Mild long COVID, somewhat better; fasting sped recovery, low-dose naltrexone maybe helped
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 7 months
- Last post
- Mar 2026
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
im currently 7 months in of comparatively mild long covid.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
im currently 7 months in of comparatively mild long covid.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
i've been slowly building up ... still functional.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
im currently 7 months in of comparatively mild long covid
In context ↗
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Summary
Developed comparatively mild long COVID around August 2025, took a month off work and made a graded return over two months, building daily walks to about 10,000 steps. Fasting, including a 70-hour fast and weekly 30-40 hour fasts, sped recovery; low-dose naltrexone possibly helped. A cold cost a week, and longer walks plus late work evenings brought a mini crash with shaky, sore legs; still functional at seven months.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- graded return to work and daily walks · Worse
now coming back to longer walks + working extra hard at work into the evenings has given me a mini crash
In context ↗ - fasting · Helped
i did a 70 hour fast and felt amazing during and after
In context ↗ - weekly 30-40 hour fasts and IF 16:8 · Helped
then weekly 30-40 hour fasts and IF 16:8 every day
In context ↗ - ldn · Not said
possibly ldn too
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Approaches: Diet
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. 3 steps have no time and sit in story order between the steps around them. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| onset | comparatively mild long COVID; a month off workim currently 7 months in of comparatively mild long covidIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| 3 mo | graded return to work over two months, daily walks built upi took 1 month off work then did a graded return over 2 months. i've been slowly building up.In context ↗ | Mild | Graded exercise therapy (GET) |
| — | walking up to about 10k steps a dayi was briefly on like 10k steps a dayIn context ↗ | Mild | Graded exercise therapy (GET) |
| — | 70-hour fast, then weekly 30-40 hour fasts and 16:8 fastingi did a 70 hour fast and felt amazing during and afterIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| — | caught a cold and took a week offi got a cold took a week offIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2026-03-24 | mini crash after longer walks and working late eveningsfeel shakey and sore legs. still functional.In context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
has given me a mini crash
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
feel shakey and sore legs
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