Long COVID with PEM and whole-body anxiety, somewhat better after nicotine patches
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Oct 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I haven't had LC as long as you, but my symptoms match yours pretty well.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
They haven't fully cured me, but my PEM now lasts hours instead of days
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I haven't had LC as long as you, but my symptoms match yours pretty well.
In context ↗
Summary
Glade 11791 has long COVID and described symptoms matching another user's: whole-body anxiety and post-exertional malaise lasting days. After a two-week course of nicotine patches finished about three weeks earlier, they said the patches really helped: PEM now lasted hours rather than days and meditation helped them get to sleep when they had whole-body anxiety. They said the patches had not fully resolved it.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- valsalvo maneuver · Helped a lot
The valsalvo maneuver stopped my episodes as they started.
In context ↗ - nicotine patches · Helped
I finished a two week course about three weeks ago and they've really helped.
In context ↗ - meditation · Helped
I am able to use meditation to relax my body and mind and get to sleep
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Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | After |
|---|---|---|
| — | long COVIDI haven't had LC as long as you, but my symptoms match yours pretty well.In context ↗ | |
| — | PEM lasting days, whole-body anxiety, poor sleepmy PEM now lasts hours instead of daysIn context ↗ | |
| 2025-10-11 | after a two-week nicotine patch course, PEM shorter and able to settle to sleepI finished a two week course about three weeks ago and they've really helped. They haven't fully cured me, but my PEM now lasts hours instead of daysIn context ↗ | Nicotine patches |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
my PEM now lasts hours instead of days
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
get to sleep when I have that whole-body-anxiety feeling you're describing
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
I am able to use meditation to relax my body and mind and get to sleep
In context ↗
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