Long COVID for 14 months, much of it in bed, now recovered after high-dose B12 and iron
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 14 months
- Last post
- Jun 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I am proof I cured my long covid after 14 months with vitamin b12.
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
I need to recondition my body from laying in bed for 14 months
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
I am back to my old self.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
had a severe deficiency from covid
Read from 12 of their posts and comments; links to the 5 this page draws on
Summary
They had long COVID for 14 months, much of it in bed, with crippling fatigue and brain fog, sensitivity to noise and bright light, and suicidal thoughts. A COVID vaccination made the long covid much worse and left them sleepless for six days. They credit high-dose B12, later combined with iron, for a rapid return to their old self within days, and reported still being well about two weeks later.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- vitamin b12 · Helped a lot
I am proof I cured my long covid after 14 months with vitamin b12.
In context ↗ - iron supplements · Helped
Also I took iron supplements for 3 week in combo with the b12.
In context ↗ - betaine · Helped
I also took betaine about month back and now feeling the benefits.
In context ↗
Approaches: Supplements
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 first step with a time is 14 months after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. The dashed part: the story doesn’t say when. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| onset | long covid after a COVID-19 infectionI cured my long covid after 14 months with vitamin b12In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| — | in bed for most of 14 months of long covidI need to recondition my body from laying in bed for 14 months.In context ↗ | Severe | |
| — | crashed after a COVID vaccination; six nights without sleepThe symptoms flaired so much and I was in bed to the point I was too fatigued and brain fogged to sleep.In context ↗ | Severe | |
| 2022-05-28 | back to pre-covid self within days of high-dose B12It happened rather fast and in about 4 days I was back to precovid.In context ↗ | Near normal | Vitamin B12 |
| 2022-06-07 | back to old self on B12 and ironNo more of the crippling brain fog and fatigue. I was free.In context ↗ | Recovered |
Adverse events
- “I can attest that it made the long covid worse for me. ... The symptoms flaired so much and I was in bed” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
- “It was miserable and one of the times I wanted to take my life.” In context ↗ Suicidal thoughts or attempt
- “too fatigued and brain fogged to sleep. I didn’t sleep for 6 days.” In context ↗ Insomnia from treatment
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
The fatigue and brain fog is crippling.
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I almost took my life several times thinking I would not get better.
In context ↗ - Light & noise sensitivity
I could not do that due to the noise and bright lights would make my symptoms worse.
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
I was in bed to the point I was too fatigued and brain fogged to sleep.
In context ↗
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