Long COVID at 50% after 2.5 years, now near normal after booster
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2.5 years
- Last post
- Feb 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I'm 2.5 years in and 4/5 symptoms are either totally gone or very subtle and uncommon.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I had a very fast recovery from 50% to 90% within a week of getting a booster.
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
Stuck at 95% recovered now and grateful.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
even the virus itself can sort of reset a lot of things
Read from 4 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
Beacon 38293 had long COVID for about 2.5 years and was at 50% recovered before a booster shot. Within a week of the booster they improved to 90%, later settling at 95% recovered. Brain fog became rare and subtle. Brief blurry vision, double vision, lightheadedness and headaches still occurred about weekly, and light sensitivity was among lingering vision symptoms. Blood work, heart tests and a brain MRI were normal.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- medication (not named) · Helped
Made fatigue way worse when I took during the day. Started taking at night and it's so, so much better (but I still notice it some).
In context ↗ - booster · Helped a lot
I had a very fast recovery from 50% to 90% within a week of getting a booster.
In context ↗
Approaches: Vaccination
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. The chart starts 19 months after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | long COVID onsetI'm 2.5 years inIn context ↗ | Not stated | |
| before March 2024 | at 50% recoveredfrom 50% to 90% within a week of getting a boosterIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2024-03-24 | booster led to fast recovery from 50% to 90%, then 95%I had a very fast recovery from 50% to 90% within a week of getting a booster.In context ↗ | Near normal | COVID vaccination as treatment |
| 2025-02-08 | still 95% recovered; residual vision and lightheadedness symptoms4/5 symptoms are either totally gone or very subtle and uncommon. Vision symptoms keep showing up for brief periods of time though.In context ↗ | Near normal |
Adverse events
- “Made fatigue way worse when I took during the day.” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Vision problems
About once per week my vision goes blurry for 30seconds
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
I feel a smooth increase in dizziness and lightheadedness.
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
a headache and lightheadedness tends to stick around for a few hours
In context ↗ - Light & noise sensitivity
light sensitivity
In context ↗ - Brain fog
I would get brain fog during 'episodes' that might last a few hours and those episodes are rare and more subtle now.
In context ↗
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