Fatigue after COVID-19 - Techniques to help manage and understand

[@GloryDaze73]

This is good information. Wish I lived in a place where I had a caring caretaker like this person😍😍 Good luck to everyone suffering with chronic fatigue. 😵🤗🤗🤗

[@jayjenkins6021]

The fatigue is so much worse than the actual covid. I can't walk 10 ft without getting winded.. I don't consume sugar, alcohol or simple carbs. I am finally sleeping better but this is simply brutal.

[@puhacz4271]

Any tips what helped u? Cutting out carbs? Are u also experiencing shortness of breath?:(

[@worldview730]

Unnatural sugar can be harmful, but what other food source do you use for that?

[@lookingupwithwonder]

Yeah I agree. The covisd wasn't that bad but I am really fatigued one month afterwards.

[@craffte]

I'm in the U.S. and I think I would do anything to find a primary care giver who is as caring and compassionate as this lady seems to be. She speaks with sympathy and intelligence. So many of our doctors and staff are narcissistic and discriminatory to patients, especially those in a lower income bracket. It's not worth going to any doctor in the US for the most part. You're just a number and source of money. I'm in NY. This video is extremely accurate. The descriptions are right, this is exactly what it is like for me since Covid. It seems to be getting worse over the last several months.I had a boom of energy yesterday and did a lot and the bust came today. It breaks my heart when I realize that I am just not going to be able to do normal activities ever again. I'm not yet 50. Thank you so much for this video. I am having to use youtube instead of a hospital visit. I really appreciate it.

[@mwngw]

Good doctors do not exist anymore. The harsh reality.

[@stevegcq]

Excellent comment, except for cause of symptoms. Perhaps consider the presentations of Naomi Wolf.

[@stevegcq]

Use her name and the words, 'Pfizer documents', to get some answers.

[@addiecoelman1996]

​@stevegcq so what is the cause then. You're trying to indicate you know what's wrong.

[@stevegcq]

@@addiecoelman1996 I do know, but YT will censor comments that mention the cause. Hence I refer to a famous person who does mention the cause.

[@madhurikumari1697]

Really Said wid soo much compassion n explained each n every aspects in such a nice way Thankyou soo much dear 🙏🙏🙏👍🌺

[@Farhan-co9he]

really comforting and useful thanks

[@lambdasun4520]

You're amazing, thank you! I hope that this long COVID / CFS will pass, now it's been 5 months.

[@shariday9849]

Thank you so much for this. Such helpful ideas. Also, your kindly tone and guidance takes away my guilt about having a wonky battery. My post Covid droopiness is just as you describe. I now plan to be more strategic because running out of energy in public is discouraging and embarrassing.

[@lookingupwithwonder]

I hear ya

[@andrewshiatsu]

Thank you, I think the battery analogy is helpful, it is easy for me and those around me to understand. I have been living with chronic fatigue for more than two years since having Covid and I recognise that boom and bust cycle with the downward spiral that comes from pushing too hard. Sadly I don't have much to say about things getting better. When I manage myself well I can start to have days when I almost feel normal but as soon as I try to stretch myself to doing more, the amount I can do shrinks back (boom-bust). For me the breaks and rests of five or ten minutes do little and I generally have to go to bed for two hours every afternoon to get through the rest of the day. If I skip my afternoon sleeps for a couple of days I am soon too tired to even think. Walking or exercising makes me worse. So I have learned to just do a lot less and at a slow pace. The house does not get cleaned, the gardening does not get done and I muddle through the days by not doing a lot of things I would previously have found easy. Fortunately I am retired though I would dearly like to be more active in my voluntary work and my role as a carer. I think this is a great video, my only criticism is that it is a little too optimistic about recovery. Self management definitely brings about improvements but I don't think the capacity of my "battery" has improved at all. Accepting my limitations has helped but I still sometimes find things very frustrating.

[@danieljuliekistenich5406]

What an apt summary of this severely limiting condition and fitting description of your new everyday life, Andrew! I can relate well as everything you say describes me as well. Let's not give up hope - improvement and finally overall well-being may still be on the horizon!

[@zeusthegreek4664]

Great information. I will try all your techniques.

[@JayJay-ki4mi]

I had it mild 9 days ago. Didn't have much respiratory issues and thought I was over it after the 3rd day. Fever was the worst. I don't have shortness of breath, but I am fatigued badly. I just walked to the supermarket, and now I need to sleep. Usually I can walk back carrying the bags, but today I had to call a taxi because I was floored. I sleep often throughout the day. The night sweats are very bad too. This is the worst part about it.

[@patrickbennett439]

Ive been using weightlifting to battle after covid tiredness. If i dont lift, i wont be hungry hardly at all. If i lift i can eat A LOT. Overall its been helping my appetite which helps my overall strength and health. I was like a zombie for the first month or so in the gym, all tired as can be and weak. Ive had some really tired days after lifting but im almost 100% 2 months after covid. Im basically winning in the end with the extreme energy expenditures. I really had to watch that the first month or 2. NOw i can finally workout hard again.

[@MarkJohnson-ht8wd]

Good to know. I wasn't sure if I should return to the gym because of the fatigue I am experiencing.

[@meredithmoffett4266]

​@MarkJohnson-ht8wd please be careful. This is not the case for most people. Most people who continue to push through experience PEM

[@MarkJohnson-ht8wd]

@@meredithmoffett4266 Thank you kindly for your concern. My plan will be light and easy until its safe to amp it up. MJ

[@meredithmoffett4266]

@@MarkJohnson-ht8wd You're welcome. Just listen to your body

[@patrickbennett439]

@@meredithmoffett4266 What the heck is PEM?

[@miguelberetta7887]

I feel way better on day 7, but I'm soooooo tired

[@JayJay-ki4mi]

Day 9 feeling same way mate. Apart from the fever the actual illness wasn't too bad. Day 3 I felt absolutely fine and I walked 4 miles. That was a mistake because that night I was ill again. The tiredness is awful.

[@worldview730]

Greatest scientific research material yet on this Tube topic

[@cb77153]

At least 2 years now with long Covid. Can finally work, but limited physical and social activities unfortunately still. I’m fine walking and very light body weight exercise. If I do anything with additional strain like trying to add any weights, walking with a heavy rucksack, I’m exhausted for several days. Still not seen any clinicians for an in person assessment, nothing that helps other than telling me to pace myself. Good and bad aspects of healthcare in England.

[@lookingupwithwonder]

I'm lucky I'm an OT and work with a team of senior OTs who are so diligent about us all taking care of ourselves.

[@darcyalvarez652]

Thank you so much .

[@ThePrincessalla]

Thank you needed that ❤

[@shariday9849]

So, I felt great first thing in the morning and I needed to get groceries so off I went. Feeling good, feeling good, getting the milk at the far corner of the store…uh oh… my battery has died. Leaning over the trolley, making a beeline to the checkout. Collapse on the bed and sleep for quite a long time.

[@pamforrester844]

Happened to me yesterday, ended up only getting a couple items, I've also gotten where I need a cart to shop, not necessarily to lean but helps with balance? It's hard to explain. Hoping you get better, this is horrible and we shouldn't have to rest for hours to just run out and get a couple items

[@seriousstuff8887]

I have had covid three times .. I got if over xmas recently and tbh my legs feel like two concrete blocks ever since .

[@worldview730]

How did you catch it that many times

[@worldview730]

I should have tons of energy, all I do is lay around all day pinned to my bed & recliner

[@kmarmol7122]

Since March 2022 up yo now I am not same person; fatigue, vas sleeping, light pain allá body

[@genericwatcher2439]

Next month will be 2 years since my J&J vaccine and I still suffer from fatigue. I can't exercise the way I used to, I am EXHAUSTED after a simple lunchtime walk and my relationship with my kids has suffered because I can't do as much as I used to. I blame my company for giving me a 1 month ultimatum or lose my job, I blame the government for pressuring employers. Why do I blame them for my "decision", because in the end, they didn't give me the necessary time to find another job, move, etc... in our small town. My "decision" was get the vaccine or be homeless and starve! If it was just me, I might have rolled the dice, but I wasn't going to make my family homeless and hungry.

[@addiecoelman1996]

@genericwatchet2439 - you seem to have some emotional issues too.

[@worldview730]

If this is still going on after 2 years then maybe some other underling health issue looms?

[@sandrawheeler1521]

Agreed. Utter rubbish. I have had cfs/ ME for 7 years.

[@sanjavukovic169]

Please can you post this video without background distractions

[@jayjenkins6021]

So the approach is slow down??? That isn't acceptable. What is really going on?? What actually causes the fatigue?? This vid was worthless!!!

[@addiecoelman1996]

@jayhenkins6021 - your comment is useless too.

[@worldview730]

LMAO, funny 🤣🤣🤣@@addiecoelman1996

[@Paragon62]

All these doctors with no answers, 30 yrs ago had me , there were no answers, I now have long covid which is similar no answers .yet they still keep making videos.

[@Paragon62]

@@addiecoelman1996 so is yours

[@shadowcodr]

Typical health advice from the establishment, deal with managing and living with an ailment. Zero advice to actually fix it.