Long COVID with air hunger and brain fog, now about 90% after nattokinase and supplements
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 9 months
- Last post
- Jun 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I had many various complications including awful brain fog, CFS, pain from every inch of my body and joints.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I couldn’t walk outside in the cold, I would shiver to death for 30 minutes ... I was also very air hungry, I couldn’t tell a story without having to take multiple breath breaks.
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
That was easily the worst part. I am about 90% recovered now but the hyperhydrosis still lingers although very minute now.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I got COVID is Sept.
Read from 13 of their posts and comments; links to the 10 this page draws on
Summary
Horizon 66888 developed long COVID after a COVID infection in September 2023, followed by a parasitic infection and a cold; they had constant sweating, cold intolerance, heart rate of 150 sitting, air hunger, brain fog and widespread pain. They say they were about 60% of normal by seven months and 90% by nine, crediting a nattokinase supplement along with supplements, diet and yoga. Only mild sweating episodes remained.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- topical Aluminum Chloride (CertainDri) · Helped
Is this a cure? No but it helps greatly.
In context ↗ - cannabis (whacky tobacky) · Helped
I pretty much use it every night because it greatly helps my sweating (if not mostly eliminates it) for even a few days after. Unfortunately, smoking it every single night has drained me
In context ↗ - many supplements / aggressive vitamin routines · Helped
I do feel like I’ve been very slowly turning around through aggressive vitamin routines, working out, eating good
In context ↗ - working out / exercise · Helped
I fight through any exhaustion and seem to have good results on the other side. ... Resistance training leaves me sore for up to two weeks now
- yoga · Helped
Yoga has been my god send. I can still build strength, maybe not big muscles but certainly a functional strength I have never had before in my life!
In context ↗ - minimally processed whole foods diet · Helped
dietary changes have changed my life already! ... I feel amazing as a result!
In context ↗ - alpha lipoic acid (ALA) · Not said
Took that for a week or so and my taste came back. Can I say that it helped me? I don’t know honestly
In context ↗ - nattokinase · Helped a lot
Suspiciously I started getting vast and rapid improvements when I started taking a nattokianese supplement.
In context ↗
Approaches: Anticoagulants · Exercise and activity · Mind-body practices
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 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | COVID infectionI got COVID in Sept, it hit HARD on a Friday, I was fine by Monday.In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| November 2023 | long COVID symptoms at their worstWhen my LC first started around November I was in bad shape. I couldn’t walk outside in the cold, I would shiver to death for 30 minutes.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| December 2023 | slow turn-around with vitamins, exercise and dietI do feel like I’ve been very slowly turning around through aggressive vitamin routines, working out, eating goodIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| April 2024 | about 60% of normalI am probably 60% normal nowIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| May 2024 | vast and rapid improvementSuspiciously I started getting vast and rapid improvements when I started taking a nattokianese supplement.In context ↗ | Near normal | Nattokinase |
| June 2024 | about 90% back to healthI’m 9 months on about 90% back to healthIn context ↗ | Near normal |
Adverse events
- “smoking it every single night has drained me, I need another route of treatment before I get schizophrenia or lose my mind” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Temperature regulation
Since I got COVID it came back and worse then I ever had it before.
In context ↗ - Brain fog
awful brain fog
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
I was also very air hungry, I couldn’t tell a story without having to take multiple breath breaks.
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
My heart rate would bust 150 sitting down
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
pain from every inch of my body and joints
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
I think the tingling I had which was minor went away around the one or two month mark.
In context ↗ - Loss of smell or taste
Lost my taste for a week but fortunately got it back.
In context ↗ - Post-exertional malaise
Resistance training leaves me sore for up to two weeks now
In context ↗
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