Long COVID with neurological symptoms, somewhat better after magnesium and potassium
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 18 months
- Last post
- Dec 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I had Covid in august 2021…4 weeks of straight hell and months of hell to follow.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
I started taking them and they actually do make the symptoms better ... I still have terrible anxiety attacks where I feel like I need to run from something.
- Began after: COVID
I had Covid in august 2021
Summary
Canyon 67787 developed long COVID after a COVID-19 infection in August 2021, with four weeks of severe illness followed by months of symptoms, including neurological symptoms, not sleeping for four months and feeling suicidal at one point, plus constant fight-or-flight. They reported tingling and burning limbs, muscle twitching and severe anxiety attacks, and said the illness had lasted almost a year and a half. Potassium, magnesium, turmeric, curcumin and vitamin D made symptoms better, but they still had symptoms.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- potassium · Helped
he said he took potassium magnesium turmeric curcumin & vitamin d…I started taking them and they actually do make the symptoms better
In context ↗ - anxiety medicine · No change
Tried anxiety medicine muscle relaxers nothing helped
In context ↗
Approaches: Supplements
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| August 2021 | COVID-19 infectionI had Covid in august 2021…4 weeks of straight hell and months of hell to follow.In context ↗ |
| — | four months without sleep and suicidal feelingsAt one point I didn’t sleep for 4 months started feeling suicidal.In context ↗ |
| 2022-12-22 | symptoms improved after starting supplementsI started taking them and they actually do make the symptoms betterIn context ↗ |
| 2022-12-22 | still has symptoms and anxiety attacksI still have terrible anxiety attacks where I feel like I need to run from something.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Neuropathy & tingling
My leg and arm and hand started tingling while I had Covid and lasted for months that seems to be better now ... For weeks my arms burned so bad especially when I laid down
- Sleep problems
I didn’t sleep for 4 months
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I still have terrible anxiety attacks where I feel like I need to run from something.
In context ↗
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