. Standard dose is 20mg and I started on 10mg and it was a lot more manageable. Plus making sure I'd had a decent breakfast before taking it also helped reduce the side effects too. I hope you can stick with it, it took about 6 weeks for me to feel the full benefits x
hi penguin, the dose iv been given is a 5mg to start with then up to 10mg ,did the one you are on make you feel more anxious at first and nauseous x
I had hormonal nausea early mornings anyway and the citalopram didn't make it any worse. I resolved it by having crystallised ginger to hand and making sure I had a snack before bed and one as soon as I woke. I still take an emergency banana up to bed with me! But yes, the anxiety was defo worse at first. Particularly in the morning for about 1-5 hours after taking it. Then it tailed off and I was calm by mid afternoon and felt good in the evening. I recently attempted an increase from 10mg to 15mg (one year after starting) and I gave up after four days, it caused absolutely raging anxiety and could not tolerate it. Upped my estrogel instead and felt much better. I think 5mg is a low starting dose for escitalopram though as you supposedly need less of it than citalopram. I'd stick with it for 6 weeks if you can before deciding, I was warned I could feel worse before better and I'm glad I continued.
hi penguin,I took the medication last night,don't think I should have i feel dreadful with anxiety this morning fighting to get to sleep I was,looks like I'm in for a restless tireing day now,this is what puts me off taking another one,I'm still feeling tired after covid now the side effects are adding to it don't know what to do for the best,x
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Did your gp say to take at night? Could you try taking in the morning? I take my citalopram in the morning, at night it would keep me awake and I'd feel dreadful the following day. Can you eat some nice food, and have a restful day or do you have lots to do? Fresh air or meeting up with someone might help? My anxiety was really bad yesterday, but then I realised I'd spent the whole day on my own, mostly at home and not talking to anyone.
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Eating every 3 hours can help ease anxiety surges.
When severely depressed in the 1990s I would take the dog out hoping not to meet any1, however I noticed that when I had engaged with someone, as well as exercising, my mood lifted. My brain probably needed stimulus.
Covid is a virus which, like others, may take a while for the body to readjust as it fights the bug.
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Eating every 3 hours can help ease anxiety surges.
When severely depressed in the 1990s I would take the dog out hoping not to meet any1, however I noticed that when I had engaged with someone, as well as exercising, my mood lifted. My brain probably needed stimulus.
Covid is a virus which, like others, may take a while for the body to readjust as it fights the bug.
Yeah that's a good point. I'd forgotten about the recent covid Daisie said she had.
Daisie, could part of this anxiety be post viral? I had this after both bouts of covid, felt down, tearful and anxious and it took weeks and weeks to go.
Second the advice about eating regularly, even more so when you take the medication.
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Eating every 3 hours can help ease anxiety surges.
When severely depressed in the 1990s I would take the dog out hoping not to meet any1, however I noticed that when I had engaged with someone, as well as exercising, my mood lifted. My brain probably needed stimulus.
Covid is a virus which, like others, may take a while for the body to readjust as it fights the bug.
Yeah that's a good point. I'd forgotten about the recent covid Daisie said she had.
Daisie, could part of this anxiety be post viral? I had this after both bouts of covid, felt down, tearful and anxious and it took weeks and weeks to go.
Second the advice about eating regularly, even more so when you take the medication.
I think you could be right ,anxiety has got worse since I had covid ,I got the awful depression that came over me at the same time as well ,the worst time of day is the morning ,I dread it ,as soon as I wake up my mind is in overdrive x
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Did your gp say to take at night? Could you try taking in the morning? I take my citalopram in the morning, at night it would keep me awake and I'd feel dreadful the following day. Can you eat some nice food, and have a restful day or do you have lots to do? Fresh air or meeting up with someone might help? My anxiety was really bad yesterday, but then I realised I'd spent the whole day on my own, mostly at home and not talking to anyone.
yes he said I could take it at night ,iv not been out since covid ,only on the garden for a bit of sunshine ,not felt like shopping did it all on line x
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Eating every 3 hours can help ease anxiety surges.
When severely depressed in the 1990s I would take the dog out hoping not to meet any1, however I noticed that when I had engaged with someone, as well as exercising, my mood lifted. My brain probably needed stimulus.
Covid is a virus which, like others, may take a while for the body to readjust as it fights the bug.
Yeah that's a good point. I'd forgotten about the recent covid Daisie said she had.
Daisie, could part of this anxiety be post viral? I had this after both bouts of covid, felt down, tearful and anxious and it took weeks and weeks to go.
Second the advice about eating regularly, even more so when you take the medication.
I think you could be right ,anxiety has got worse since I had covid ,I got the awful depression that came over me at the same time as well ,the worst time of day is the morning ,I dread it ,as soon as I wake up my mind is in overdrive x
Morning anxiety is awful. When I have it bad, I wake up and have 20-30 seconds of feeling okay, then bam, I'm fully conscious and my mind is right back to whatever it was I'm anxious about. I don't have a solution I'm afraid, but lots of us suffer with worse anxiety in the morning on here. My counsellor has advised me to accept my feelings and get up right away and start doing things. It does help a bit.
How did you go last night with the anti depressant? Hope you slept a bit better?
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Eating every 3 hours can help ease anxiety surges.
When severely depressed in the 1990s I would take the dog out hoping not to meet any1, however I noticed that when I had engaged with someone, as well as exercising, my mood lifted. My brain probably needed stimulus.
Covid is a virus which, like others, may take a while for the body to readjust as it fights the bug.
Yeah that's a good point. I'd forgotten about the recent covid Daisie said she had.
Daisie, could part of this anxiety be post viral? I had this after both bouts of covid, felt down, tearful and anxious and it took weeks and weeks to go.
Second the advice about eating regularly, even more so when you take the medication.
I think you could be right ,anxiety has got worse since I had covid ,I got the awful depression that came over me at the same time as well ,the worst time of day is the morning ,I dread it ,as soon as I wake up my mind is in overdrive x
Morning anxiety is awful. When I have it bad, I wake up and have 20-30 seconds of feeling okay, then bam, I'm fully conscious and my mind is right back to whatever it was I'm anxious about. I don't have a solution I'm afraid, but lots of us suffer with worse anxiety in the morning on here. My counsellor has advised me to accept my feelings and get up right away and start doing things. It does help a bit.
How did you go last night with the anti depressant? Hope you slept a bit better?
I'm the same I wake up have a few seconds of feeling OK then bang the anxity hits me ,I cheated I didn't take a tablet last night ,I'm still in two minds weather to carry on I'm sensitive to ssri antidepressant, was on amitriptyline 50mg for 12 years weaned off them but went back on them at a lower dose,they helped me sleep better but drowsiness all day put me off ,but they never made me feel nausea like the ssri ones, it's all confusing to me at moment I don't know what to take for the best x