Bedridden with long COVID for over a year, now recovered after journaling and acupuncture
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2 years
- Last post
- Aug 2026
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
How I recovered from Long Covid / Chronic Fatigue
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
over the course of about 4 months I went from bedridden to decently functional in normal life
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
after about I'd say October or November of 2025, I could confidently say I was fully recovered
In context ↗ - Began after: stress or burnout
your body's way of telling you that whatever attitude / self-talk / approach to life you had prior to getting sick is unsustainable
Read from 11 of their posts and comments; links to the 5 this page draws on
Summary
Horizon 76590's fatigue, POTS, brain fog and extreme PEM worsened through 2023 until he could not function and moved back home, largely bedridden for over a year. After about two years of failed treatments he began journaling, anger release, TRE, visualisation and self-talk work in April 2025, which he credits, with acupuncture, for full recovery by late 2025. He was back at college by then and, a year on, mostly free of symptoms.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- moving back home with parents · Helped
I finally moved back home with my parents ... I can tell I'm recovering
In context ↗ - going to the gym / heavy lifting · Not said
I don't care if I'm tired, I'm going to the gym, I'm gonna thug it out.
In context ↗ - different herbs · Not said
I'm trying different herbs and the likes for energy at this point
In context ↗ - CPAP and later APAP · Helped
I'd get slight improvements or days here and there where I felt normal
In context ↗ - Chinese Medicine (Gu Syndrome by Heiner Fruehauf) · No change
I tried Chinese Medicine (specifically Gu Syndrome by Heiner Fruehauf as it mirrors this quite well) ... and I never saw much of a difference
In context ↗ - acupuncture · Helped
I believe acupuncture is the thing that eased it up for me, to the point that it wasn't soul-crushing any time it hit.
In context ↗ - dry-fasting for 5 days · No change
dry-fasting for 5 days (yes, absolutely no food or water for 5 days), and I never saw much of a difference
In context ↗ - mind-body approaches (Raelan Agle) · No change
I had heard of mind-body shit a ton prior with Raelan Agle and all, and to be fair I had genuinely given it a try, but I never saw much change with it either.
In context ↗ - Ivermectin · Not said
I took Ivermectin and tried tons of different protocols for each different label
In context ↗ - JournalSpeak · Helped
It was a very slow process with ups and downs, but eventually I started getting slightly and slightly better.
In context ↗ - anger release exercises · Helped
I specifically started doing anger release exercises and unfiltered journaling
In context ↗ - visualization / conscious creation (Neville Goddard) · Helped a lot
I believe it was the main reason I got better, along with a few other things.
In context ↗ - TRE (Trauma Release Exercises) · Helped
I'd feel more and more integrated after most of my TRE sessions.
In context ↗ - change in self-talk · Helped a lot
One other VERY critical piece to my healing was my change in self-talk.
In context ↗
Approaches: Alternative therapies · Brain retraining · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | fatigue worsened sharply; struggle to get out of bed for classafter I'd say April 20, 2023, I just get progressively and progressively more tired, to a stupid degreeIn context ↗ | Moderate | |
| fall 2023 | could not function; spent the semester gaming in bed, moved back homeby the the time my junior fall rolled around, I simply could not functionIn context ↗ | Severe | |
| April 2025 | began JournalSpeak, anger release, TRE, visualisation and self-talk workIt was a very slow process with ups and downs, but eventually I started getting slightly and slightly betterIn context ↗ | Severe | Sarno / TMS / somatic tracking / JournalSpeak |
| mid 2025 | decently functional in normal life after about four monthsover the course of about 4 months I went from bedridden to decently functional in normal lifeIn context ↗ | Moderate | Sarno / TMS / somatic tracking / JournalSpeak |
| October/November 2025 | fully recovered, back at college and training againafter about I'd say October or November of 2025, I could confidently say I was fully recoveredIn context ↗ | Recovered | Sarno / TMS / somatic tracking / JournalSpeak |
| 2026-08-28 | one year on, still free or mostly free of symptomsit's been a year on the dot that I've been free or mostly free of symptomsIn context ↗ | Recovered |
Adverse events
- Sarno / TMS / somatic tracking / JournalSpeak“I'd scream so much I'd lose my voice half the time” In context ↗ Other
- Trauma work (EFT, EMDR, TRE)“Sometimes I overdid them which amped up my fatigue, but they were truly quite beneficial” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
I did have extreme PEM for the first year and a half or so
In context ↗ - Brain fog
the worst brain fog of my life
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
horrible fatigue, POTS, yada yada yada
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
I'm sleeping 9 or 10 hours a night, but I'm still tired as shit
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I was pretty depressed during this time
In context ↗
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