Long COVID with dizziness and anxiety, now 95% better on nicotine patches and progesterone
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 4.5 years
- Last post
- Dec 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I have long covid and currently covid
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
Today I am able to slowly eat cheerios and green beans. It’s a start!
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
I’d say I’m 95% better a year later.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I got covid immediately in March; mild. Then started having LC symptoms in May of 2020.
Read from 13 of their posts and comments; links to the 9 this page draws on
Summary
A US woman who developed long COVID after a mild March 2020 infection, with anxiety and dizziness from May 2020. She felt herself again after acupuncture that autumn, then relapsed in 2024 with stomach pain, insomnia and anxiety, and tested positive for COVID again. Nicotine patches lifted her brain fog instantly, and with progesterone cream she was 95% better a year later, though she thinks she is going through perimenopause and has an undiagnosed autoimmune condition.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- smooth move tea · Helped
I drink a tea called “smooth move” that helps, found it on Amazon.
In context ↗ - acupuncture · Helped a lot
I ended up seeing an acupuncturist in September and felt myself again by October.
In context ↗ - prenatal · Not said
Used a really good (but expensive) prenatal.
In context ↗ - therapist · Not said
Talked to a therapist
In context ↗ - beta blocker · Helped
doctor prescribed beta blocker and Xanax. Things got a little better as time went on
In context ↗ - Xanax · Helped
Had to take a small dose of Xanax to calm down and go to sleep.
In context ↗ - nicotine gum and patches · Helped a lot
What did help me were nicotine patches and using progesterone cream every night.
In context ↗ - progesterone cream · Helped a lot
using progesterone cream every night
In context ↗ - supplements · Not said
I had ordered soo many supplements when I was going through it.
In context ↗
Approaches: Alternative therapies · Sex hormones
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | long COVID symptoms began after a mild March 2020 infectionThen started having LC symptoms in May of 2020.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| October 2020 | felt herself again after acupunctureI ended up seeing an acupuncturist in September and felt myself again by October.In context ↗ | Recovered | |
| November 2020 | pregnancy, felt well throughoutHonestly I think being pregnant put me into remission, but that’s just a theory. I felt great pregnant.In context ↗ | Near normal | |
| September 2024 | relapse with stomach pain, then anxiety and insomniaSeptember i was experiencing terrible stomach pains (gastroperiosis).In context ↗ | Mild | |
| October 2024 | brain fog lifted on nicotine patchesI was desperate and OMG did it work. Like instantly.In context ↗ | Mild | Nicotine patches |
| December 2025 | about 95% betterI’d say I’m 95% better a year later.In context ↗ | Near normal | Nicotine patches |
Adverse events
- Nicotine patches“Went to go to sleep and had wild anxiety, felt like my brain was moving, felt like my veins were twitching? Had to take a small dose of Xanax to calm down and go to sleep.” In context ↗ Mood or psychiatric effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Anxiety & low mood
Anxiety and dizziness were my main symptoms.
In context ↗ - Brain fog
felt the brain fog lift!
In context ↗ - Gut problems
September i was experiencing terrible stomach pains (gastroperiosis).
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
October I began anxiety and insomnia.
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
My leg would get pins and needles.
In context ↗
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