Couch- and housebound with long COVID, now semi-functional after CFS Recovery Academy
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Aug 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
r/covidlonghaulers
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
I signed up to the Academy membership option back in May when I was couch/housebound.
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
After a few weeks I was able to leave the house on a daily basis and I’ve slowly built up from there to now be semi-functional
In context ↗
Summary
A person with long COVID who was couch- and housebound around May 2025 joined the CFS Recovery Academy program; after a few weeks they could leave the house daily and by late August 2025 had built slowly to being semi-functional, with full function in sight. They credit the program and community, and earlier used Primal Trust and CFS Health to find a baseline and start being more active.
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What they tried
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Their words about each treatment
- CFS Health · Helped
CFS Health is another company that has really helped with finding my baseline so that I can start being more active.
In context ↗ - Primal Trust · Helped
I’ve just started using the platform Primal Trust ... I’m already starting to feel better
In context ↗ - Lightning Process · Not said
If I hadn’t already spent money on the ‘Lightning Process’ a few months earlier
In context ↗ - CFS Recovery · Helped a lot
After a few weeks I was able to leave the house on a daily basis and I’ve slowly built up from there to now be semi-functional
In context ↗
Approaches: Brain retraining · Pacing
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-12 | started Primal Trust and began to feel betterI’ve just started using the platform Primal Trust ... I’m already starting to feel betterIn context ↗ | Not stated | Brain retraining programs (DNRS, Gupta, ANS Rewire, Primal Trust) |
| May 2025 | couch/housebound before starting the CFS Recovery AcademyI signed up to the Academy membership option back in May when I was couch/housebound.In context ↗ | Severe | |
| 2025-08-30 | able to leave the house daily and slowly built up to semi-functionalAfter a few weeks I was able to leave the house on a daily basis and I’ve slowly built up from there to now be semi-functionalIn context ↗ | Mild | Brain retraining programs (DNRS, Gupta, ANS Rewire, Primal Trust) |
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