Long COVID
RelapsedIll 3.5 years before improving or writing
Long COVID loss of taste and smell, sleep apnoea; briefly back then relapsed
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 3.5 years
- Last post
- Jul 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I developed chronic congestion and loss of taste and smell after a Covid infection in March 2022.
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
The last 2 months of my pregnancy I got both taste and smell back 100% and could finally breathe! ... Within 2 days of her being born, all my symptoms returned.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I caught covid 2 days before my 3rd child was born (March 2022).
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Summary
Crane 63714 caught COVID two days before their third child was born in March 2022 and lost taste and smell within weeks, developing congestion that caused sleep apnoea. A reinfection after a brief return about six months later took them away for over two years. They returned fully in the last two months of a 2024 pregnancy but vanished within two days of the birth, followed by ER visits and new symptoms. By mid-2025 they were still gone, with phantom smoke smells.
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fasting during regular sleep hours· Helpedquercetin· Helpednasal sprays· No changeNicotine patches· Not said
Their words about each treatment
- fasting during regular sleep hours · Helped
I find my symptoms are even a bit better just in the morning having fasted during regular sleep hours.
In context ↗ - quercetin · Helped
I’m not sure how you feel about supplements but quercetin helps a lot.
In context ↗ - nasal sprays · No change
I have had no luck with any nasal sprays.
In context ↗ - Nicotine patches · Not said
So I tried the patches yesterday and put a 7mg dose on. I used to be a smoker so I stupidly thought it wouldn’t affect me that badly. I got awful nicotine positioning! It was so, so bad. I was dizzy, extreme sweating/cold sweats, throwing up and spent the day in bed/on the couch.
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Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, with time counted from when the illness began. Hover or tap a point. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | COVID infection two days before third child's birth; taste and smell lost within weeksI caught covid 2 days before my 3rd child was born (March 2022). Within weeks I lost taste and smell.In context ↗ | Mild |
| Sept 2022 | taste and smell returned for about three weeksIt returned in Sept/early Oct of that year for about 3 weeksIn context ↗ | Near normal |
| late 2022 | caught COVID again and lost all smell and tastethen caught covid again and that was it.In context ↗ | Mild |
| mid-2024 | taste, smell and breathing returned in the last two months of pregnancyThe last 2 months of my pregnancy I got both taste and smell back 100% and could finally breathe!In context ↗ | Near normal |
| Aug 2024 | all symptoms returned within two days of her daughter's birth; ER visits with new symptomsWithin 2 days of her being born, all my symptoms returned.In context ↗ | Mild |
| July 2025 | still without taste and smell, now with phantom smoke smellsnow all I smell is smoke.In context ↗ | Mild |
Adverse events
- Nicotine patches“So I tried the patches yesterday and put a 7mg dose on. I used to be a smoker so I stupidly thought it wouldn’t affect me that badly. I got awful nicotine positioning! It was so, so bad. I was dizzy, extreme sweating/cold sweats, throwing up and spent the day in bed/on the couch.” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Loss of smell or taste
I lost all smell and taste for over 2 years, and counting.
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
And it has caused sleep apnea for me.
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