Bedbound first eight months of long COVID, now recovered after rest and time
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 7 months
- Last post
- Aug 2026
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I have ME/CFS type Long covid but I don't have PEM
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
I was like you a year ago, confined to a bed 24 hours a day, now I have significantly improved.
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
I recovered and have been for the past 6 months, reinfected with the flu 3 months agowhich made me feel bad for 2 weeks, then I am back to recovered.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I have ME/CFS type Long covid but I don't have PEM
In context ↗
Read from 81 of their posts and comments; links to the 18 this page draws on
Summary
Bedbound for her first eight months of long COVID, she improved slowly with rest and time alone, to about 40% better at 11 months and 80% and working by early 2025. She called herself recovered in May 2025, said it held for six months, and returned to recovered after a two-week flu reinfection. Her last post put her improvement at 75%, crediting stress and nervous-system work.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- resting all day and naps · Helped
Taking a lot of naps seemed to help ... Haven’t really tried any treatment just resting all day
- time · Helped a lot
First 6 months was horrible. Started to slightly improve after the 7th month
In context ↗ - pacing · Helped
Mainly time and pacing, treating my vitamin deficiencies as well
In context ↗ - exercising intensely · No change
I have tried exercising intensely for an hour straight, no change in fatigue levels or anything really
In context ↗ - B12 / B vitamins · Helped
I was also deficient in vitamin D and B12 ... when I got those levels up I felt better as well
In context ↗ - Vitamin A · Helped
I have tried a little bit of Vitamin A and it has helped with my light sensitivity.
In context ↗ - giving up those foods · Helped
It use to happen to me when I ate specific foods, but after giving up those foods I stopped getting that symptom.
In context ↗ - avoiding these forums · Helped a lot
I jumped from 50% to 80% improved when I started avoiding these forums
In context ↗ - improving stress and nervous system · Helped a lot
improving my stress and nervous system definitely helped me from 30% to 75%
In context ↗
Approaches: Pacing · Radical rest · Supplements
Their path
What they say at each step doesn’t fit the worst point or outcome above on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | After |
|---|---|---|
| onset | Long COVID; bedboundI was bedbound for the first 8 monthsIn context ↗ | |
| 7 mo | Began to slowly improve after the seventh monthFirst 6 months was horrible. Started to slightly improve after the 7th monthIn context ↗ | Time and spontaneous remission |
| 2024-09 | About 40% better, houseboundAlmost a year and I’m around 40% better, haven’t gotten reinfectedIn context ↗ | Time and spontaneous remission |
| 2024-12 | 50% better, mainly fatigue and tiny brain fogI have ME/CFS long covid without PEM and I am literally 50% betterIn context ↗ | Time and spontaneous remission |
| 2025-02 | 80% improved and workingI’m 80% improved and workingIn context ↗ | Time and spontaneous remission |
| 2025-02 | Flu reinfection, ill for two weeksreinfected with the flu 3 months agowhich made me feel bad for 2 weeks, then I am back to recoveredIn context ↗ | |
| 2025-05 | Recovered and stayed recovered for six monthsI recovered and have been for the past 6 monthsIn context ↗ | Time and spontaneous remission |
| 2026-08 | Put her improvement at 75% after stress and nervous-system workimproving my stress and nervous system definitely helped me from 30% to 75%In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
which made me almost bedbound the first 6 months with PEM
In context ↗ - Brain fog
Symptoms are fatigue, dizziness, insomnia, derealization, dry eyes, brain fog, POTS symptoms, light sensitivity, etc
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
Fatigue, High HR when standing, Dry eyes, Little bit of light sensitivity, most have improved around 40%
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
I slept max 3 hours a night but now I am at a good 6-7 hours solid
In context ↗ - Gut problems
My gut was also messed up but that cleared up within the first 5 months for me.
In context ↗ - Light & noise sensitivity
Little bit of light sensitivity, most have improved around 40%
In context ↗ - Temperature regulation
My temperature is usually 98.0 F but was 98.6 all day for the first couple of months
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