Long COVID with panic and PEM, now nearly back to normal after meditation and Paxlovid
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 3.5 years
- Last post
- Oct 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I got Covid in May. No symptoms. 2 weeks after I developed panic attacks almost all day long.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
Panic attacks 24 hours. Meditation helped but basically my life revolved around walking panic meditation trying to sleep work and repeat.
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
I can run two practices back to back. Tinnitus is still here. And coat hanger pain in neck comes and goes. But that's it. I'd say am as good as I'm going to get.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I got Covid in May.
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Summary
A man who caught COVID in May 2022 developed panic attacks, tinnitus, insomnia, derealization, suicidal thoughts and PEM over months to years, though he kept working and walking. He credits meditation, breathing work, acupuncture, diet changes, fasting, gut treatment and later Paxlovid after a reinfection. He reported about 90% recovery by 2024 and later called himself cured at 4 years, with only tinnitus remaining.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- acupuncture · Helped a lot
Meditation was my turning point as well as acupuncture.
In context ↗ - therapy · Helped
Therapy taught me how to manage my overwhelm feelings using breathing techniques.
In context ↗ - meditation (guided by The Power of Now and the Calm app) · Helped a lot
retraining my brain ,meditation. That’s how I am still here.
In context ↗ - CBD · Helped
Cbd was huge in letting my subconscious rest
In context ↗ - Ashwaganda tea · Helped
Ashwaganda tea which also acts like a calming agent
In context ↗ - walks · Helped
That was the one thing that helped get me out of my head.
In context ↗ - cold showers · Helped
Cold showers. Walks. Lots of walks.
In context ↗ - nicotine · Helped
at the beginning I used nicotine and it made things intensely worse. At month 7 it took the edge off the sensations.
In context ↗ - pacing · Helped
pace is important
In context ↗ - anti-inflammatory elimination diet (no gluten, no sugar, no processed food) · Helped
Got rid of those and I was 30 percent better in a week but I did not notice it till 7 months in.
In context ↗ - Claritin · Not said
Claritin and Flonase when my ears and head pressure go off the hook.
In context ↗ - B complex · Helped
B complex. Blueberry anti inflammatory diet. All make the day better.
In context ↗ - d vitamin · Helped
D vitamin and b complex. Every day.
In context ↗ - Epsom salt baths · Helped
Magnesium baths( Epson salt before bed helped with cramps)
In context ↗ - manuka honey · Helped
that honey just did something, something that did or placebos it way to making the pressure go away
In context ↗ - natto Serra · Not said
started natto Serra with manuka honey at 1250 mgo
In context ↗ - Grifola Frondosa · Helped
It has cleaned up my constant head ache, my neck pain and had a huge effect impact on my anxiety.
In context ↗ - atarax · Helped
I finallye bent the knee and started taking atarax. ... Yes it’s doing something.
In context ↗ - 24 hour fasting · Helped
Started 24 hour fasting and that got me to 50 percent
In context ↗ - paxlovid · Helped a lot
Took paxlovid. And as far as I’m concerned, it fixed the last remaining big issues.
In context ↗ - antibiotics for c diff · Helped a lot
A round of antibiotics later and long Covid has become a memory.
In context ↗ - probiotics and fermented foods · Helped
ate every thing fermented during and after that treatment to rebuild my gut
In context ↗ - tamiflu · Not said
I’ve gotten a cold since took the tamiflu. And still good.
In context ↗ - time · Helped
time and meditation were my healing process
In context ↗
Approaches: CBT & mindset · Alternative therapies · Antibiotics · Antivirals · Diet · Mind-body practices · Pacing · Supplements
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 4 months after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | COVID infection, initially no symptoms; panic began two weeks laterI got Covid in May. No symptoms. 2 weeks after I developed panic attacks almost all day long.In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| 2022-09-09 | constant panic attacks, tinnitus, fight-or-flightI developed panic attacks almost all day long ... my sympathetic nervous system on high alert which caused me to be in a state of constant panic.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| month 7 | 2 weeks feeling better then crashedI had 2 weeks where I thought I was better and then I crashed. That occurred at month 7.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2023-01-12 | reported 85-90% back, still headaches/tinnitus/neck painLong hauling on my 7th month. 85-90 percent back.In context ↗ | Near normal | Meditation, yoga, breathwork |
| 1.5 years | first feel-better moment followed by biggest crashAt 1.5 I had my first I think I feel better moment. Celebrated and I had the biggest crash and was right back in.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2 years | got good at dealing with itAt 2 years I got good at dealing with it.In context ↗ | Mild | Meditation, yoga, breathwork |
| 2024-03-11 | reinfection then Paxlovid; symptoms turned offGot paxlovid and then the miracle. It all turned off. Like a light switch.In context ↗ | Near normal | Paxlovid / nirmatrelvir |
| 2025-10-01 | recovered with residual tinnitus and neck painRecovered after 3.5 years. ... Tinnitus is still here. And coat hanger pain in neck comes and goes. But that’s it. | Near normal | Meditation, yoga, breathwork |
Adverse events
- Nicotine patches“FYI at the beginning I used nicotine and it made things intensely worse.” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
Pem lasted 1.5 years.
In context ↗ - Brain fog
Fogg lasted till 3 years.
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
I was Nero type with pots symptoms
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
I could not sleep for first 2 months at all
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
coat hanger pain in neck comes and goes
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
Still get more headaches now. Pre Covid I did not get headaches. But at least there not every day.
In context ↗ - Gut problems
I basically peed out of my butt for 3 years.
In context ↗ - Light & noise sensitivity
I could not watch any kind of tv that had fast passed music or action or horror or thriller.
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
heavy chest shallow breathing
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
No more palpitations.
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
muscle weakness persist but not enough to make the anxiety spiral spin
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
No more body numbness.
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
No more anxiety.
In context ↗ - Tinnitus
Tinnitus is still here.
In context ↗
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