Need someone to talk to.

Hi 

I am a usually fit and healthy 35 year old female. 

I had covid late March. I didn't suffer so bad. Just had the usual symptoms and dizzy spells. 

1 week after recocery, I suffered a headache, which after a few days of some nausea accompanied with ear pain disappeared. It later turned out I had tonsillitis. This cleared up with antibiotics. 

However, a week later on Sunday the headache returned. It wasn't excrutiating in any way, but I could feel a pain at the top of my head. I haven't had to take much pain relief for these headaches. This pain comes and goes. Accompanied with this is the feeling of imbalance and disorientation. My ears have ached at times. At times I just don't feel like myself.

I have been to the docs and they said it sounded like vertigo. My blood pressure has been high 150/86 and low is 132 etc. I have had tingling sensations in my head, arms and legs. Most have been on my right side but some on my left. 

My vision is fine and has been recently checked by opticians. My bloods are being checked too. 

I'm unsure and I'm just wondering if this sounds like something I should go back to the doctors for?  Or am I being anxious? 

I'm worried but I don't want to over worry as it is seeming to effect my blood pressure. 

Any talk will be helpful as I'm feeling pretty scared and lonely. 

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  • Hello Jet111,

                        its human nature that worry always leads us to the worst possible health scenario,so its understandable where you are coming from.l think the two things l picked up from your post is that you had covid 4-5 weeks ago,and that one of its effects was dizzyness. Whilst stating that you made a quick recovery,l wonder if you are playing down the residual side effects of Covid.Certainly it can linger and trigger marginal issues within your body as your immune system takes a pounding.

    l think you are on the money with your view of stress raising your blood pressure,this could certainly lead to headaches.For most people stress manifests itself in head or gut,and most do not give stress the importance it demands for creating serious secondary issues.

    My feeling is that your covid recovery could well be more significant than you realise and that l would give yourself a little while longer,preferably with your focus elsewhere to see if this resolves itself.If after that the problems remain then a visit to the doctor demonstrating distance from covid infection should discount that possibility and focus on other areas.

      Hope things improve for you over the coming weeks,

                                                                                            David

  • This is true. You make such good points. The stress is definitely making things worse for me. My head is all over the place and I almost keep looking for other symptoms associated with brain problems. 

     

    It could be covid. But, I did not think I could be this bad after covid given my credentials. I will wait for blood work to come back and will speak to doctors this week if things do not improve. I am unsure what they will suggest. And the thought of an mri scares me. 

     

    Thanks for messaging me. I really appreciate it. 

     

  • I think virtually anybody can have a bad experience of/after covid. Some people are more susceptible, of course, but young, healthy people have developed long covid and elderly people with co-existing conditions have been completely asymptomatic. I think there have also been people who had very mild symptoms initally, but developed long covid. 

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  • I think virtually anybody can have a bad experience of/after covid. Some people are more susceptible, of course, but young, healthy people have developed long covid and elderly people with co-existing conditions have been completely asymptomatic. I think there have also been people who had very mild symptoms initally, but developed long covid. 

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