Long COVID brain fog and daily pain for 18 months, now recovered after B12 and melatonin
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 18 months
- Last post
- Sep 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
So I suffered from long covid worse than anybody could imagine.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I'm just feeling like I'm slowly dying. Pain everyday, muscles hurt
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
I was cured of long COVID within a week
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
18 months ago I caught COVID for the third time
In context ↗
Summary
A 53-year-old school teacher developed long COVID after a third COVID infection, with brain fog, daily muscle pain, anxiety and poor sleep for about 18 months. Blood work and specialist visits found nothing. After a pharmacist recommended 2,000 mg B12 each morning, 5 mg melatonin at night and a clean, mostly vegetarian diet, they say they were cured within a week. The two supplements cost under $20.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Valium · Not said
The most I was taking was like one Valium every couple months just to help me sleep.
In context ↗ - carnivore diet · Not said
I told him I was on carnivore diet over the last 6 months
In context ↗ - Z-Pak · Not said
I brought a Z-Pak with me
In context ↗ - B12 · Helped a lot
One 2,000 mg of B12 every morning
In context ↗ - melatonin · Helped a lot
5 mg of melatonin every night, earlier than I normally try to go to sleep
In context ↗ - more sleep at night · Helped a lot
The goal was to force myself to fall asleep early and get 8 to 10 hours of sleep
In context ↗ - clean vegetarianish diet · Not said
eat clean only and try and keep it vegetarianish without soy
In context ↗
Approaches: Supplements
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.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 months ago | Third COVID infection, COVID pneumonia18 months ago I caught COVID for the third timeIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| 6 months later | Brain fog, felt IQ had dropped 100 points6 months later, I completely lost my mind. I woke up one day and I felt my IQ had dropped 100 points.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2024-09 | Cured after B12, melatonin and clean dietI was cured of long COVID within a weekIn context ↗ | Recovered | Vitamin B12 |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
I woke up one day and I felt my IQ had dropped 100 points
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
Pain everyday, muscles hurt
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
during long covid I had developed massive anxiety
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
for the last 2 years I don't think I got more than five or six hours
In context ↗
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