Long COVID with constant dizziness, now 75% like themselves with probiotics
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Aug 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
r/covidlonghaulers
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
feel 75% like myself. I still have some symptoms but they are more tolerable now
In context ↗
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
A person with long COVID began taking probiotics by accident while antibiotics upset their stomach. Stopping them about 1.5 months later brought all symptoms back, so they resumed every other day; after more than half a year they felt 75% like themselves, with remaining symptoms more tolerable and constant dizziness mostly gone.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- antibiotics · No change
At first, I thought that it was the antibiotics that helped, but after I stopped taking probiotics about 1.5 months later, all my symptoms reappeared.
In context ↗ - probiotics · Helped a lot
My biggest help came from probiotics
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 | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| about 1.5 months after starting probiotics | stopped probiotics and all symptoms reappearedafter I stopped taking probiotics about 1.5 months later, all my symptoms reappearedIn context ↗ | Not stated | |
| 2025-08-05 | taking probiotics every other day, feeling 75% like myselfI have been taking probiotics every other day for more than half a year and feel 75% like myselfIn context ↗ | Mild | Probiotics and fermented foods |
Adverse events
- Antibiotics (unspecified)“my stomach was acting up due to antibiotics” In context ↗ Gut side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- POTS & dysautonomia
my constant dizziness (like being on the sea) is mostly gone
In context ↗ - Gut problems
my stomach was acting up due to antibiotics
In context ↗
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