Long COVID for two years, much better with trauma release and journalling
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2 years
- Last post
- May 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I’ve been dealing with this for 2 years and now healing through this method.
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
I went back in my recovery from like 80 to 20%.
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
Slowly getting there, some sports, 20h of work and some social things.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
If you have LC you probably just get back symptoms that the Lexapro was surpressing.
Read from 7 of their posts and comments; links to the 6 this page draws on
Summary
They had long COVID for about two years. Antidepressants helped in 2023 but left them drowsy, and after stopping them and major emotional events their recovery fell from about 80% to 20%. A mind-body trauma-release and journalling program took them to working 50% and sports four times a week within a few months; by May 2024 they were reaching 20 hours of work and some social life.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- lexapro · Helped
For me anti depressants also worked last year but they made me a zombie and always drowsy.
In context ↗ - a program using mindbody methods · Helped a lot
a program using mindbody methods to release trauma ... I went to working 50% and doing sports 4x a week on 60% power within a few months.
In context ↗ - inner child healing · Helped
The next day I was tired but all symptoms I had were gone and my anxiety was gone.
In context ↗
Approaches: Brain retraining · Trauma & somatic work
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 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | long COVID beganI’ve been dealing with this for 2 years and now healing through this method.In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| 2023 | antidepressants helped, recovery around 80%For me anti depressants also worked last year but they made me a zombie and always drowsy.In context ↗ | Near normal | Escitalopram (Lexapro) |
| early 2024 | crashed after quitting antidepressants and major emotional eventsWhen I quit and had major emotional things happen I went back in my recovery from like 80 to 20%In context ↗ | Severe | |
| April 2024 | mind-body trauma-release and journalling program; working 50% and sports 4x a week at 60% powerI went to working 50% and doing sports 4x a week on 60% power within a few months.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| April 2024 | inner-child healing and crying; all symptoms gone the next dayThe next day I was tired but all symptoms I had were gone and my anxiety was gone.In context ↗ | Near normal | |
| 2024-05-19 | 20 hours of work a week, some sports and social lifeSlowly getting there, some sports, 20h of work and some social things.In context ↗ | Mild |
Adverse events
- Escitalopram (Lexapro)“but they made me a zombie and always drowsy” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Anxiety & low mood
my anxiety was gone
In context ↗
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