Long COVID
Mild → no benefitIll for 10 months
Long COVID brain fog and vertigo, still no improvement after vitamin D and acupuncture
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- 10 months
- Last post
- Dec 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
At least she narrowed it down to long covid
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I’ve been overcompensating with high amounts of caffeine to keep up with a high stress job
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
slowly regressed back to where I’m at
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
tested positive Feb 22
In context ↗ - Says they never had: Temperature regulation
but no night sweats
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
A 33-year-old man who had been active developed long COVID after testing positive in February 2022, with brain fog, memory and cognitive problems, and vertigo confirmed on testing. Blood tests found only a vitamin D deficiency; vitamin D eased some fatigue, and acupuncture helped briefly before he regressed. He kept working in a high-stress analytics job and by December 2022 was logging symptoms to find what helped.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- caffeine · Not said
Over the past year I’ve been overcompensating with high amounts of caffeine to keep up with a high stress job.
In context ↗ - Vitamin D · Helped
only positive result was vitamin D deficiency and began taking Vitamin D which helped with some fatigue
In context ↗ - PT · No change
ultimately I tested positive for this and did PT but symptoms lasted long after
In context ↗ - Acupuncture · Helped
Took a few acupuncture appointments, noticed improvements but slowly regressed back to where I’m at.
In context ↗ - diet changes (caffeine reduction, low inflammation) · Not said
diet changes like caffeine reduction, low inflammation, etc.
In context ↗ - logging symptoms and medicine / lifestyle changes · Not said
I recently started logging my symptoms and medicine / lifestyle changes I’m trying
In context ↗
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, in the order they describe; they don’t give enough times to place each step. Hover or tap a point. 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 | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2022 | COVID-19 infection, acute phase symptomstested positive Feb 22In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| — | vitamin D deficiency found and corrected; some fatigue easedonly positive result was vitamin D deficiency and began taking Vitamin D which helped with some fatigueIn context ↗ | Mild | Vitamin D and sun exposure |
| — | brief improvement from acupunctureTook a few acupuncture appointments, noticed improvementsIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| — | gradual regression back to baselinenoticed improvements but slowly regressed back to where I’m atIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2022-12-05 | still working and logging symptoms and lifestyle changes to find what helpsI work in analytics so I’ve found capturing data if nothing else is just helping me feel a bit more in control as I test things out.In context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
Lack of inner monologue, short term memory issues, and cognitive deficit.
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
vertigo testing, ultimately I tested positive for this
In context ↗