Does it get better?
I (18f) have been struggling with IST for the past four years, ever since a COVID infection I had when I was 14. every year it's just been getting worse, I've been getting more exhausted, I even started falling asleep in my classes. I'm on Atenolol, and it's helped get me down from 175 when "exercising" (literally just climbing stairs and walking up hills) to 150. I'm still so exhausted though, and really struggling to stay awake at school, and at home. it's a pretty regular occurrence for a friend to have to wake me up at school. does it get better with age at all? I hate living like this, and I genuinely don't know if I can get through college living like this. I'm trying to lose weight right now because I gained a lot last year after starting the Atenolol (went from 160-215, and I'm 5"7'). Will the weight loss actually help? will working my legs help? I know theoretically it should help, but long covid is still really under researched due to covid still being so recent, so I'm hoping to find anecdotal advice.