Long COVID brain fog, now close to normal after vaccine dose and gentle exercise
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 21 months
- Last post
- Feb 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Original infection was March 2020
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
I am probably the healthiest I have been since then but I am in a post exercise crash right now
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
Original infection was March 2020
In context ↗
Read from 5 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
A Reddit user who caught COVID-19 in March 2020 long-hauled with brain fog. A second vaccine dose in July 2021 brought relief within 18 hours, and a probable Omicron reinfection at Christmas left them mostly recovered. By February 2024 they were probably the healthiest since 2020 after a year of gentle exercise, though they were in a post-exercise crash at the time.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- second shot · Helped
I got my second shot on Saturday during a big flare up of symptoms and felt relief after 18 hours. I now feel shattered but a lot better.
In context ↗ - Vitamin C · Helped
I have been taking 3 1000mg tablets a day and found it helpful. If I feel run down (more so than usual) I find it wards off a sore throat or cold symptoms.
In context ↗ - very gently exercising · Helped
I’ve been very gently exercising for 1 year and I am feeling better . I was infected in March 2020. I am probably the healthiest I have been since then but I am in a post exercise crash right now.
In context ↗
Approaches: Exercise and activity
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 21 months after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 3 steps say too little to place on the scale and are only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | COVID-19 infectionOriginal infection was March 2020In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| July 2021 | relief after second vaccine dose, given during a flare-upI got my second shot on Saturday during a big flare up of symptoms and felt relief after 18 hours.In context ↗ | Not stated | COVID vaccination as treatment |
| 2021-08-07 | vitamin C helped and brain fog was easingI have been taking 3 1000mg tablets a day and found it helpful.In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| Christmas 2021 | mostly recovered after a probable Omicron reinfectionI am mostly recovered after getting reinfected at Christmas with what was probably omicron.In context ↗ | Near normal | |
| 2024-02-16 | healthiest since 2020 after a year of gentle exercise, currently in a post-exercise crashI am probably the healthiest I have been since then but I am in a post exercise crash right now.In context ↗ | Near normal | Everyday exercise and activity |
Adverse events
- Everyday exercise and activity“I am in a post exercise crash right now.” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
I am in a post exercise crash right now.
In context ↗ - Brain fog
a glimmer of hope the brain fog is easing!
In context ↗
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