Debilitated by long COVID with brain fog and pain, quercetin helped then relapse
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 7 months
- Last post
- Dec 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
PMDD/Sex hormone fluctuations seem to directly trigger flares in long-covid
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
It's been a perpetual cycle of getting my symptoms in check and starting to feel better, then suddenly, luteal begins again and it's back to square one.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
since my most recent infection in May it's debilitating
In context ↗
Summary
A woman in Germany with lifelong PMDD and pre-existing ADHD-related fatigue and brain fog became debilitated after a COVID infection in May 2024, with severe brain fog, memory loss, pain and cyclical flares. Quercetin cleared her brain fog within a week, but the benefit faded after she stopped it and did not return on restarting, and her fatigue came back. She was still having cyclical flares and trying probiotics and supplements.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- supplements · No change
I'm taking supplements and pro-biotics but so far nothing has helped.
In context ↗ - Quercetin · Helped
decided to try Quercetin supplementation as a last resort ... suddenly after 7 days my brain fog had disappeared.
In context ↗ - ADHD meds · Not said
sleep problems that I thought were related but that turned out to be my ADHD meds
In context ↗
Approaches: Supplements
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | After |
|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | COVID infection; symptoms became debilitatingsince my most recent infection in May it's debilitatingIn context ↗ | |
| a few months before 2024-12-27 | brain fog disappeared after a week on quercetinsuddenly after 7 days my brain fog had disappearedIn context ↗ | Baicalein and quercetin |
| 2024-12-27 | stopped quercetin after three weeks; benefit gone and fatigue backI've started retaking them again but the miracle appears to be over and my fatigue is back.In context ↗ | |
| 2024-12-27 | still cycling through flares with her period; trying probiotics and supplementsThis month I've had the pleasure of swelling and mysterious pains accompanying my usual symptoms.In context ↗ |
Adverse events
- Stimulants (unspecified)“I stopped taking it after 3 weeks due to sleep problems that I thought were related but that turned out to be my ADHD meds.” In context ↗ Insomnia from treatment
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
I was getting severe brain fog and memory loss too the point I was starting to go into psychosis
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
swelling and mysterious pains accompanying my usual symptoms
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
sleep problems that I thought were related but that turned out to be my ADHD meds
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
the fluctuations in pain/allergy/mood moved with my cycle
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