Long COVID with panic and cognitive decline, now recovered after correcting deficiencies
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2 years
- Last post
- May 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Long Covid 01-12-2022 till present
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
Can’t do stairs or any exercise exertion
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
Had LC from December 2021 to January 2024 I can tell you there is hope.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
had Covid December 2021
In context ↗
Read from 4 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
After a December 2021 COVID infection, a man in his thirties developed long COVID with lung issues, anxiety, panic attacks, cognitive decline and trouble finishing sentences; swimming or lifting free weights left him in bed for days. From April 2022 he ate clean and drank a gallon of water daily; he added yoga in May and resistance bands in July, with small gains in thinking. In 2024 he credited a functional medicine doctor's blood panel and correcting deficiencies with slowly healing.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- Clean eating / high protein diet · Helped
Changed diet 04/06/2022 clean eating, veggies, high protein diet ... Notice symptoms subsided a little and gives a since of some hope.
In context ↗ - Drinking lots of water · Helped
water a gallon a day ... Drink lots of water everyday
- Vitamins and supplements / addressing deficiencies · Helped
Vitamins and supplements ... Once I started addressing the deficiencies in my body, I slowly started to heal and started to be in my body
- Yoga (for beginners) · Helped
05/21/2022 starting incorporating yoga (for beginners) noticed improvement in cognitive function and finishing sentences, still clean eating.
In context ↗ - Resistance band training · Helped
07/01/2022 incorporated resistance band training- gave more feelings of getting better.
In context ↗ - Swimming and lifting free weights · Worse
when I try and swim or lift free weights my body gets rocked and I’m in bed calling off of work the next 3-4 days
In context ↗
Approaches: Diet · Exercise and activity · Mind-body practices · Supplements
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 |
|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | COVID infection, then long COVIDhad Covid December 2021In context ↗ | |
| 2022-01-12 | diagnosed with long COVID; lung issues, anxiety, panic attacks, cognitive decline, could not do stairs or exerciseLong Covid 01-12-2022 till present, lung issues, anxiety, panic attacks, cognitive decline, trouble finishing sentencesIn context ↗ | |
| 2022-04-06 | changed to clean, high-protein diet and a gallon of water a day; symptoms subsided a littleChanged diet 04/06/2022 clean eating, veggies, high protein diet, water a gallon a day. Notice symptoms subsided a littleIn context ↗ | |
| 2022-05-21 | added beginner yoga; cognitive function and finishing sentences improved05/21/2022 starting incorporating yoga (for beginners) noticed improvement in cognitive function and finishing sentencesIn context ↗ | Meditation, yoga, breathwork |
| 2022-07-01 | added resistance band training; felt more like getting better07/01/2022 incorporated resistance band training- gave more feelings of getting better.In context ↗ | |
| 2024-05-31 | saw a functional medicine doctor, 12-panel blood test found deficiencies, addressed them and slowly healedOnce I started addressing the deficiencies in my body, I slowly started to healIn context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Anxiety & low mood
anxiety, panic attacks
In context ↗ - Brain fog
cognitive decline, trouble finishing sentences
In context ↗ - Post-exertional malaise
when I try and swim or lift free weights my body gets rocked and I’m in bed calling off of work the next 3-4 days
In context ↗
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