People who tested positive, how are you feeling?

Irish Stones wrote: »

A person that I know recovered from covid mid March and still can't taste or smell anything. That's worrying!

Myself and my wife both had it at the end of February and have ongoing symptoms.

Luckily I didnt lose my taste or smell but my wife lost both. She still hasnt got them back. Doctor advised it could take 6 months or more.

Had covid early in January and recovered, but woke up this morning sweating and my first thought was covid, also lower back stiff and I have a pain in my head when standing up, like a blood vessel is going to burst.

Phil.x wrote: »

Had covid early in January and recovered, but woke up this morning sweating and my first thought was covid, also lower back stiff and I have a pain in my head when standing up, like a blood vessel is going to burst.

So you think you are having a relapse of covid? Couldn't they just be post-symptoms of what you had in January?
I had covid across early April-mid May last year, without symptoms, but I had symptoms later on in the year, say from July 2020 onwards, and some of them are still present.

Irish Stones wrote: »

What do they mean by "night terrors"? Very bad nightmares?

the official definition

https://www.healthline.com/health/night-terrors-in-adults#:~:text=Night%20terrors%20are%20recurring%20nighttime,signs%20of%20fear%20and%20agitation.

Anyone been vaccinated yet?

I was due mine a few weeks ago. Registered and was ready to go but my doctor rang and said she had vaccines for both myself and my wife. She advised against going ahead with our HSE appointments. She wanted us to wait at least three months after COVID before getting it as we both had long term symptoms.

Anyway we both finally got it yesterday. Pfizer. One and only jab for both of us as we had previously had COVID.

Wanderer78 wrote: »

Was talking to a relative that was positive, still struggling with breathing issues and is suffering from night terrors, not a nice one

I can't speak for night terrors, but breathing issues certainly. 15/16 months on.

Whole family tested +ve beginning of march . Our kids recovered quickly within days and both mrs and myself too the longest and cough /cold persisted till about good 2 weeks .

We gradually got better but have not developed rashes post recovery . I hear and read that there is a bit of research on this in UK and elsewhere through locally here there seems to less information on post recovery symptoms .

Tested positive today after avoiding it for over two years 😅🤣 so far my symptoms are just nausea and a very very slight cough, to the degree I wouldn’t even notice it had we not all become so cough paranoid! I took a test on Sunday because I woke up feeling kind of off, was shivering with the cold for most of the day and could not get the heat in to me, also had a very slight and brief pain in the back of my legs, but the test was negative. Hoping the symptoms stay mild!

You need something that will kill the virus in your throat and nose quickly, no recommendation are allowed but have a google there's a few off the shelf products that will hopefully do the trick and relieve your throat pain, the same for the fever.

Don't forget to get a HSE PCR test if you need a travel certificate.

Nearly three weeks since the positive test and a full week since the negative... Finally starting to feel normal again and even managed to do some cardio in the gym rather than just weights. I simply could not do cardio last week as my respiration was really poor. The headache isn't there today either which is a huge difference, it had been there for at least 18 days and was ridiculously annoying.

You can only get a HSE PCR test in certain circumstances though.

I tested positive last night...sore throat and aches and pains....not great. My other half can get test as in healthcare. My first positive test ever but at least I managed to to go on my long delayed honeymoon

I tested negative on all antigen tests but tested positive on PCR last week. My daughter who I cannot isolate from tested negative thankfully despite me looking after her.

Although my antigens were negative, I had high temperatures, awful sore throat & headache along with exhaustion. Starting to feel human again 8 days later. This is my second time having covid. The first time was confirmed Delta with no vaccines & that was a whole different ball game.

woke up this am feeling sore all over - flu like symptoms - temp, sweating etc.. 2 -ve antigen tests so far.. (diff brands).. no sore throat or cough..

I was in a hospital visiting a sick loved one between sun - tue - mayb I picked up something..

I hope its not covid cos then they might be at risk...

gosh i am sore all over.. took Nurofen so sweating buckets..

i'm going back to bed..

thoughts? covid or just flu?

i'll do another antigen test tonight

I think you really need to keep taking the antigen test and or get a PCR test if you think you might have Covid. The antigen tests I took early on came back negative even though I had worse symptoms (but still quite mild) than when I did test positive.