Long COVID with burning skin, fatigue, much better after cutting sugar and carnivore diet
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 3.5 years
- Last post
- Jul 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
since it’s helped my LC symptoms overall.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
despite the weakness I am still working out. I get 3 mile runs in daily.
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
3 years later I’m doing better. I’m not 100% but I can manage a respectable workout.
In context ↗
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Summary
Starling 15832 caught COVID in January 2022 and spent the first 10 months with constant severe burning skin all over his body, later left with neuropathy, weakness, fatigue and flares. He said it took six months to ease into working out and he still had crash days; by 2025 he ran three miles daily but was 'not 100%'. He credits cutting sugar and a mostly carnivore diet, plus the runs, for easing the burning, and fights depression daily while also having anxiety and panic.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- carnivore diet · Helped
About a week ago and I already feel better. Carbs and sugar were destroying me
In context ↗ - 3 mile daily runs · Helped
3 years later I’m doing better. I’m not 100% but I can manage a respectable workout.
In context ↗ - gabapentin · Worse
I feel like gabapentin was making my pain worse
In context ↗ - paxlovid · Worse
I didn’t tolerate paxlovid well. Stopped after day 2
In context ↗ - omegas · Helped
Water, omegas, antihistamines, no sugar, no alcohol. That’s what helped for me
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Approaches: Diet
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 1 month 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2022 | COVID infection; symptoms wild and all over the placeSymptoms were wild at first. All over the place.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2022 | constant severe burning skin all over the bodySkin burning for 10 months 24/7 severe all over my body.In context ↗ | Mild |
| mid 2022 | exercise intolerance eased after six months, with crashesIt took 6 months. And even then I had to ease into it and then still had days of crashes.In context ↗ | Mild |
| late 2022 | burning settled, now only in flaresIt took 10months for mine to settle down as well. ... It now only comes back in flairs which still suck hard.In context ↗ | Mild |
| March 2025 | doing better and able to manage a respectable workout3 years later I’m doing better. I’m not 100% but I can manage a respectable workout.In context ↗ | Mild |
| May 2025 | crash with bad thoughts and body weaknessI feel I had the exact same two weeks ago. My thoughts were not good and my body overall is still weakIn context ↗ | Mild |
| July 2025 | burning only in flares, some fatigue and weakness, fight-or-flightOnly comes back in flairs now - can range from mild to severe.In context ↗ | Mild |
Adverse events
- Paxlovid / nirmatrelvir“I didn’t tolerate paxlovid well. Stopped after day 2” In context ↗ Side effects
- Gabapentin (Neurontin)“I feel like gabapentin was making my pain worse” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Neuropathy & tingling
It was constant 24/7 intense burning on my legs and other areas.
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
And general weakness.
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I have to fight depression daily now
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
also feel drunk sometimes
In context ↗ - Post-exertional malaise
then still had days of crashes
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