Long COVID
Mild → somewhat betterIll 20 months before improving or writing
Long COVID insomnia and anxiety, somewhat better with theanine and breathing exercises
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 20 months
- Last post
- Jul 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Covid has been said to turn our nervous system’s sympathetic
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
As long as I sleep well I can go full force in the gym and am 100% normal mostly besides my fatty liver.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
wow did it just wash away my anxiety completely ... But unfortunately I only get a good nights sleep a few days a week lately
- Began after: COVID
Covid has been said to turn our nervous system’s sympathetic
In context ↗
Read from 9 of their posts and comments; links to the 8 this page draws on
Summary
About 20 months into long COVID, they described months of insomnia (not sleeping for days) and anxiety, and said they were mostly back to normal apart from a fatty liver when they slept well. Supplements, on which they spent hundreds to thousands, did not help. Theanine 400 mg washed away their anxiety, and breathing exercises, vagus nerve stimulation and calming supplements helped them manage.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- cannabis · Not said
I’ve been a habitual user for many years
In context ↗ - supplements · No change
I literally have a suitcase full of supplements. None of it helps.
In context ↗ - theanine · Helped
I took 400 mg and wow did it just wash away my anxiety completely
In context ↗ - magnesium · Not said
take more tonight before bed along with magnesium and Apigenen (huberman sleep stack)
In context ↗ - valerian root · Not said
supplements like valerian root, inositol, lemon balm, apigenen and THEANINE (big one)
In context ↗ - physiological sigh · Helped
If I do it 15 times in a row it puts me in a very deep relaxed state
In context ↗ - vegus nerve stimulation exercises · Helped
Phsyciological sigh, vegas nerve stimulation, meditation and calming supps like theanine helps me manage these a lot
In context ↗ - EFT tapping · Not said
Also vegus nerve stimulation exercises, EFT tapping, meditation and supplements
In context ↗
Their path
What they say at each step doesn’t fit the worst point or outcome above on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| around November 2021 | long COVID onset with insomnia and anxietyyou don’t go from sleeping like a baby every single night to not sleeping for days on end for 20 months overnightIn context ↗ |
| 2023-07-13 | theanine washed away anxietyI took 400 mg and wow did it just wash away my anxiety completelyIn context ↗ |
| 2023-07-17 | mostly normal when sleeping well, breathing exercises for anxietyAs long as I sleep well I can go full force in the gym and am 100% normal mostly besides my fatty liverIn context ↗ |
Adverse events
- L-theanine“I tried it several months ago and it made me feel very weird so I never tried it again” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Sleep problems
I only get a good nights sleep a few days a week lately
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
wow did it just wash away my anxiety completely
In context ↗ - Gut problems
I’ll never be able to enjoy junk food again
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