Long COVID brain fog and visual snow, unable to work, much better with H1/H2 blockers
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 11 months
- Last post
- Sep 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I have brain fog, visual snow, anxiety for almost a year now
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
From not able to do work at all (software engineering) to working 4-6 hrs a day
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
I feel like my cognitive function was around 50-60% before, now I feel like in 80-90%
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I have brain fog, visual snow, anxiety for almost a year now.
In context ↗
Summary
They had brain fog, visual snow and anxiety for almost a year after COVID, and at their worst could not work at all. H1 and H2 blockers, which they said worked the same day, brought them back to working 4-6 hours a day. An intermittent fasting and autophagy protocol then raised cognitive function from 50-60% to 80-90% and greatly reduced the visual snow; they hoped to reach 100%.
Ask Miruvor AI
What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- H1 blockers · Helped a lot
H1 and H2 blockers worked for me the most. From not able to do work at all (software engineering) to working 4-6 hrs a day.
In context ↗ - H2 blockers · Helped a lot
Try pairing it with h2 blocker too. It did work the same day I took them.
In context ↗ - USANA cellsentials · Not said
I also take USANA cellsentials as my multivitamins.
In context ↗ - intermittent fasting and autophagy protocol · Helped a lot
I recently started intermittent fasting and autophagy protocol and it helped me a lot.
In context ↗ - change in diet · Helped
Inflammatory food just make everything worse for me so the change in diet works.
In context ↗
Approaches: H1 antihistamines · H2 blockers · Diet
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 8 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.
Show as a table
| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| late 2021 | long COVID onset with brain fog, visual snow and anxietyI have brain fog, visual snow, anxiety for almost a year now.In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| before June 2022 | too brain fogged to work at allnot able to do work at all (software engineering)In context ↗ | Moderate | |
| 2022-06-25 | able to work again after antihistaminesFrom not able to do work at all (software engineering) to working 4-6 hrs a day.In context ↗ | Mild | H1 antihistamines (unspecified) |
| 2022-09-22 | cognition and visual snow much improved on fasting protocolI feel like my cognitive function was around 50-60% before, now I feel like in 80-90%.In context ↗ | Mild | Intermittent fasting |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
I have brain fog, visual snow, anxiety for almost a year now.
In context ↗ - Vision problems
My visual snow was reduced tremendously as well.
In context ↗
Ask Miruvor AI
Similar stories
-
Unable to walk around house with long COVID, much better after pacing and antihistamines
A Canadian man with long COVID for about three years was unable to walk around the house for the first two years, with constant migraines, brain fog and PEM. From year three, pacing, rest, stress reduction, H1/H2 antihistamines, hydroxyzine for sleep,…
-
Long COVID with PEM and brain fog, now close to normal after keto and fasting
Lake 45346 got long COVID after a COVID infection in August 2022 and had PEM, brain fog, broken sleep and carb intolerance. He credits keto, fasting, fermented foods, low-dose naltrexone, cold plunges, nightly guanfacine, sauna and high-dose thiamine TTFD…
-
Long COVID with PEM after overdoing it, much better after pacing and time
He was a fit gym-goer in London who never recovered from a fifth COVID infection in March 2024. After about 18 months he improved to about 80-90% by walking daily, cutting sugar and alcohol, and taking mirtazapine, electrolytes, CBD oil and using red light…
-
Long COVID improved with fasting and cold showers, then relapsed and became bedbound
He had long COVID symptoms in 2020-21 and eventually recovered, fasting 16 hours daily and taking cold showers, crediting fasting most. After stress, a poor diet and a move he crashed, bedbound and on sick leave. Electrolytes, H1 antihistamines, healthier…