Coping with post viral fatigue

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[Bobbuildertrash]

Thank you so much. Very helpful. Still struggling from post covid fatigue after 3 momths.

[helenarichard]

I was already depressed and drained before the rona. That flu depleated the last I had in me. Pain in my legs killed me. Hair turned grey. Vit B depleated. B complex needs to contain B1 and B3. Zinc from meats needs to be stocked. But zinc is hard to find in food now.

[jstanders]

Your video is a huge help. When the lockdown started i was classed as an 'essential' worked and placed on 12hr shifts (Admin role). Im in my 50's and i struggled all the way through, sitting at a desk extremely busy and going home to do nothing. Now back working office hours but it has affected me physically and mentally. I feel like i have been poorly 6mths and never gotten over, whatever it was. I suffer constant fatigue, I am struggling badly at work and i just want to stay home all the timeand lie down, sleep pattern is horrendous, low mood, overweight. It all makes sense with this PVF. Just wanting to find my way back. Thank you

[luciehodges]

Hello, thank you for the video. I'm hoping you can help me understand a couple of points: the first is about the advice not to rest for too long at once. I'm 5 weeks in, and a trip to the bathroom pushes my heart rate over 120, a trip downstairs pushes it over 140. I tried to add a small activity last week - one day I took a 5 minute walk and the next day I stirred some faux-chicken in a pan a little for a few minutes. It's taken me 3 days of excruciating muscle pain, weakness that has meant barely being able to hold a glass of water, terrible headache, brain fog/confusion and extreme exhaustion to recover. In these circumstances should I still have gotten up out of bed every 30-45 minutes? It just seems impossible! The second question is, when you say specialist fatigue services are available, what type of services? My work provides me with private health insurance. My GP has to write a referral letter for the insurance to cover my costs. But my GP says he doesn't know who to refer me to (what type of specialist). I'm keen to move ASAP because from what I've read (on good days, when I'm able to read), treating PVF carefully in the early stages is critical in avoiding CFS, but as I've had so many peaks and troughs from the simplest tasks, I feel like I'm somehow getting it wrong. Thanks in advance.

[gabrielgonzalezreyes]

Does it apply for post glandular fiver or Epstain virus ?

[wolfganglenz]

Do things you enjoy is a bit difficult in this situation - just telling!

[leedbowenuk]

Thank you for sharing this is very helpful.

[randallhesse]

The malfunctioning/revolving circadian rhythm makes it hard to plan any schedule or course of action.

[nopretribrapture]

i just went downstairs had breakfast toast and weak coffee now im on my bed and can't move my hair has nits not had enough strength and energy to wash hair it hasn't been washed for two weeks nit treatments don't work wheezing just had a shot of salbutamol, ive got worse since the dwp stopped my pip a few weeks ago ive got no one to help me, im on all sorts of medication because of multiple health problems, going to appeal against the dwp for stopping my disability payments, i failed assessment, drs won't help me either, please give me some advice on how to get help

[SadaraxTutorials]

It's been like 6 months since I had tonsilitis last August lol, it sucks.

[gkelectrical]

Hold on, , , isn’t this the same as long covid???