Long COVID with breathlessness, brain fog and pain, now around 90% of normal
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 3.5 years
- Last post
- Jan 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
LC since april 2020
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
days when all I could do was sleep. Nevertheless, I persevered with my new career.
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
now im back to my baseline and feeling again like 90%... still have hope someday i can recover to 100%
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
In April 2020, I contracted COVID-19 for the first time.
Read from 27 of their posts and comments; links to the 12 this page draws on
Summary
They caught COVID-19 in April 2020 and developed long COVID, with breathlessness, relapses after exercise and later brain fog, muscle pain and chest pain. After about 18 months they had two vaccine doses and enjoyed roughly six months at 100%, then crashed after pushing hard at the gym and settled around 90%. A reinfection in late 2023 dropped them to about 40%, but within a month they were back to their 90% baseline. They still hoped to reach 100%.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- exercising and gym · Worse
I pushed too hard at the gym and with an active lifestyle and crashed
In context ↗ - 2 jabs · Helped a lot
first 2 jabs healed me for 6 months - no LC symptoms at all then got to mild LC when i pushed myself too hard with exercises etc..
In context ↗ - ivermectin · Helped
i would recommend you to try ivermectin - it helped me with some of my LC symptoms/fully removed them
In context ↗ - niacin · Helped
try niacin higher dose - it helps me a bit.
In context ↗ - low histamine · Not said
this week i started with low histamine as well
In context ↗ - breathing through the nose · Helped
i've noticed when i breath more often by my nose i don't feel that much shortness of breath
In context ↗
Approaches: Other drugs and medicines · Vaccination
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 | After |
|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | First COVID-19 infection, severe with breathlessnessIn April 2020, I contracted COVID-19 for the first time. It was a severe case, leaving me struggling to breathe at the peak of my symptoms.In context ↗ | |
| summer 2020 | Rushed back into exercise, relapses with days spent sleepingI rushed back into full activities like exercising and soon began to experience relapses during the summer. These were tough times, with days when all I could do was sleep.In context ↗ | |
| 2021 | Moved to another country, almost no relapses for six months, resumed exerciseThings began to look up when I moved to another country, with almost no relapses for six months, except for a dry cough and asthma. I was able to resume exercise.In context ↗ | |
| September 2021 | Two vaccine doses, about six months at 100%first 2 jabs healed me for 6 months - no LC symptoms at allIn context ↗ | COVID vaccination as treatment |
| early 2022 | Crashed after pushing hard at the gymLater, I pushed too hard at the gym and with an active lifestyle and crashed, and since then, I haven't fully recovered to 100%In context ↗ | |
| 2023 | Mostly 80-90% recovered, able to work, travel and datein general, in 2023, I felt mostly 80-90% recovered - able to work, travel, date, etc.In context ↗ | |
| late November 2023 | Reinfection, dropped back to about 40%I got reinfected at the end of November, and in the last few weeks, I've been feeling more like 40% or so.In context ↗ | |
| 31 December 2023 | Back to baseline at about 90%now im back to my baseline and feeling again like 90%In context ↗ |
Adverse events
- COVID vaccination as treatment“I occasionally experience pain or discomfort on the left side of my chest ... This particular symptom appeared some time after my two jabs” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
I pushed too hard at the gym and with an active lifestyle and crashed
In context ↗ - Brain fog
sometimes i have some brain fog so it's really hard to do productive work
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
my shortness of breath is not that bad but it never fully goes away
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
sometimes a bit of chest pain on the left side
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
my muscles often feel weaker/somehow painful
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
pain in muscles/fatigue is manageable
In context ↗ - Loss of smell or taste
only lost smell/taste for a week
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
with days when all I could do was sleep
In context ↗
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