Long COVID with fatigue and brain fog, much better with slow exercise and diet
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 3.5 years
- Last post
- Nov 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I have had long covid since 2022
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
Now planning a wedding and working full time with LC will be my next obstacles.
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
I have ADAPTED, not recovered. A lot of lifestyle changes and diet changes have gotten me to a place where I feel somewhat my old self…. Sometimes.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
got sick December 2021-January 2022
Read from 8 of their posts and comments; links to the 6 this page draws on
Summary
Ridge 58648 developed long COVID after a COVID infection in January 2022 and was still ill three and a half years later with fatigue, brain fog, weakness, anxiety and palpitations, and after a fourth infection in June 2025, gastritis and flu-like cycles. Slow exercise, a better diet, an antihistamine and famotidine made symptoms more manageable, but they called themselves adapted rather than recovered; crashes still left them bedbound for days to weeks.
Ask Miruvor AI
What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- antihistamine (allergy medicine non drowsy) / Allegra · Helped
I used the H1 (allegra) and the pepcid for a year and a half every day before starting to taper off due to concerns for my liver
In context ↗ - Pepcid · Helped
I recommend an antihistamine (allergy medicine non drowsy) and Pepcid once a day as these really helped my symptoms.
In context ↗ - Hydroxyzine · Helped
Hydroxyzine is also a fantastic prescription to have on hand in case of sudden or severe adrenal waves/ anxiety. Works fast but it does make you sleepy.
In context ↗ - exercise · Helped
I had to REALLY go slow in the beginning as I would feel sick after each small workout but I noticed over time it was helping with my heart palpitations, fatigue, and overall how I felt.
In context ↗ - better diet · Helped
A lot of lifestyle changes and diet changes have gotten me to a place where I feel somewhat my old self
In context ↗ - omeprazole · Helped
After an ER visit and Cat scan i was told that my stomach lining was inflamed and to start omeprazole to help with stomach acid. Started this and felt better within a week.
In context ↗ - time · Helped
Now my symptoms have definitely gotten slightly better with time as well as incorporating exercise and a better diet.
In context ↗
Approaches: H1 antihistamines · H2 blockers · Exercise and activity
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.
Show as a table
| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | long COVID after a COVID infectionlong hauling since Jan 22’In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2025-08-30 | symptoms slightly better with time, slow exercise and better dietNow my symptoms have definitely gotten slightly better with time as well as incorporating exercise and a better diet.In context ↗ | Mild | Everyday exercise and activity |
| 2025-11-09 | gastritis and flu-like cycles after June 2025 infectionAfter my last infection in June of 2025 I started developing gastro issues which were much more severe than any previous infections.In context ↗ | Moderate | |
| 2025-11-10 | crash after 8 good days; working full time and planning a weddingI have also been in a crash after feeling FANTASTIC for about 8 days.In context ↗ | Mild |
Adverse events
- Hydroxyzine (Atarax, Vistaril)“Works fast but it does make you sleepy.” In context ↗ Side effects
- Everyday exercise and activity“I had to REALLY go slow in the beginning as I would feel sick after each small workout” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
Definitely lingering fatigue, brain fog, weakness, anxiety, heart palpitations much more.
In context ↗ - Gut problems
my stomach lining was inflamed
In context ↗ - Flu-like symptoms
I also felt extreme flu like symptoms ( night sweats, chills, nausea)
In context ↗ - Light & noise sensitivity
Started with skin sensitivity followed by the nausea, chills, anxiety, and gastritis.
In context ↗
Ask Miruvor AI
Similar stories
-
Long COVID with brain fog and dizziness, now much better on antihistamines and diet
Otter 12195 developed long COVID after a third COVID infection in February 2023, with dizziness, brain fog, light and screen sensitivity, head pressure, tachycardia and new food reactions, and struggled through a desk job. Antihistamines (Allegra, Pepcid), a…
-
Long COVID nerve pain and dysautonomia, now much better with antihistamines and time
Symptoms began in June 2021, with nerve pain, tingling, dysautonomia and vascular symptoms that were worst for the first 9-12 months and left him roughly 25% below his old baseline. Antihistamines, famotidine, aspirin, magnesium and time brought slow…
-
Long COVID brain fog, migraine and fatigue, improved on diet and gut reset then relapsed
Infected in July 2020, they had brain fog, an 18-month migraine and fatigue, worst around 7-9 months; they worked coding from home. They credit a low-histamine then low-FODMAP diet, a gut-biome reset with Alinia plus Paxlovid, LDN, dopamine and GABA…
-
Long COVID with brain fog, pain and fatigue, now much better on antihistamines and diet
After a mild 2020 COVID infection and near-complete recovery, an Italian man in his early 40s dates his disabling illness to a Pfizer dose in June 2021, which he says left him disabled for years with brain fog, gut problems, pain and fatigue. From 2025 he…