Long COVID with brain fog and anxiety, improved on TRE but relapsed after estrogen blocker
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2.5 years
- Last post
- Jan 2026
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Since having COVID in August 2023, I’ve been working on healing my nervous system
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
Physically, I’m mostly okay — minor digestive issues, occasional brain fog.
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
After just three sessions, I felt almost fully healed after 2 years of suffering ... Then I was on an estrogen blocker for 3 weeks (dosage was too high so I stopped taking it), which wiped out those improvements.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
Since having COVID in August 2023, I’ve been working on healing my nervous system
In context ↗
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Summary
Bluebell 53088 has had long COVID since August 2023, with anxiety, irritability, emotional flatness, minor digestive issues and occasional brain fog. Three sessions of TRE brought a near-full recovery after two years of suffering, but a three-week course of an estrogen blocker at too high a dose wiped out those gains. Repeat TRE has not restored the improvement, and they now describe only fleeting moments of normality.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- TRE (Tension & Trauma Release exercises) · Helped a lot
After just three sessions, I felt almost fully healed after 2 years of suffering ... emotional excitement and energy came back
In context ↗ - estrogen blocker · Much worse
Then I was on an estrogen blocker for 3 weeks (dosage was too high so I stopped taking it), which wiped out those improvements.
In context ↗
Approaches: Trauma & somatic work
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. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | COVID infection, then two years of sufferingSince having COVID in August 2023, I’ve been working on healing my nervous systemIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| after three TRE sessions | almost fully healed, energy and emotional excitement returnedAfter just three sessions, I felt almost fully healed after 2 years of suffering — emotional excitement and energy came back.In context ↗ | Near normal | Trauma work (EFT, EMDR, TRE) |
| after the estrogen blocker | 3 weeks of an estrogen blocker at too high a dose wiped out the gainsThen I was on an estrogen blocker for 3 weeks (dosage was too high so I stopped taking it), which wiped out those improvements.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2026-01-05 | only fleeting moments of normality; physically mostly okayI have moments of normality, but they’re fleeting.In context ↗ | Mild |
Adverse events
- “Then I was on an estrogen blocker for 3 weeks (dosage was too high so I stopped taking it), which wiped out those improvements.” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
minor digestive issues, occasional brain fog
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
Mentally, I experience anxiety, irritability, and emotional flatness.
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