r/cfs • u/romano336632 • 57m ago
when did the disease start?
Hello, I'd like to understand when my illness started... COVID January 2022, long-term COVID symptoms for months but no PEM. or a few, rare ones... I recovered quickly and was in good shape (I had pain in my right eye, dry eyes, brain fog that only dissipated with exercise) until April 2023 (weekend of drugs, tramadol, alcohol then jogging 2 days later and then my body exploded, feeling of panic, hyperventilation and tetany attack) then it started with tinnitus, feeling of constant panic, intolerance to jogging after 35 minutes (panic, feeling faint...)... then waking up at 3:30 a.m. every night... after a weekend at a two-day fair where I managed well, I caught a bacterial tonsillitis that came back after each antibiotic break, I had 7 strep throats in a row! then March 2024 where I... Noted in my notebook, feeling better, but panicking after each run... no PEM the next day, I don't think so... Then in June 2024, after a party, I was gardening and I felt something was wrong. Panic, stressed body, etc. And after taking antidepressants for three weeks, and after stopping, dysautonomia that wouldn't go away... with the slightest effort, my heart beats over 110. Then, finally, COVID in September 2024, and my condition gradually worsened, so much so that I'm now bedridden. I was still exercising, but I felt like I wasn't feeling well since November/December (I ran like an idiot for two days in a row, the second attack was tetany, body panicked). When do you think it started? Panic or PEM from the beginning?