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Sometime early during the pandemic I believe I got Covid as my breathing got really messed up in a way my medications couldn't help and I never have asthma issu

Sometime early during the pandemic I believe I got Covid as my breathing got really messed up in a way my medications couldn't help and I never have asthma issues during that time of the year (no typical symptoms though). I noticed not long after that occurrence that any caffeine consumption would give me massive anxiety attacks and a heart beat out of rhythm. I've never had issues with either before. Heart stress test found nothing. I stopped caffeine for over a year. Funny thing was I found out that this wasn't a super rare occurrence either. I met other people randomly (I didn't bring it up) that quit caffeine after Covid due to a sudden intolerance for it. Covid is absolutely wild.

deminature 3y ago
I've had the same thing with caffeine causing significant anxiety that didn't occur beforehand. One of my medications also stopped working for a month afterwards. I'm surprised there's not more concern in broader society about the multi-systemic health issues this infection can cause before barreling into shoving people into crowded public spaces again, where they can catch it repeatedly.
- agos 3y ago
  it appears that other infections can cause similar if not identical problem, it's just that with COVID a tenth of the planet or so caught it in the span of a few months and it's (slightly) clearer what the effects are. I feel we are shoving people into crowded public spaces because we currently have no practical alternative
BobbyTables2 3y ago
Have you ever worn an EKG monitor for a few days? I had PVCs, but only at rest. Completely disappeared with the slightest walk on the treadmill test. Either Omnicron or a minor cold kicked all this off, plus 2 months of painful heart inflammation that couldn’t be positively diagnosed. During the inflammation, caffeine caused delayed discomfort. The PVCs caused a lot of discomfort while resting/sleeping and were somehow worse long after exercise. Cardiac ablation got rid of them.

deminature 3y ago

I've had the same thing with caffeine causing significant anxiety that didn't occur beforehand. One of my medications also stopped working for a month afterwards. I'm surprised there's not more concern in broader society about the multi-systemic health issues this infection can cause before barreling into shoving people into crowded public spaces again, where they can catch it repeatedly.

agos 3y ago
it appears that other infections can cause similar if not identical problem, it's just that with COVID a tenth of the planet or so caught it in the span of a few months and it's (slightly) clearer what the effects are. I feel we are shoving people into crowded public spaces because we currently have no practical alternative

BobbyTables2 3y ago

Have you ever worn an EKG monitor for a few days? I had PVCs, but only at rest. Completely disappeared with the slightest walk on the treadmill test. Either Omnicron or a minor cold kicked all this off, plus 2 months of painful heart inflammation that couldn’t be positively diagnosed. During the inflammation, caffeine caused delayed discomfort. The PVCs caused a lot of discomfort while resting/sleeping and were somehow worse long after exercise. Cardiac ablation got rid of them.