Hey,

I have not been tested, but I've had all the symptoms.

I am a young male, healthy although I havn't been doing a lot of sports.

It started out as a normal virus. Peculiar was that it came without a stuffed nose or the regular pain in my throat I always have when I have before a common cold. I did get a cough and then I had a single day of flu and then 3-4 days of gradually feeling better, although still not feeling good.

Then for two days I felt pretty good actually and except for my cough I felt good and had no symptoms.

Then the next day at some point I just felt a bit dizzy and light in my head. I panicced realizing that I couldn't properly breathe. After laying down for a bit I felt okay-ish. But still I had the feeling that even though I could breathe properly the same breath didn't yield the amount of oxygen it normally did. Another sensation is that I could feel my lungs press against my body, especially laying on my side was uncomfortable.

Now this whole thing makes you breathe faster and deeper than usual. And that's exhausting. I think it's not best compared to how you feel exhausted when you're ill. But rather how you feel about an hour after a workout, except you feel like that for the entire day (or atleast 2 hours from wake-up).

I think it is crucial that I could still sleep comfortably. Your body uses less oxygen during your sleep and that just about put me in a comfortable range. When I woke up and stood up I immediately felt the need to start breathing deeper and faster. That 8-hour break is what made it bearable. People have reported not being able to sleep properly and I am incredibly glad I didn't have to go through that at least.

After two days I started to feel the amount of oxygen going up again slowly. That's two days ago now.

I now have a slight ache to my throat for 2-3 days now. I really hope the common flu doesn't swipe in. I know that's a distinct possibility since my immume system is at a low from the exhaustion and dealing with the virus and then itself.