Long COVID with severe fatigue and brain fog, somewhat better with diet and supplements
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 16 months
- Last post
- Apr 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Had Covid over the exact same time periods twice and the symptoms you described I lived exactly as you did!
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
My fatigue was so severe one day after not being able to sleep for 3.5 days straight with the other symptoms I thought I literally would not make it through.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
Still feel like Im out of it many parts of the day with brain fog, but all my energy is coming back. ... It’s been slow but I have seen improvements.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
Had Covid over the exact same time periods twice and the symptoms you described I lived exactly as you did!
In context ↗
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Summary
They caught COVID twice, then developed long COVID with severe fatigue, days of sleeplessness, a racing heart, anxiety and brain fog. Improvement was slow and hard-won, credited to an unprocessed low-sugar diet, zinc, copper, vitamin D, fish oil, CoQ10, B vitamins, sunlight and gentle exercise, with melatonin to help them sleep. Brain fog stayed for much of the day while their energy came back.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- healthy unprocessed diet · Helped
Diet is huge, eat lots of healthy unprocessed foods like vegetables, good protein, healthy fats, lower sugar.
In context ↗ - intermittent fasting · Helped
Sometimes I do random intermittent fasting where I just drink some electrolytes and water for 16 hours every two days or so
In context ↗ - more salt · Helped
More salt sometimes helps me if I am drinking lots of water.
In context ↗ - zinc and copper · Helped
Taking some zinc and copper 15mg zinc with 1mg copper, vitamin D, fish oil, coq10, Multivitamin, Bvitamin complex really helped my fatigue and fog.
In context ↗ - vitamin D · Helped
vitamin D, fish oil, coq10, Multivitamin, Bvitamin complex really helped my fatigue and fog
In context ↗ - pro and prebiotics · Not said
Getting a tiny bit of pro and prebiotics not too much though.
In context ↗ - sunlight · Helped a lot
Get sunlight, this helped me sooo much!
In context ↗ - melatonin · Helped
Take 15mg or so of melatonin to sleep that’s the only way I could.
In context ↗ - no alcohol, little caffeine before 12 · Helped
No alcohol and only little caffeine before 12 seems to help.
In context ↗ - rowing machine, pushups and walking · Helped
Rowing machine and pushups and walking helped me.
In context ↗ - turning to God · Helped
Turning to God has helped me so much through this unbelievable storm
In context ↗
Approaches: POTS medication · Alternative therapies · Diet · Exercise and activity · 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 |
|---|---|
| December 2021 | first COVID infectionHad Covid over the exact same time periods twiceIn context ↗ |
| — | extreme fatigue after 3.5 days without sleep, racing heart, brain fogMy fatigue was so severe one day after not being able to sleep for 3.5 days straight with the other symptoms I thought I literally would not make it through.In context ↗ |
| 2023-04-06 | energy returning, brain fog much of the day, able to exerciseStill feel like Im out of it many parts of the day with brain fog, but all my energy is coming back.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
Still feel like Im out of it many parts of the day with brain fog
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
wich caused Anxiety and other cognitive function issues and motor issues
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
Also had raising heart many times thinking I was having a heart attack
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
not being able to sleep for 3.5 days straight
In context ↗ - Gut problems
I had severe leaky gut
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
causing a Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Adrenal Fatigue, POTS, pre-diabetes
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