Long COVID with migraines, mostly in bed, now back to normal after a histamine supplement
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 15 months
- Last post
- Oct 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I’m six months into long covid.
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
I spent the next 1.5 months at the house mostly in bed.
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
I took them, and within a week, i was 100 percent back to normal, and dont need zyrtec at all!
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
So my symptoms started with Covid like symptoms.
In context ↗
Read from 9 of their posts and comments; links to the 6 this page draws on
Summary
They described long COVID with sinus headaches, migraines, tingling and freezing episodes, and spent 1.5 months mostly in bed. Daily Zyrtec made them functional and able to work; two months off it brought symptoms back. Famotidine, B12, vitamin D, vitamin C and fish oil also helped, and in October 2024 a Heart and Soil histamine supplement left them 100% back to normal.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Zyrtec · Helped a lot
After zyrtec, an H1 blocker, all my long covid symptoms completely disappeared.
In context ↗ - pepcid(h2 blocker) · Helped a lot
I also just started taking pepcid(h2 blocker) and am getting amazing results
In context ↗ - b12 · Helped a lot
Supplementing with bit b12, d, and c has helping me tremendously.
In context ↗ - Heart and Soil Histamine and Immune supplements · Helped a lot
I took them, and within a week, i was 100 percent back to normal, and dont need zyrtec at all!
In context ↗ - living in Florida · Helped a lot
I lived in Florida for one year and never felt better.
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Approaches: H1 antihistamines · H2 blockers · 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. The chart starts 1 month after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| mid-2023 | illness began with covid-like symptoms; tested negative for covidSo my symptoms started with Covid like symptoms.In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| 2023 | 1.5 months mostly in bed at home; two ambulance trips to the ER and an 8-day admissionI spent the next 1.5 months at the house mostly in bed.In context ↗ | Severe | |
| late 2023 | back out of bed and at work, later workouts and runsThe only thing that changed my symptoms and let me get out of bed and go back to work was taking Zyrtec daily.In context ↗ | Near normal | Cetirizine (Zyrtec) |
| 2024-01-11 | symptoms returned after two months off ZyrtecHowever, my symptoms returned today and I will be taking Zyrtec daily for the first time in 2 months.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2024-01-15 | restarted Zyrtec and added Pepcid, with B12, vitamin D, vitamin C and fish oilI also just started taking pepcid(h2 blocker) and am getting amazing resultsIn context ↗ | Mild | Famotidine (Pepcid) |
| 2024-10-09 | 100 percent back to normal and off Zyrtec after a Heart and Soil histamine supplementwithin a week, i was 100 percent back to normal, and dont need zyrtec at all!In context ↗ | Recovered |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Headaches & migraine
My only symptoms now, and hav always been sinus headaches, migraines
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
tingling in parts of my body
In context ↗ - Temperature regulation
my body goes completely cold and I can’t move
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
Headache, chills, dizziness, shivers.
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
Minutes later I panicked and it felt like life was literally leaving me.
In context ↗ - Mast cell (MCAS) & allergies
long covid caused me to have serious histamine problems
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