Long COVID with PEM for several years, now somewhat better with time
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 3 years
- Last post
- Dec 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
not catching Covid which almost worked - except 1 time
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
Suddenly PEM came less and then stopped.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
not catching Covid which almost worked - except 1 time
In context ↗
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
A Reddit user with long COVID of several years' duration and post-exertional malaise reported that, of everything tried, time helped most: PEM came less and then stopped. Other measures were cooking healthy food, 8-9 hours of sleep, stress reduction, pacing, no alcohol or sugar, and basic supplements. They tried to avoid catching COVID and almost succeeded, except once.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- time · Helped a lot
honestly what helped at the end most was time. Suddenly PEM came less and then stopped.
In context ↗ - healthy food · Not said
healthy food meaning to cook the rainbow
In context ↗ - stress reduction · Not said
stress reduction
In context ↗ - pacing · Not said
pacing pacing pacing
In context ↗
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 |
|---|---|---|
| — | long COVID with post-exertional malaiseOther things we did over the yearsIn context ↗ | |
| 2025-12-08 | PEM became less frequent and then stopped over timehonestly what helped at the end most was time. Suddenly PEM came less and then stopped.In context ↗ | Time and spontaneous remission |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
Suddenly PEM came less and then stopped.
In context ↗
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