Long COVID with fatigue and brain fog, somewhat better after fasting
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 15 months
- Last post
- May 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I’ve had long covid for about 10 months now.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
Right now I can go to 2/3 of my lessons and I go for a run twice a week.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
I do feel like symptoms have gotten a lot better over the past 3 months to the point where I have a lot more good and positive days.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I’ve had long covid for about 10 months now
In context ↗
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Summary
A 19-year-old male who had had long COVID for about ten months by January 2023 was still attending two-thirds of his school lessons and running twice a week, with fatigue, brain fog and sometimes headaches. From about month 12 he fasted 36-40 hours every two weeks and after three months reported far more good days and much better symptoms, though fatigue, PEM, brain fog and headaches remained. An HPV vaccination caused no flare.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- building up activities like sports and school · No change
I’ve been trying to build up activities like sports and school ... the fatigue doesn’t seem to have gotten any better the past few months.
In context ↗ - cold showers · Helped
I have been doing cold showers for a couple of months, and although I really dislike them, they are kinda nice afterwards.
In context ↗ - HPV vaccination · No change
I’ve taken the HPV vaccination 1/2 months ago ... but I turned out fine without any flareups of symptoms.
In context ↗ - extended fasts (36-40 hours every 2 weeks) · Helped
I do feel like symptoms have gotten a lot better over the past 3 months to the point where I have a lot more good and positive days.
In context ↗
Approaches: Diet
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. The chart starts 10 months after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| early 2022 | developed long COVIDI’ve had long covid for about 10 months nowIn context ↗ | Not stated | |
| 2023-01-09 | doing much more than before, attending two-thirds of school lessons and running twice a week, but still resting a lotI do a lot more then before but the fatigue doesn’t seem to have gotten any better the past few monthsIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2023-01-31 | back to baseline after 2-3 unusually good daysThe days after this I sort of returned back to the way I was feeling before with more fatigue and brain fogIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2023-05-17 | many more good days over three months of repeated fastsI do feel like symptoms have gotten a lot better over the past 3 months to the point where I have a lot more good and positive daysIn context ↗ | Mild | Intermittent fasting |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
my main symptoms are brain fog and fatigue
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
My main symptoms are fatigue, PEM, brain fog and headaches.
In context ↗
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