I believe exercising during the waning days of a respiratory infection I had in January and February 2020 triggered dysautonomia. I've heard others describe the same experience, as if excessive stress caused them to 'clunk' into constant flight mode. I've had post-exercise hypotension, palpitations and pre-syncope ever since. These symptoms have reduced to almost nothing recently as I've been able to work up to near daily exercise.
I'm sorry to hear that happened. Not to be nosy, but was it a strenuous form of exercise? It's really fascinating how our body can react to certain situations, and so maybe after a bout the body needed to enter into a recovery phase and rushing into exercise may have pushed things a bit too far? Either way it's good that most of those symptoms have gone at this point.
Thanks for asking. I definitely overdid it, a habit from younger days, going on with life and work as normal while sick. I'm in my late thirties, was less active than usual summer/fall 2019 but corrected that probably mid-November. So my condition going into this was good but not excellent. Most would probably mark me down further as I was obese.
One day I did a short, steep climb, another day I snowshoed a couple miles. Not sure of the order. My heart and lungs really got going each time and felt good, though my throat was raw from the cold air. While snowshoeing I stood still for several minutes enjoying the view and had my first fainting spell. I had been sick and resting for almost two weeks, was nearly over it, and just wanted to get out. I wish I'd gone for an easy walk instead. When I had Omicron last January I reduced all chores, especially snow shoveling, to the absolute minimum.
So interesting that exercise helps the immune system in that way. 👍🏽 People need to make sure they don't overdo it after covid tho, it can bite you in the butt. Some people are prone to overdo, others to underdo.
Nice job! Exercise keeps me happy, and reading these good effects makes it more so.
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I believe exercising during the waning days of a respiratory infection I had in January and February 2020 triggered dysautonomia. I've heard others describe the same experience, as if excessive stress caused them to 'clunk' into constant flight mode. I've had post-exercise hypotension, palpitations and pre-syncope ever since. These symptoms have reduced to almost nothing recently as I've been able to work up to near daily exercise.
I'm sorry to hear that happened. Not to be nosy, but was it a strenuous form of exercise? It's really fascinating how our body can react to certain situations, and so maybe after a bout the body needed to enter into a recovery phase and rushing into exercise may have pushed things a bit too far? Either way it's good that most of those symptoms have gone at this point.
Thanks for asking. I definitely overdid it, a habit from younger days, going on with life and work as normal while sick. I'm in my late thirties, was less active than usual summer/fall 2019 but corrected that probably mid-November. So my condition going into this was good but not excellent. Most would probably mark me down further as I was obese.
One day I did a short, steep climb, another day I snowshoed a couple miles. Not sure of the order. My heart and lungs really got going each time and felt good, though my throat was raw from the cold air. While snowshoeing I stood still for several minutes enjoying the view and had my first fainting spell. I had been sick and resting for almost two weeks, was nearly over it, and just wanted to get out. I wish I'd gone for an easy walk instead. When I had Omicron last January I reduced all chores, especially snow shoveling, to the absolute minimum.
So interesting that exercise helps the immune system in that way. 👍🏽 People need to make sure they don't overdo it after covid tho, it can bite you in the butt. Some people are prone to overdo, others to underdo.