Long COVID with fatigue and chest pain, much better with functional medicine
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 18 months
- Last post
- Sep 2021
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I'm a 6-month LHer myself
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
Day 175. Fatigue, chest pain, and cold feet (circulation) remaining. SLOWLY improving still.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
had acute COVID in March
In context ↗
Read from 30 of their posts and comments; links to the 19 this page draws on
Summary
A Reddit user who caught COVID-19 in March 2020 described months of fatigue, chest pain, respiratory and circulation issues, and later eye symptoms, improving slowly month by month. They tried LDN, niacin, thiamine, bromelain, ozone and thymosin alpha 1, and put themselves at 60-70% by January 2021. By September 2021 they said they had found healing elsewhere through functional medicine, after testing positive for Lyme, Bartonella, mould toxicity and parasites.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) · Not said
I've been using LDN since end June. I slowly improve month to month, but hard to know what works.
In context ↗ - Vitamin D and sun · Not said
Mine was middle of normal but after I was supplementing and getting sun.
In context ↗ - Magnesium · Not said
Make sure if you supplement Vit D you also supplement Magnesium.
In context ↗ - Lauricidin Monolaurin · No change
I'm using it. Maybe 3 weeks in. No difference yet but am giving it 8 weeks.
In context ↗ - Bromelain · Helped
I've been using Bromelain as well as aloe vera juice, flaxseed oil... for 5 weeks. I think I've noticed a pretty decent improvement in the last 2 weeks or so.
In context ↗ - Flaxseed oil · Helped
I've been using Bromelain as well as aloe vera juice, flaxseed oil... for 5 weeks.
In context ↗ - Resveratrol · Not said
I'm also using Resveratrol and Nicotinamide Riboside (Niagen) for endothelial healing and inflammation.
In context ↗ - Electrolyte powder · Helped
Electrolyte powder helps a little, to retain water. ... Daily electrolytes help me a little bit.
- NAC · Helped
NAC and Alpha Lipoic Acid have helped me there I think.
In context ↗ - Baby aspirin · Not said
I think so. Not sure which of the bunch, but I've had a noticeable improvement over a 4 week span!
In context ↗ - Ketotifen drops · Helped
I wash my face and use ketotifen drops, and most days it improves with time.
In context ↗ - Niacin (nicotinic acid) · Helped
Partial improvement already it seems in energy and mood and neuro.
In context ↗ - Allithiamine · Helped
Most notably Allithiamine and Niacin.
In context ↗ - Thymosin Alpha 1 · Helped
I think it's relieving my residual chest pain and respiratory issues though.
In context ↗ - IV Ozone · Helped
Starting to see improvements with Niacin, IV Ozone, thymosin alpha 1, and IV Vit C.
In context ↗ - Methyl folate and methyl B12 · Not said
Methyl folate and methyl B12. I use Jarrow brand sublingual combo for those.
In context ↗ - B complex (Jigsaw) · Not said
you can take a B complex too, Jigsaw has a good one
In context ↗ - Functional medicine · Helped
I had been branching out into functional medicine simultaneously. Things starting clicking there.
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Approaches: Alternative therapies · Peptides · 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 |
|---|---|
| March 2020 | Acute COVID-19, followed by months of long-haul symptomshad acute COVID in MarchIn context ↗ |
| September 2020 | Solid improvement after months of slow gainsjust starting to see solid improvement the last 3 weeks or so (knock on wood)In context ↗ |
| December 2020 | Scary stretch of days around ChristmasI had a scary stretch of days around Christmas time. Bit better now.In context ↗ |
| January 2021 | Partial improvement in energy, mood and neuroAlso 60-70%. Starting to see improvements with Niacin, IV Ozone, thymosin alpha 1, and IV Vit C.In context ↗ |
| September 2021 | Said healing was found through functional medicine; tested positive for Lyme, Bartonella, mould toxicity, parasites and heavy metalsFound healing elsewhere.In context ↗ |
Adverse events
- Ozone therapy and EBOO“No side effects during, I felt rundown the next day which may have been Herx reaction, but also had crappy sleep those few days so not sure haha.” In context ↗ Herx / die-off reaction
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
NAC and Alpha Lipoic Acid have helped me there I think.
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
I had this also. "Manual breathing" so to speak.
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
Fatigue, chest pain, and cold feet (circulation) remaining.
In context ↗ - Vision problems
My eyes are worse and worse every morning.
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