Long COVID brain fog and derealisation, now almost back to normal after time and rest
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 3 years
- Last post
- Dec 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I’m three years in and almost completely recovered now.
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
I’m three years in and almost completely recovered now. Temporary fallbacks from time to time, but overall a very steady baseline, both psyhically and mentally.
In context ↗
Read from 4 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
Ocean 30496 had long COVID; in 2021 they had brain fog and derealisation worsened by stress. Two years in there was little to no progress, then things slowly improved. By three years they were almost completely recovered, with occasional temporary fallbacks, crediting mostly time and rest plus a rehabilitation program, breathing exercises, benzodiazepines, antihistamines for sleep and asthma inhalers for air hunger.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- rehabilitation training · Helped
daily rehabilitation training and ashwagandha has helped me with the brain fog
In context ↗ - time · Helped a lot
Time mostly, and rest.
In context ↗ - rest and cutting things that were too demanding or stressful · Helped
Time mostly, and rest. Cutting things that was too demanding or stressful.
In context ↗ - breathing exercises · Helped
Rehabilitation program, breathing excercises.
In context ↗ - benzodiazepines · Helped
Moderate use of benzodiazepines when necessary.
In context ↗ - antihistamines · Helped
Antihistamines for sleep.
In context ↗ - asthma inhalers · Helped
Different asthma inhalers to reduce the air hunger.
In context ↗
Approaches: Benzodiazepines · Mind-body practices · Pacing · Physiotherapy and rehab
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 | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | onset of long COVIDI’m three years in and almost completely recovered now.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2021 | long 'life-ruining phase' with brain fog and derealisationthe life-ruining phase was obviously the roughest, but also the longest oneIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2021-10-06 | brain fog helped by rehab training and ashwagandhadaily rehabilitation training and ashwagandha has helped me with the brain fogIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| two years in | little to no progress at two yearsTwo years in I saw little to no progress.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2023-12-22 | almost completely recovered, occasional temporary fallbacksI’m three years in and almost completely recovered now. Temporary fallbacks from time to time, but overall a very steady baseline, both psyhically and mentally.In context ↗ | Near normal |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
daily rehabilitation training and ashwagandha has helped me with the brain fog
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
Different asthma inhalers to reduce the air hunger.
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
Antihistamines for sleep.
In context ↗
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