Long COVID with panic attacks and brain fog, now near normal with counselling and Claritin
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 4 years
- Last post
- May 2026
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I’m (F29) tested positive for covid on March 14. ... Long COVID is awful, I went through it myself.
- At worst: Moderate
Work let me gradually come back. Starting at only doing 2 hours a shift and gradually increasing my hours over time.
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
I’m now 95% recovered (I say 95 because I don’t think I’ll ever be completely back to normal- it’s been 4 years)
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I’m (F29) tested positive for covid on March 14.
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Summary
She caught COVID in March 2022 at 29 and developed long COVID with food-allergy-like reactions, panic attacks and insomnia, plus fatigue crashes and brain fog after a second infection in 2023. Counselling, a psychologist and daily Claritin helped her eat normally again; she gradually returned to casual work and college. By 2026 she rated herself 95% recovered, with lingering anxiety and occasional flare-ups.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Claritin · Helped
I took the Claritin daily for about a year. I found it minimised the food issues
In context ↗ - trauma counsellor and a psychologist · Helped
I did go to counseling and therapy. Did they fix me completely? No.
In context ↗ - sedative · Worse
I tried a sedative which I hated
In context ↗ - chewable low dose melatonin · Helped
we bought a chewable low dose melatonin tablet which worked much better
In context ↗ - low histamine bland food · Helped
I ate low histamine bland food there and the nurses kept an eye
In context ↗ - time · Helped
Eventually (after about a year) I did make improvements though.
In context ↗
Approaches: CBT & mindset
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. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | first COVID infection, then daily long symptoms, food reactions and panic attacksI’m (F29) tested positive for covid on March 14. Since then I’ve still been experiencing some long symptoms- at least one a day.In context ↗ | Moderate | |
| September 2022 | major improvements, back to about 90% of normalI was ill until September that’s when I saw some major improvements ... I got to about 90%In context ↗ | Near normal | CBT and psychotherapy |
| June 2023 | second COVID infection knocked her back from 90%So last month, I got covid for the second time.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2023-07-24 | back at college and on reduced work hours, still crashingI have fatigue crashes, brain fog, being forgetful. Some days I feel awesome and then the next day I feel awful again.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2024-07-21 | mostly recovered, anxiety and health blips remainI’m mostly recovered except I still have bad anxiety and health blips from time to time.In context ↗ | Near normal | |
| 2026-05-16 | 95% recovered four years onI’m now 95% recovered (I say 95 because I don’t think I’ll ever be completely back to normal- it’s been 4 years)In context ↗ | Near normal |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Mast cell (MCAS) & allergies
post covid I reacted to every little thing in my body.
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
my anxiety is still difficult from the trauma
In context ↗ - Brain fog
brain fog, being forgetful
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
I had some insomnia the first time around.
In context ↗
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