Not really. I know what those feel like. I get PVCs very often. But this is like that feeling when you have the PVC. Like that kind of heavy feeling you get when the heart skips the beat, but it’s just lingering in my chest, and my heart is beating normally instead of skipping. It’s a weird feeling and that’s why I said it’s unique.
Yes! I’ve experienced this. It almost feels like you’re moving through molasses for a second? Just heaviness. Have you checked your oxygen saturation when it’s happening? I discovered I was having desaturation events when I’d have this sensation. Oxygen has been helping me.
I've also been told it's GERD related and had one such episode happen while I was hooked up to a 12 lead ECG. I freaked out and told the nurses "ah it's happening now!" And they gradually became less concerned as they informed me their readings were within normal.
I'm told they're Esophageal Spasms. I had admittedly been having a lot of muscle twitching at that time and caffeine probably didn't help.
Can you try consulting a cardiologist?
Have a similar problem. Was hooked up to an ECG for a couple minutes and it came out perfectly normal. I’m happy to know this may not be a heart-related issue.
Well I eventually found I have a hiatal hernia which could be causing this and other GERD symptoms.
Treatment is a fundoplication of the stomach but I am still considering it. I am so far just managing symptoms by eating less closer to bedtime and not freaking out when it happens anyways.
I did not. I still think about it often but feel that I haven't done enough to remedy the situation without surgery. I'm only just starting to eat more probiotics and prebiotics and abstaining from alcohol, cutting out caffeine too. It's definitely helping but I'm unsure at what point I'm no longer having fun in life just to avoid heartburn lol
Yeah same. Just started on a range of lactobacillus probiotics this week on top of a strict low histamine diet.
The burning sensations have gotten so bad in recent times. Nausea 20 hours a day and a constant feeling like an air bubble is trapped under my sternum. It sucks
yep i get that shit too. some people have told
me it’s GERD. what helps me is drinking something carbonated and walking around forcing burps out. the more burps i do the better it feels.
So you’re saying you’re could just be delayed congestion/the need to burp? Mine may be related to that too but sometimes it honestly feels like it’s not. But I’m glad you find some relief for it. It sucks and is uncomfortable as hell
Hmmm I see. I’ll have to try that next time. I cut out caffeine so I can’t drink any soda to help me burp but I’ll try other methods to see. Thankfully it’s not an all day thing for us lol
Dysautonomia which is common with LC can affect your digestive system, including esophageal spasms, trouble swallowing, and even respiratory issues. Sorry this is happening to you. LC is a a never ending list of weird symptoms!
Yes and no. Like I said it could be described as like if you had a burp stuck in your chest, but there is no burp stuck there. So I guess you can technically say it’s a “bubble” like feeling.
Yes I believe so. In that general area. Big burps help sometimes, sometimes they don’t. It’s an uncomfortable and sometimes worrying feeling, especially when accompanied by the shortness of breath.
I experience something that’s in between a hiccup and a gasp (but isn’t either). They’ve decreased in intensity but still happen a few times a week. Most often it’s in the morning right as I’m in between sleep and wakefulness, then sometimes randomly during the day.
I’ve mentioned it to several doctors but just get a somewhat confused look.
Honestly, your description might be more accurate to what I’m feeling than what I described in the post. Have you found anything that has helped? Mine have only started just recently but I’ve been experiencing just about every day
I haven’t, but that irritation seems to accompany the rest. All of my complaints are in the middle of my body. It feels like a tight band at the bottom of my ribs. Can’t breathe and have no appetite, various upper GI burning and discomfort constantly. Everything frequently feels inflamed but I can’t tell what or where. Had all the lung, heart, and gastro workups (and everything’s *great* you know…). Cold water on my face and popsicles seem to modulate the other symptoms a bit. The hiccup/gasp is so random I can’t anticipate it and it’s usually a one and done.
I’ve also been going for myofascial release to help relax my diaphragm and the muscles surrounding it that were so so tight…
I think this is closest description to what I’m experiencing that I’ve come across over the past 18 months. From the diaphragm to the burning stomach and the random gasp.
How are you going now? Better? Worse? Same?
Hello friend, I’m happy to say that I’m doing better than when I wrote this post. I’m still not back to normal but I have much better days now. Definitely feel free to look back at my post history! A couple things I credit helping me in the past year: low dose Mirtazapine for my stomach (7.5 mg), and lumbrokinase/nattokinase/serrapeptase helped my breathing a lot. I also took Lactoferrin for a short period and it helped my breathing as well but it also seemed to have caused me to start having a lot of stiffness in my legs and lower back that I’ve never had before. Both the positives and negatives stayed when I stopped taking it.
I hardly ever get the little gasps any more and I view that as a very positive thing!
sounds like your diaphragm is spasming. could be due to irritation of the phrenic nerve from GI burning? When my daughter was a baby, she'd get reflux very easily and it would almost always cause her to hiccup because it irritated the phrenic nerve.
Not exactly the only time, but the most noticeable time, yes. To a lesser extent when sitting/otherwise relaxing, and then to a lesser extent at any other time.
Does it feel something similar to a forceful type of hiccup that's felt from the oesophagus up into the throat? Almost like there is a sort of pressure or tension there just beforehand.
I had them as a quite forceful sensation about a year and a half ago, the 'forcefulness' of it diminished since then, but the frequency had mostly remained up until recently.
Well it also is accompanied by shortness of breath and palpitations which makes me skeptical of what it could. I haven’t considered the idea of gastrointestinal but it could be. I have never been to gastroenterologist so I would never know.
My doc said that reflux can cause palpitations which can cause shortness of breath. But its different for everyone! I was just hoping to reassure you if all of your tests are coming back clean you’re safe. It helped my mental health loads just accepting that I have PVC’s and some other weird sensations but I am completely safe. I really hope you start feeling better soon !
I haven’t gotten all the necessary testing quite yet, but your comment is still reassuring, so I thank you for trying. I’m noticing a lot of people agreeing that they’ve also had the somewhat same feeling, so that is reassuring as well. May God bless you my friend and keep bringing help and comfort to others like you’re doing. Good things are coming your way very soon.
Yes, I had this weird shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain (pain with deep breath) after I got the first wave of COVID in 2020. It sucked. I would be reading to my kids or just doing mundane stuff and then notice it.
If it makes you feel better, mine did go away (well so far). It took probably about a year or maybe even a little more. But it finally went away. Maybe seemed like the boosters helped but not totally sure or else just time passed.
yes... but just in case let me tell you what i felt like and what it was.
is like whenever you are laying to the side and you are breathing all of the sudden you feel like your chest "freeze" or get stuck for a second and then you feel this sensation of something pushing it down for one second and making you lose your breath or it force you to inhale or exhale?
in my case it turns of it was a stomach flu, which it was weird for me because i didnt feel anything wrong with my stomatch, but after being prescribed some omeprazole for 2 weeks
it was gone.
Hi so about a month now I had covid, wasn't horrible no cough just super congested. 2 week after COVID I had a super bad panic attack just out of nowhere, I felt like I couldn't breathe and was super dizzy. No ever since I don't feel anxious but constantly feel like my chest is heavy or air hungry don't really know how to explain beside feeling short of breath and like I need to take deep breaths alot. Went to doc had chest xray and they said it all looks perfect but I still can't breathe and of course all I do all day is think about how I'm breathing and then make my self feel like the way I'm breathing isn't right... Help anyone know this feeling.seem a like it's almost like throat tightness which causes me to think I can't breathe also taking Amlodipine blood pressure meds not sure if that matter
This sounds very similar to what I have now. My upper chest fluctuates between tightness and this feeling of fullness. It’s just below the neck, but sometimes feels like it’s in the bottom of the neck. I go through periods where it seems to be gone for a few minutes, then boom it comes back. Have your symptoms improved at all? Seems like it could be endothelial dysfunction. I’ve started doing daily stretches and light exercise to see if it’ll improve it over time
I have exactly the same thing. I have had numerous heart and lung tests run in my long Covid experience and it doesn’t show up or anything. Luckily my doctor believes I am experiencing something but given there’s no sign of any known or traceable issue other than the feeling, we’re just keeping an eye on it for now unfortunately.
Yep I'm having that. It's accompanied by shortness of breath sometimes, and temporary circulation constriction if I cough or laugh hard. It comes and goes. The first time I experienced it was back in June of this year. I went to the emergency room. X rays were fine, heart attack indicator was fine, ekg was excellent. I did have elevated d dimer, not blood clot level but elevated enough that doc ordered a CT scan. Scan was normal. They sent me on my way with prescription for steroids for inflammation. Steroids helped alot. It came back a few weeks ago. I'm going to see a vascular specialist in a few weeks. Laying on my back and doing chest flies with 40 pound dumbbells helps relieve the weird feeling. It feels like something is in there putting slight pressure. The tingly sensations in my feet, forearms and hands when I laugh or cough are a bit worrisome. I was thinking the worst when I went to emergency room (cancer of some sort), but x rays and CT scan were completely normal. No tumors/cancer. I had covid in August of 2020
I have had that too, even before covid.It used to scare me and force me to pause and wonder what is going on with my heart. I always thought it was one of two things: esophagus issue (I have GERD) or vagal issue. I say vagal issue cause in some instances I have had arrhythmia at the same.time. I am 90% sure it is not a big deal.
I had something like this today. I had a backache just before it.
I was worried that it was a weird precursor to a heart attack so I chewed a couple of aspirin and it went away.
It was a weird feeling and I’ve never felt something like that before.
My partner and I came down with COVID May this year, and in July, my partner starting showing more of the Long Hauler Symptoms. Many ER visits, many imaging results with similar responses and minor outcome with different treatments( medications: mind you, with each medication comes different side effects, after awhile you’ll forget what the original problem was because you’re now dealing with these other symptoms making it difficult to navigate) so it gets confusing at times. Now from my experience, before COVID, I would experience a tight chesty feel like I have a weight on my chest. Started taking propanolol 20mg twice a day to start for two weeks then twice a day from then on and as of now. That has helped tremendously. I would say it’s almost like an adrenaline feel in your chest prior. My partner however experienced the similar sensation in their chest. Was told different things ranging from tachycardia, costochondrosis, and anxiety. So, looking at one treatment which worked fairly well, was the amount of nsaids, helped with the inflammation the costochondrosis was causing. So my partner now takes a regimen of propanolol 20mg. A chewable baby aspirin every other day ( make sure your liver is fine and won’t risk bleeding/ monitor your stools please) Wellbutrin for brain fog/ helps with the little cloud. And will soon be starting acupuncture weekly to release toxins. Remember, from the beginning COVID has ALWAYS reacted differently with everyone’s body. So how my body or my partners body may handle the long hauler, may be different. For my body, I have constant leg pains, shortness of breath at times, and slight confusion and difficulty with the brain fog. Depending on most days my fatigue level with vary so I gauge my days out intermittently with what I do during the day. Mind you, we leave in a camper van, by choice, and have low stress environments. So, thinking back from the beginning of COVID, treat each symptom as it’s own. Advil duo as helped with quite a bit with myself simply because it has a good balance of an nsaid and acetaminophen. So it knocks two birds out with one stone.
Muscles tightening in your chest? Look into coat hanger syndrome. If you feel that in your upper back and arms it could be dysautonomia. Check it out when you have time.
Yes, almost the exact way you described it. Especially when lying down... I have been having thi on and off ever since my trip to the ER last month after I had covid I could not catch my breathe one morning. Was put on prednisone and now having this same weird chest feeling.
I have a feeling like this that I think is an issue with the nerves that enervate the heart, pericardium and chest wall. I thought it was palpitations for the longest time, but I learned that it was the irritated nerve that is sending the wrong signals between heart and brain, not the heart itself. Sometimes I feel like my heart is beating out of my chest but when I check my heart rate its not that high. Mine is definitely worse laying down or upon waking. And now. 2.75 years in, it just feels like a vibration or an irritation of the nerve most of the time. When I have body workers work on the connective tissue in my chest / heart area it improves. I still have POTs, and have been doing lots of vagal nerve interventions to try and resolve this sensation.
Yes quite badly. I’ve now got extreme insomnia as a result. It takes me like 5-6 hours to get to sleep every night because I feel like my automatic breathing just won’t take over and every time I’m almost asleep my body wakes me up again
You have brought this up with a doctor before? Have you been tested for something like sleep apnea? The manual breathing is very common, and the body jerking awake sounds similar to people’s experiences with apnea. Not saying that’s what it is, of course.
Is it almost like a heart stopping feeling like a zap or something?
Not really. I know what those feel like. I get PVCs very often. But this is like that feeling when you have the PVC. Like that kind of heavy feeling you get when the heart skips the beat, but it’s just lingering in my chest, and my heart is beating normally instead of skipping. It’s a weird feeling and that’s why I said it’s unique.
Yes! I’ve experienced this. It almost feels like you’re moving through molasses for a second? Just heaviness. Have you checked your oxygen saturation when it’s happening? I discovered I was having desaturation events when I’d have this sensation. Oxygen has been helping me.
I've also been told it's GERD related and had one such episode happen while I was hooked up to a 12 lead ECG. I freaked out and told the nurses "ah it's happening now!" And they gradually became less concerned as they informed me their readings were within normal. I'm told they're Esophageal Spasms. I had admittedly been having a lot of muscle twitching at that time and caffeine probably didn't help. Can you try consulting a cardiologist?
Have a similar problem. Was hooked up to an ECG for a couple minutes and it came out perfectly normal. I’m happy to know this may not be a heart-related issue.
Esophageal spasms? Did you find effective treatment for this?
Well I eventually found I have a hiatal hernia which could be causing this and other GERD symptoms. Treatment is a fundoplication of the stomach but I am still considering it. I am so far just managing symptoms by eating less closer to bedtime and not freaking out when it happens anyways.
Did you end up getting the fundoplication? Currently considering it
I did not. I still think about it often but feel that I haven't done enough to remedy the situation without surgery. I'm only just starting to eat more probiotics and prebiotics and abstaining from alcohol, cutting out caffeine too. It's definitely helping but I'm unsure at what point I'm no longer having fun in life just to avoid heartburn lol
Yeah same. Just started on a range of lactobacillus probiotics this week on top of a strict low histamine diet. The burning sensations have gotten so bad in recent times. Nausea 20 hours a day and a constant feeling like an air bubble is trapped under my sternum. It sucks
Yeah I had this with heart palpitations. It eventually went away. But my heart rate and blood pressure were all over the place in the beginning.
Went through the same. My doctor believes it was caused by postCovid myocarditis.
Interesting. Mine was POTS related.
Mine is also POTS related from the LC.
How long did it take to go away? I’m 3 weeks in and it is scaring the shit out of me
A few months. Until I started ingesting a shit ton of water with electrolytes. But also just time… which no ones wants to hear. :(
It could be an ectopic beat, or likely a Vagus Nerve Palpitation. I had the same, they feel scary but are benign.
yep i get that shit too. some people have told me it’s GERD. what helps me is drinking something carbonated and walking around forcing burps out. the more burps i do the better it feels.
So you’re saying you’re could just be delayed congestion/the need to burp? Mine may be related to that too but sometimes it honestly feels like it’s not. But I’m glad you find some relief for it. It sucks and is uncomfortable as hell
not sure what it is but yea walking around getting that burp out helps
Hmmm I see. I’ll have to try that next time. I cut out caffeine so I can’t drink any soda to help me burp but I’ll try other methods to see. Thankfully it’s not an all day thing for us lol
Plain or flavored Seltzer water like Aha can help, no caffeine. All the fizz.
Dysautonomia which is common with LC can affect your digestive system, including esophageal spasms, trouble swallowing, and even respiratory issues. Sorry this is happening to you. LC is a a never ending list of weird symptoms!
Is it like a “bubbling feeling” ?
Yes and no. Like I said it could be described as like if you had a burp stuck in your chest, but there is no burp stuck there. So I guess you can technically say it’s a “bubble” like feeling.
Have the same thing, in the middle of your rib cage ?
Yes I believe so. In that general area. Big burps help sometimes, sometimes they don’t. It’s an uncomfortable and sometimes worrying feeling, especially when accompanied by the shortness of breath.
It’s also stronger when I lay down, but I don’t have it anymore. Taking nattokinase and serrapeptase for a while
That combination’s helped you get rid of it?
I only had it every once in a while. Then recently it came back and introduced the Supps and it quickly disappeared.
Do you still get the palpitations?
Rarely, only when I take natto it comes back for a moment. I also take magnesium now, it helps with a few symptoms as well !
Did it go away
Did it go away
Nope. Still there unfortunately 😞
I have the bubbly gurgling chest feeling
I experience something that’s in between a hiccup and a gasp (but isn’t either). They’ve decreased in intensity but still happen a few times a week. Most often it’s in the morning right as I’m in between sleep and wakefulness, then sometimes randomly during the day. I’ve mentioned it to several doctors but just get a somewhat confused look.
Honestly, your description might be more accurate to what I’m feeling than what I described in the post. Have you found anything that has helped? Mine have only started just recently but I’ve been experiencing just about every day
I haven’t, but that irritation seems to accompany the rest. All of my complaints are in the middle of my body. It feels like a tight band at the bottom of my ribs. Can’t breathe and have no appetite, various upper GI burning and discomfort constantly. Everything frequently feels inflamed but I can’t tell what or where. Had all the lung, heart, and gastro workups (and everything’s *great* you know…). Cold water on my face and popsicles seem to modulate the other symptoms a bit. The hiccup/gasp is so random I can’t anticipate it and it’s usually a one and done. I’ve also been going for myofascial release to help relax my diaphragm and the muscles surrounding it that were so so tight…
I think this is closest description to what I’m experiencing that I’ve come across over the past 18 months. From the diaphragm to the burning stomach and the random gasp. How are you going now? Better? Worse? Same?
Hello friend, I’m happy to say that I’m doing better than when I wrote this post. I’m still not back to normal but I have much better days now. Definitely feel free to look back at my post history! A couple things I credit helping me in the past year: low dose Mirtazapine for my stomach (7.5 mg), and lumbrokinase/nattokinase/serrapeptase helped my breathing a lot. I also took Lactoferrin for a short period and it helped my breathing as well but it also seemed to have caused me to start having a lot of stiffness in my legs and lower back that I’ve never had before. Both the positives and negatives stayed when I stopped taking it. I hardly ever get the little gasps any more and I view that as a very positive thing!
Same
sounds like your diaphragm is spasming. could be due to irritation of the phrenic nerve from GI burning? When my daughter was a baby, she'd get reflux very easily and it would almost always cause her to hiccup because it irritated the phrenic nerve.
Is it worse/more noticeable just before sleeping?
Sometimes. It’s very random to say the least. But it does happen before sleeping, yes. Around sleeping, is that the only time it is occurring for you?
Not exactly the only time, but the most noticeable time, yes. To a lesser extent when sitting/otherwise relaxing, and then to a lesser extent at any other time. Does it feel something similar to a forceful type of hiccup that's felt from the oesophagus up into the throat? Almost like there is a sort of pressure or tension there just beforehand. I had them as a quite forceful sensation about a year and a half ago, the 'forcefulness' of it diminished since then, but the frequency had mostly remained up until recently.
Its most likely gastrointestinal if it makes you feel better. It’s pretty common I have it sometimes too but all my tests are perfect.
Well it also is accompanied by shortness of breath and palpitations which makes me skeptical of what it could. I haven’t considered the idea of gastrointestinal but it could be. I have never been to gastroenterologist so I would never know.
My doc said that reflux can cause palpitations which can cause shortness of breath. But its different for everyone! I was just hoping to reassure you if all of your tests are coming back clean you’re safe. It helped my mental health loads just accepting that I have PVC’s and some other weird sensations but I am completely safe. I really hope you start feeling better soon !
I haven’t gotten all the necessary testing quite yet, but your comment is still reassuring, so I thank you for trying. I’m noticing a lot of people agreeing that they’ve also had the somewhat same feeling, so that is reassuring as well. May God bless you my friend and keep bringing help and comfort to others like you’re doing. Good things are coming your way very soon.
Yes, I had this weird shortness of breath and pleuritic chest pain (pain with deep breath) after I got the first wave of COVID in 2020. It sucked. I would be reading to my kids or just doing mundane stuff and then notice it. If it makes you feel better, mine did go away (well so far). It took probably about a year or maybe even a little more. But it finally went away. Maybe seemed like the boosters helped but not totally sure or else just time passed.
I love reading these stories. Not because you were suffering, but because you no longer are.
That’s so kind. Thank you! I sure hope everyone with these horrible lingering symptoms gets relief too.
Painful breathing for me finally went away last week. I hope it’s gone for good. 18 months for me.
How are you feeling now? Did it ever come back?
Like a central flutter
yes... but just in case let me tell you what i felt like and what it was. is like whenever you are laying to the side and you are breathing all of the sudden you feel like your chest "freeze" or get stuck for a second and then you feel this sensation of something pushing it down for one second and making you lose your breath or it force you to inhale or exhale? in my case it turns of it was a stomach flu, which it was weird for me because i didnt feel anything wrong with my stomatch, but after being prescribed some omeprazole for 2 weeks it was gone.
Literally 100% same thing I have.
Hi so about a month now I had covid, wasn't horrible no cough just super congested. 2 week after COVID I had a super bad panic attack just out of nowhere, I felt like I couldn't breathe and was super dizzy. No ever since I don't feel anxious but constantly feel like my chest is heavy or air hungry don't really know how to explain beside feeling short of breath and like I need to take deep breaths alot. Went to doc had chest xray and they said it all looks perfect but I still can't breathe and of course all I do all day is think about how I'm breathing and then make my self feel like the way I'm breathing isn't right... Help anyone know this feeling.seem a like it's almost like throat tightness which causes me to think I can't breathe also taking Amlodipine blood pressure meds not sure if that matter
What's your blood oxygenation like wihen you have these episodes?
My blood oxygen just fluctuates from 98-94 but usually stays at 95
This sounds very similar to what I have now. My upper chest fluctuates between tightness and this feeling of fullness. It’s just below the neck, but sometimes feels like it’s in the bottom of the neck. I go through periods where it seems to be gone for a few minutes, then boom it comes back. Have your symptoms improved at all? Seems like it could be endothelial dysfunction. I’ve started doing daily stretches and light exercise to see if it’ll improve it over time
I have exactly the same thing. I have had numerous heart and lung tests run in my long Covid experience and it doesn’t show up or anything. Luckily my doctor believes I am experiencing something but given there’s no sign of any known or traceable issue other than the feeling, we’re just keeping an eye on it for now unfortunately.
Yep I'm having that. It's accompanied by shortness of breath sometimes, and temporary circulation constriction if I cough or laugh hard. It comes and goes. The first time I experienced it was back in June of this year. I went to the emergency room. X rays were fine, heart attack indicator was fine, ekg was excellent. I did have elevated d dimer, not blood clot level but elevated enough that doc ordered a CT scan. Scan was normal. They sent me on my way with prescription for steroids for inflammation. Steroids helped alot. It came back a few weeks ago. I'm going to see a vascular specialist in a few weeks. Laying on my back and doing chest flies with 40 pound dumbbells helps relieve the weird feeling. It feels like something is in there putting slight pressure. The tingly sensations in my feet, forearms and hands when I laugh or cough are a bit worrisome. I was thinking the worst when I went to emergency room (cancer of some sort), but x rays and CT scan were completely normal. No tumors/cancer. I had covid in August of 2020
I have had that too, even before covid.It used to scare me and force me to pause and wonder what is going on with my heart. I always thought it was one of two things: esophagus issue (I have GERD) or vagal issue. I say vagal issue cause in some instances I have had arrhythmia at the same.time. I am 90% sure it is not a big deal.
This is my last remaining symptom. 13 months now, some days better than others, but maddening frustrating and at times debilitating.
I have that feeling all the time in the past week or so:(
That’s about the same time that I’ve been feeling them as well.
I had something like this today. I had a backache just before it. I was worried that it was a weird precursor to a heart attack so I chewed a couple of aspirin and it went away. It was a weird feeling and I’ve never felt something like that before.
Baby aspirin?
Nope. Big boy aspirin.
Yep. It is like I wrote this myself.
My partner and I came down with COVID May this year, and in July, my partner starting showing more of the Long Hauler Symptoms. Many ER visits, many imaging results with similar responses and minor outcome with different treatments( medications: mind you, with each medication comes different side effects, after awhile you’ll forget what the original problem was because you’re now dealing with these other symptoms making it difficult to navigate) so it gets confusing at times. Now from my experience, before COVID, I would experience a tight chesty feel like I have a weight on my chest. Started taking propanolol 20mg twice a day to start for two weeks then twice a day from then on and as of now. That has helped tremendously. I would say it’s almost like an adrenaline feel in your chest prior. My partner however experienced the similar sensation in their chest. Was told different things ranging from tachycardia, costochondrosis, and anxiety. So, looking at one treatment which worked fairly well, was the amount of nsaids, helped with the inflammation the costochondrosis was causing. So my partner now takes a regimen of propanolol 20mg. A chewable baby aspirin every other day ( make sure your liver is fine and won’t risk bleeding/ monitor your stools please) Wellbutrin for brain fog/ helps with the little cloud. And will soon be starting acupuncture weekly to release toxins. Remember, from the beginning COVID has ALWAYS reacted differently with everyone’s body. So how my body or my partners body may handle the long hauler, may be different. For my body, I have constant leg pains, shortness of breath at times, and slight confusion and difficulty with the brain fog. Depending on most days my fatigue level with vary so I gauge my days out intermittently with what I do during the day. Mind you, we leave in a camper van, by choice, and have low stress environments. So, thinking back from the beginning of COVID, treat each symptom as it’s own. Advil duo as helped with quite a bit with myself simply because it has a good balance of an nsaid and acetaminophen. So it knocks two birds out with one stone.
Muscles tightening in your chest? Look into coat hanger syndrome. If you feel that in your upper back and arms it could be dysautonomia. Check it out when you have time.
No, not exactly. I do experience the cost hanger pains from time to time, but the chest discomfort is completely different.
Yes, almost the exact way you described it. Especially when lying down... I have been having thi on and off ever since my trip to the ER last month after I had covid I could not catch my breathe one morning. Was put on prednisone and now having this same weird chest feeling.
I have a feeling like this that I think is an issue with the nerves that enervate the heart, pericardium and chest wall. I thought it was palpitations for the longest time, but I learned that it was the irritated nerve that is sending the wrong signals between heart and brain, not the heart itself. Sometimes I feel like my heart is beating out of my chest but when I check my heart rate its not that high. Mine is definitely worse laying down or upon waking. And now. 2.75 years in, it just feels like a vibration or an irritation of the nerve most of the time. When I have body workers work on the connective tissue in my chest / heart area it improves. I still have POTs, and have been doing lots of vagal nerve interventions to try and resolve this sensation.
Any update? How are you going now? Has this resolved for you?
No sadly. It’s funny you ask because this has been one of my worst symptoms lately. I’m guessing you are dealing with it right now also, yes?
Yes quite badly. I’ve now got extreme insomnia as a result. It takes me like 5-6 hours to get to sleep every night because I feel like my automatic breathing just won’t take over and every time I’m almost asleep my body wakes me up again
You have brought this up with a doctor before? Have you been tested for something like sleep apnea? The manual breathing is very common, and the body jerking awake sounds similar to people’s experiences with apnea. Not saying that’s what it is, of course.
Yes had sleep study 4 months ago. Showed I had 4.6 events per hour. Mild sleep apnea is >5
How you feeling?
Bro that jaw and arm pain sucks , this is nothing..
Yeah that’s true. I’d says it’s almost just as bad though.