Long COVID breathlessness and full-body symptoms, now 80-85% after herbs and rest
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 11 months
- Last post
- Feb 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I have been vaccine free and long hauling for about 7+ months now.
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
just extreme amounts of rest and not being a person for a while
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
More like a teetering 80%-90%, which is very close to 100%
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I have been vaccine free and long hauling for about 7+ months now.
In context ↗
Read from 9 of their posts and comments; links to the 8 this page draws on
Summary
Creek 67044, in his early twenties, fell ill with long COVID at the end of 2020; breathlessness became full-body systemic problems and months of forced rest. Herbal treatment and diet changes then heavy rest brought him to about 80-85% within a year. A late-2022 reinfection left him physically much better through 2023, but his mental health dropped sharply and was still his main problem by early 2025.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- herbal doctor, various teas and herbs · Helped
saw great relief when working on changing my diet and detoxifying my organs (with various teas and herbs)
In context ↗ - changing my diet · Helped
saw great relief when working on changing my diet and detoxifying my organs
In context ↗ - extreme amounts of rest · Helped a lot
nothing crazy was done. just extreme amounts of rest and not being a person for a while
In context ↗ - cannabis, CBD/THC oil and hemp flower · Much worse
relapsed badly after smoking some cannabis
In context ↗ - extremely potent recreational drugs · Much worse
it was actually taking a substance which immunocompromised me in what caused once was a little breathlessness during the tail end of 2020, develop into full blown systemic issues
In context ↗
Approaches: Alternative therapies · Diet · Radical rest
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| end of 2020 | Long COVID began with breathlessness after COVIDa little breathlessness during the tail end of 2020, develop into full blown systemic issuesIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| early 2021 | Full-blown systemic issues; long stretch of extreme restjust extreme amounts of rest and not being a person for a whileIn context ↗ | Severe | |
| July 2021 | About 80% back to pre-COVID self in a stable stasisI am feeling amazing and in a stasis, about 80% back to pre-covid meIn context ↗ | Mild | Herbal remedies (unspecified) |
| 2021-08-05 | crashed after smoking cannabis, on top of a severe sore throatGot off my insurance recently and relapsed badly after smoking some cannabisIn context ↗ | Moderate | |
| late 2022 | Reinfection propelled a great physical and mental state through 2023a reinfection in late 2022 kind of helped me and propelled me to a great mental and physical state all December 2022 through the entirety of 2023In context ↗ | Near normal | |
| 2025-02-26 | Physically better but struggling mentally latelyalthough I am better and have had great months, boy has it been a lil harder lately, especially mentallyIn context ↗ | Near normal |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
my body will kinda act all old man sometimes ever i exert too much energy or force
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
my mental health has drastically dropped
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
a little breathlessness during the tail end of 2020
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
really bad pain inside some areas that will take the wind out of me mentally and physically
In context ↗ - Flu-like symptoms
I had a severely painful throat prior the night of July 31st
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