People who tested positive, how are you feeling?

Wanderer78 · 01-06-2021 08:20AM

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.

Irish Stones · 01-06-2021 12:30PM

Wanderer78 wrote: »

the official definition

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

Thanks, I didn't know that.

adox · 06-06-2021 04:35PM

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.

adox · 06-06-2021 04:38PM

Wanderer78 wrote: »

the official definition

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

I’ve suffered with them on and off for years. My wife has often caught me running out of the bedroom yelling in terror.

I have learned to wake myself up out of them now, although it’s not ideal for my wife. I realise when I’m asleep and having them that it is indeed a bad dream and yell at the top of my voice in the dream to wake myself up.

It works but I wake up yelling at full volume and obviously wake my wife up too.

Pablo Escobar · 06-06-2021 06:46PM

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.

pottokblue · 07-06-2021 02:23PM

There was a piece on the French news last night about a mountain respiratory health spa and helping people rehab with Long Covid symptoms. Mind yourselves the place looked beautiful maybe someone could do something similar in cork/kerry mountains?

galaxy12 · 31-03-2022 01:59PM

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 .

CramCycle · 31-03-2022 02:16PM

Tested positive Sunday, out for a walk, started to become short of breath and in the end had to take my partners inhaler to walk, thought it was a panic attack at first. Tested positive as soon as I was home, albeit a faint line. Had to remind myself to take deep breaths as I felt like I was suffocating without drowning, sort of like CO2 or NItrogen asphixiation. Sore throat that night like razor Blades, wheezing the next day but then just turned into a bad cold. Felt better today until I started coughing so hard it tore the lining of my throat but overall, could have been worse and I am improving.

retro:electro · 11-05-2022 06:21PM

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!

Get Real · 18-05-2022 04:23AM

Started feeling achey and jelly-like limbs on Sunday. Took an antigen, it was negative.

Mild sore throat developed, hot and cold sensations, positive antigen yesterday evening (Tuesday)

I know for most people, this thing is old news. But sweet jesus, my throat is in a million ribbons. I can't swallow, I can't sleep, I'm doing salt water gargles and using numbing throat spray. No joy. Shards of glass it feels like.

drunkmonkey · 18-05-2022 11:33AM

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.

The Continental Op · 20-06-2022 10:42AM

Probably on day six of it with nothing to report I'd worry about. Can remember waking up when it started to take hold on Monday night a week back, started with very runny noise and sore throat. Main thing was the very sore throat for a couple of days, but I get that regularly anyway, an occasional chest clearing cough, runny noise, again I get that worse with hay fever and did have a bit of a headache which I put down to an overly large dose of something I take for a sore throat and runny noise.

Only problem is I have the car booked in for an NCT tomorrow. Will just take the €22 hit, if the bastards actually let you rebook because of Covid I'd cancel but it costs me the same either way so I'll leave some slack in the system tomorrow and start looking for a cancellation online tomorrow night - the irony ;-) Might take an antigen test in the morning just in case it might be clear?

FlubberJones · 20-06-2022 10:46AM

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.

Pentecost · 20-06-2022 07:07PM

Tested positive last Tuesday. Felt fairly unwell on Wednesday and Thursday I was coughing a lot and had a sore throat, headache. Since then I've just had a fairly dull but constant headache and felt a bit nauseous at times. But hopefully over the worst now. Managed to work from home even if I didn't particularly feel like it for the first couple of days. Looks like I can expect to still test positive for another little while though.

gmisk · 21-06-2022 07:38AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119080095#Comment_119080095

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

https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/covid19/testing/get-tested/

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

The Continental Op · 21-06-2022 09:27AM

Day 7 by my reckoning and just tested negative. Surprised at that as I still have a bit of a sore throat and stuffed up head, but that could at this stage just be hay fever. So I can take the car for the NCT. I did two tests today, first one didn't work, put the two drops on the test "thingy" and didn't see the slight shading of the test strip as the solution soaked along it. Half an hour later test showed nothing, all blank. Second test ran as expected and came back with the single bar "T" for to show the test had run OK but no bar for "C".

Knine · 21-06-2022 10:24AM

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.

Corruptedmorals · 21-06-2022 11:42PM

Just feels absolutely bizarre to have it, I've done a huge mountain of negative tests but positive last Friday. Thursday's was negative with slight sore throat and headache. It never really took hold, cough got very sore Friday night but the running nose is gone and the cough is only a thing at night and much shallower now. Due back to work physically on Day 8 Friday, really hoping to get a negative test before then even though it's not necessary anymore. Relief isn't even the word to have avoided the worst of this virus after avoiding it in healthcare for more than 2 years.

sporina · 22-06-2022 12:04PM

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

Knine · 22-06-2022 01:26PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119234464#Comment_119234464

The antigen tests were all negative for me. I tested positive on PCR

The Continental Op · 22-06-2022 01:30PM

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.

Knine · 22-06-2022 03:03PM

I took the Antigen tests right through & all negative. My daughter did not catch it off me thankfully & I was not able to isolate from her. She also had a PCR

Pentecost · 22-06-2022 03:40PM

I tested positive on an antigen the day I had proper symptoms. I'd done a test the night before as a precaution and it was negative. The following day it only took about two minutes for the red line to appear. Still positive yesterday on day 7 albeit fainter.

sporina · 22-06-2022 04:00PM

thanks all

i rang my GP and as my antigen tests wer negative he won't refer me for a PCR... and I'm not of age etc

sporina · 22-06-2022 04:24PM

booked a PCR test via the HSE helpline

later this eve

finger's crossed its -ve for my Dad's sake

The Continental Op · 22-06-2022 04:53PM

My local test center was a ghost town. You could literally turn up and book a test in the next half hour while outside. Chatting to the "staff" they said that Covid was over as far as the government was concerned and that all the test centers were shutting down in the next couple of months.

sporina · 22-06-2022 06:14PM

yeah there wer loads of staff standing around doing nada

sporina · 22-06-2022 08:37PM

i actually feel just like when I had my 1st vaccine shot.. only worse.. ie: body aches are worse and lasting longer.. guess I'll know either way tomorrow (i hope)

cheezums · 22-06-2022 10:22PM

Day 4 and I'm just starting to feel better. I'd rank it up there with your typical flu. Headaches, nasty cough, pains in my eyes and bizarrely my teeth. Congested. Tired.

All the people I know who never got it are getting it now. Surely this is the last wave.

I do wonder what it would be like without the vaccine and booster. Like has my vaccine completely worn off 6 months later or would I have been in hospital without it.

Space Dog · 22-06-2022 10:42PM

I caught it nearly three weeks ago after having avoided it for more than 2 years. Had a sick cert for 2 weeks, I felt rotten.

I had pretty much every symptom: Started with a sore throat, then body aches, headache, a high fever for 4 days, cough, a runny nose, then my nose was blocked. I lost my smell and taste completely and basically needed a nap after going to the bathroom/kitchen or making a sandwich. I never had the proper flu but I'd imagine that's what it feels like. It was definitely way worse than a cold for me.

My smell and taste have thankfully come back. Tested negative again on the 10th day, still felt exhausted at that stage.

I guess I had nearly no antibodies left after getting the booster at the end of December.

My OH didn't feel too bad, but developed a chest infection and had to go on steroids and antibiotics. Will probably need another round as the cough has come back.

People who tested positive, how are you feeling?

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