Robyn Dale
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Very severe (bedbound, unable to do basic care)
- Ill for
- 5 months
- Published
- Jun 2022
Summary
Robyn's treatment combined short courses of propranolol, zopiclone and diazepam early on with medium-term amitriptyline for insomnia, mood and muscle spasms, alongside daily walking, yoga, meditation and graded activity. She crashed severely in December 2021 after an initial COVID recovery, losing executive function for weeks to months with heart arrhythmia, extreme fatigue, hallucinations and suicidal ideation, at one point in panic for three days straight. She tracked her own recovery from 0% at onset to about 30% on medication and rest, 60% after a mindset shift, and roughly 90% after about seven months of daily work, with occasional crashes by then lasting at most half a day instead of multiple days, though the account does not describe her as fully symptom-free.
Read it in their words
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What they credit
Credits CBT & mindset, POTS medication, Alternative therapies, Graded exercise, Pacing, Benzodiazepines and Klonopin, Beta-blockers, CBT and psychotherapy, Graded exercise / graded activity, Meditation, yoga, breathwork, Pacing and the energy envelope, SSRIs and antidepressants.
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