Severe long COVID for four months, now 70% better with anxiety management and supplements
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 4 months
- Last post
- Dec 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
It started after a bout of covid
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I had trouble running, trouble focusing, oddly enough a weak grip, very shaky
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
im like 70% better, im having days were they are better than before
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
It started after a bout of covid
In context ↗
Summary
After a bout of COVID, they had about four months of severe daily symptoms including dizziness, pre-syncope, brain fog, PEM, tachycardia, sensory sensitivity and anxiety. A good week in late November was followed by a crash. By 23 December 2024 they felt about 70% better, with symptom-free moments but still good and bad days. They credited anxiety management, supplements, exercise, Wim Hof breathing and antihistamines.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- magnesium gycinate · Helped
supplements: magnesium gycinate, b12, fish oils.
In context ↗ - exercise · Helped a lot
and exercise has helped me tremendously. it was really hard at first but I started slow
In context ↗ - Wim Hoff breathing · Helped
also Wim Hoff breathing which I just started doing but it really calms my symptoms
In context ↗ - antihistamines · Helped
oh and antihistamines have really helped..
In context ↗ - the steady coach · Helped
I also watch the steady coach which really helped
In context ↗ - SSRI · Not said
very shaky (maybe from SSRI)
In context ↗
Approaches: H1 antihistamines · Brain retraining · Exercise and activity
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 |
|---|---|
| about 4 months before 2024-12-23 | Long COVID symptoms began after a bout of COVIDIt started after a bout of covidIn context ↗ |
| late November 2024 | felt amazing for about a weekfelt amazing last weekIn context ↗ |
| 2024-12-03 | crashed after a good weekthis week I feel like crap againIn context ↗ |
| 2024-12-23 | about 70% better, still good and bad daysim like 70% better ... but I do have good and bad daysIn context ↗ |
Adverse events
- Antidepressants (unspecified)“very shaky (maybe from SSRI)” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
the first month or two I had PEM
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
my dizziness has been my main monster
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
brain zaps where I would jolt awake every night for a few weeks
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
headaches on left side of my head
In context ↗ - Light & noise sensitivity
sensitive to lights and sounds of course
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
I was short of breath
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
oddly enough a weak grip
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
numbness in both arms when sleeping
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
Crazy anxiety and depression (which is making everything way worse, even till this day)
In context ↗ - Temperature regulation
feverish feeling without the fever
In context ↗ - Vision problems
visual snow, trouble with patterns on the floors or walls
In context ↗
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