Long COVID
Severe → relapsedIll 6.5 years before improving or writingNeeds ongoing treatment
Malnourished with long COVID gut problems; keto diet and vitamin C helped, then relapse
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 6.5 years
- Last post
- Sep 2026
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Long covid sins January 2020.
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
came 4 times to full remission but last time in Januari 2023 went back to feeling like 10% due to a re infection
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
Multiple times came to feeling fully recovered ore like 95% but yeah dit relapse
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I have been dealing with longcovit since early 2020
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Summary
They had long COVID since January 2020; gut problems — bloating, constipation, poor motility — left them malnourished, 48 pounds lighter and weak. Ketamine microdosing, ayahuasca, amanita and TCM herbs gave temporary remissions, lost to overdoing things or a reinfection that dropped them to 10% of normal. From 2024 a ketogenic/carnivore diet and a vitamin C protocol greatly improved their gut; they were still progressing, though colon trouble returned when they deviated.
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What they tried
What they credit
ketamine microdose· Helped a lot · main · wore offayahuasca· Helped a lot · main · wore offAyurvedic doctor· Helped a lotTCM herbs and diet· Helped a lot · wore offbreathing technique and nervous system regulation· Helped a lot · mainivermectin· Helped a lot · wore offPanchakarma· Helped a lotvip peptide· Helped a lotpaleomedicina pkd diet· Helped a lot · mainwhite rice mono diet· Helped a lotall fruit diet· Helpedzopiclone· Helpedphenibut· Helpedl-theanine· Helpedamanita muscaria microdose· Helpedbaclofen· Helpedblack maca· Helpedacetyl l carnitine· Helpedbacopa monnieri· Helpedalpha gpc· Helpedgingko biloba· Helpedl-glycine· HelpedNAC· Helpedhuperzine A· Helpedvinpocetine· Helpedcbd/cbg· Helpedcoq10· Helpedmagnesium bisglycinate· Helpedintermittent fasting· Helpedtb500· Helpedphenylpiracetam· Helpedagmatine· Helpedrapamycin· Helpedlow carb diet· Helpedcarnivore diet· Helpedmots-c· Helped3 day fast· Helpedtb4 and epitalon· Helped · wore off
Also tried
tropisetron· Helped a lothigh dose vitamin C (Dr Myhill protocol)· Helped a lotsound healing· Helped a lot · wore offcaapi vine microdose· HelpedCat's claw· Helpednicotine patches· Helpedhigh dose probiotics· Helpedbpc 157· Helpedarganine keto regulate· Helpedmastica gum· Helpedgrounding· Helpedpsilocybin (5 g dried golden teachers)· Helped · wore offbromantane· Helpedmulungu· Helpedwhey protein isolate· Helpeddigestive enzymes· Helpediboga microdose· Helpedigf1 lr3 or mk677· Helpedigf1 lr3 or mk677· Helpedfexofenadine (Allegra)· Helpedinfrared lamp· HelpedKPV peptide· Helped9 mbc· Helpedoxiracetam· Helpedpramiracitam· Helpedcentrophenoxide· Helpedosteopath· Helpedselank· Helped5 htp· Helpedpacing· Helpedstomach vacuüm exercise· Helpedtb4 and epitalon· Helped · wore offcordyceps· No changemethylene blue· Worsemodafinil· WorseLDN· Worseshilajit· Not saidcurcumine with black pepper and neem powder· Not saidcurcumine with black pepper and neem powder· Not saidvitamin d3· Not saidlactoferrin· Not saidBowen therapy· Not said
Their words about each treatment
- ketamine microdose · Helped a lot
The thing that had me fixed 2 times ( i did relapse do to doing to much to fast) was ketamine microdose.
In context ↗ - methylene blue · Worse
Methyleen blue, definitely gives energy but for me a crash afterwards.
In context ↗ - all fruit diet · Helped
Yes have done a 3 weak al fruit diet. That worked great to for my gut but also made me a little weak.
In context ↗ - ayahuasca · Helped a lot
Did ayahuasca multipe times, and it always made me feel way better in my first years of LC.
In context ↗ - zopiclone · Helped
what also really works is zoplicon
In context ↗ - phenibut · Helped
Phenibut also works great similar to zoplicon
In context ↗ - Ayurvedic doctor · Helped a lot
But the biggest improvements i made was by going to a Ayurvedic dokter.
In context ↗ - caapi vine microdose · Helped
Caapi vine, microdose helpt me alot whit that.
In context ↗ - Cat's claw · Helped
Cat's claw worked good for my intestines.
In context ↗ - l-theanine · Helped
Since 1 week taking 5g theanine with 1g tryptophane before bed. This is making wake up beter each day.
In context ↗ - amanita muscaria microdose · Helped
I am making some really great improvements lately sinds i started microdosing with amanita muscaria.
In context ↗ - baclofen · Helped
Yes did try baclofen for a while and it definitely did something. Made me feel better
In context ↗ - black maca · Helped
Black maca also dit me good.
In context ↗ - acetyl l carnitine · Helped
I have good results with everything that is related to gaba or acetylcholine. Like l-theanine, amanita muscaria microdose, baclofen, black maca, acetyl l carnitine.
In context ↗ - nicotine patches · Helped
If have tried the patches and they work but wore not the solution for me.
In context ↗ - bacopa monnieri · Helped
Bacopa monnieri. Also helpt and works on the same acetylcholinesterase
In context ↗ - alpha gpc · Helped
everything that Made improvements for me where things that boost your acetylcholine
In context ↗ - high dose probiotics · Helped
i feel high dosis of probiotica helps i take 100 billion at the moment
In context ↗ - bpc 157 · Helped
bpc 157 helpt alot in bringing my gut inflammation down
In context ↗ - l-glycine · Helped
This seems to help verry much with brainfog. I take 10g l-glycine
In context ↗ - NAC · Helped
it did not really made me better only when i did high dosis like 3 to 4 g in combination with high dose l glycine with theanine before bed in would wake up feeling better every day
In context ↗ - arganine keto regulate · Helped
2g arganine keto regulate
In context ↗ - TCM herbs and diet · Helped a lot
Tcm herbs one time brought me back to feeling 99% but relapse do to getting reinfected.
In context ↗ - mastica gum · Helped
i have used mastica gum in the past witch did give some good relieve
In context ↗ - shilajit · Not said
I also use shilajit verry supportive for youre liver en mitochondria
In context ↗ - huperzine A · Helped
I have done this protocol for one Mont and it really Made a difference neurologically.
In context ↗ - vinpocetine · Helped
Vinpocetine 3 times 10mg with meals (not related to acetylcholine but brings down the inflammatory nf-kb) and good for brain health
In context ↗ - cbd/cbg · Helped
I am also taking a 50/50 cbd/cbg supplement before bed.
In context ↗ - grounding · Helped
Yes on real earth in the summer it makes me feel better.
In context ↗ - curcumine with black pepper and neem powder · Not said
I take Curcumine with pinch of black pepper and neem powder in a glas warm water in the morning for inflammation.
In context ↗ - coq10 · Helped
Higher dose of coq10. 300mg a day
In context ↗ - magnesium bisglycinate · Helped
A lot of things did improve symptoms like uping magnesium.
In context ↗ - breathing technique and nervous system regulation · Helped a lot
I do this every 2 hours for couple weeks now and it's been really helpful.
In context ↗ - intermittent fasting · Helped
Intermittent fasting helped a lot in the first years but i am now so malnourished i cant do that at the moment.
In context ↗ - vitamin d3 · Not said
Did already checked my d3 and supplement it.
In context ↗ - psilocybin (5 g dried golden teachers) · Helped
I did 5 grams of dried golden teachers a couple months ago and during te trip in had flares of feeling normal again.
In context ↗ - bromantane · Helped
Definitely feel stronger an less fatigue on bromantane especially in combination with 9 mbc
In context ↗ - cordyceps · No change
Yes have tried cordyceps. But did not see massive difference.
In context ↗ - mulungu · Helped
Mulungu is helping me the most now in balancing the nervous system
In context ↗ - whey protein isolate · Helped
sinds taking that my physical body is slowly becoming stronger
In context ↗ - digestive enzymes · Helped
And taking some digestive enzymes with meals seems to help a lot.
In context ↗ - iboga microdose · Helped
I tried iboga microdose 2 Times it made a difference but was not the cure for me.
In context ↗ - tropisetron · Helped a lot
I really instantly made most of my symptoms disappear.
In context ↗ - ivermectin · Helped a lot
ivermectine, the first i did it i went from very bad to feeling 90% in one week. Later attempts with ivermectine i didn't noticed anything.
In context ↗ - lactoferrin · Not said
Lactoferrine produces igf.
In context ↗ - igf1 lr3 or mk677 · Helped
just taking igf1 lr3 or mk677 worked way better for me in increasing physically strenght
In context ↗ - tb500 · Helped
Tb500 really worked great but i never did longer than 6 weeks
In context ↗ - fexofenadine (Allegra) · Helped
+1 definitely had improvements with allerga especially during summer when its pollen time
In context ↗ - infrared lamp · Helped
also just a normal infrared lamp always seemed to give me more energy
In context ↗ - KPV peptide · Helped
Im use kpv to, it really seems to help!
In context ↗ - 9 mbc · Helped
What also really works great for brain fog is 9 mbc
In context ↗ - centrophenoxide · Helped
When i take centrophenoxide my brain starts working better again.
In context ↗ - phenylpiracetam · Helped
phenylpiracetam works good to
In context ↗ - agmatine · Helped
And agmatine also makes me feel a bit better wich works as a antagonist of the nmda receptor.
In context ↗ - rapamycin · Helped
I just started with rapamycin after reading some succes stories here on reddit, and definitely seeing good improvements im in week 3 now of 4mg per week.
In context ↗ - high dose vitamin C (Dr Myhill protocol) · Helped a lot
What helped me get rid of 95% of gut symptoms was this.
In context ↗ - low carb diet · Helped
This cleaned out most of my gut problems. Together with a low carb Diet
In context ↗ - Panchakarma · Helped a lot
Ayurvedic diet and supplements helped me te most and than the Panchakarma is what fixed it for me
In context ↗ - carnivore diet · Helped
For me carnivoren works te best just 2 meals a day.
In context ↗ - modafinil · Worse
I would watch out with modafinil it definitely gave me More Energy and really made me move but that also made me crash afterwards
In context ↗ - mots-c · Helped
Well mots-c definitely works i can tell you
In context ↗ - sound healing · Helped a lot
how a sound healing session made 90% of my symptoms disappear for couple hours
In context ↗ - osteopath · Helped
I massaged them every day sinds i went to him and one of the knots is gone now
In context ↗ - Bowen therapy · Not said
going to a osteopate and Bowen therapie to losen the gut muscles
In context ↗ - vip peptide · Helped a lot
vip peptide is for me one of the the best i tried
In context ↗ - paleomedicina pkd diet · Helped a lot
Im following the paleomedicina pkd diet since 3 weeks. And my gut is doing so much better!
In context ↗ - white rice mono diet · Helped a lot
A mono diet of white rice only is what helped me te most.
In context ↗ - LDN · Worse
For me its just overstimulating
In context ↗ - selank · Helped
What also really works great for brain fog is 9 mbc or selank.
In context ↗ - 5 htp · Helped
5 htp seems to work but builds verry slow for me.
In context ↗ - 3 day fast · Helped
for me after 3 Days fast i would feel pretty much back to normal
In context ↗ - pacing · Helped
doing to much to soon is sure way to crash
In context ↗ - stomach vacuüm exercise · Helped
I found that doing a stomach vacuüm exercise helps free up the diaphragm.
In context ↗ - tb4 and epitalon · Helped
Tho i felt back than the tb4 was really helpful. So I did another round later but it was not that effective
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Approaches: Alternative therapies · Amino acids and carnitine · Diet · Mind-body practices · Other drugs and medicines · Peptides · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | long COVID began after a COVID infectionI have been dealing with longcovit since early 2020In context ↗ | Moderate | |
| 2022 | woke up feeling completely normal for three daysin 2022 there was A Day when I just broke to all my symptoms and woke up the next morning feeling completely normal againIn context ↗ | Near normal | Ketamine |
| 2022 | relapsed after doing too much while feeling normalThis was for 3 Days then I did too much and relapse.In context ↗ | Moderate | |
| Januari 2023 | reinfection dropped them back to about 10% of normallast time in Januari 2023 went back to feeling like 10% due to a re infection.In context ↗ | Severe | |
| August 2023 | great improvements on amanita muscaria microdosingI am making some really great improvements lately sinds i started microdosing with amanita muscaria.In context ↗ | Moderate | |
| 2024 | gut problems left them 48 pounds lighter and physically weakBut because of my gut problems I lost a lot of weight and be came physically quite weakIn context ↗ | Moderate | |
| August 2025 | much better after working on nervous system regulationBut since starting working on bringing back my nervous system to homeostasis im doing so much beterIn context ↗ | Mild | Meditation, yoga, breathwork |
| July 2026 | gut much better on the Paleomedicina PKD ketogenic dietIm following the paleomedicina pkd diet since 3 weeks. And my gut is doing so much better!In context ↗ | Mild | |
| September 2026 | short diet deviation brought colon problems back, improving again on the dieti'm back on the diet and getting better agianIn context ↗ | Mild |
Adverse events
- Juice fasting and modified fasts“but also made me a little weak” In context ↗ Side effects
- Methylene blue“felt like it was a part of the reason i crashed again by stimulating me to much” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
- NAC (N-acetylcysteine)“because of my gut problems i cant take the nac anymore it gives me stomach acid” In context ↗ Gut side effects
- Baclofen“my muscles had no power and my gut stopt moving” In context ↗ Side effects
- “it also gave me constipation what already was a problem do to long covid” In context ↗ Gut side effects
- Rapamycin / sirolimus“made my muscle recovery harder, stopt it for that reason” In context ↗ Side effects
- Modafinil / armodafinil“that also made me crash afterwards” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
- Ketamine“after using it too long are Maybe too much it's start it giving the opposite results” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
- Low-dose naltrexone“For me its just overstimulating” In context ↗ Side effects
- Carnivore diet“the fat was always to much for me to so i qiut after a couple weeks” In context ↗ Gut side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
doing to much to soon is sure way to crash
In context ↗ - Brain fog
my Brian fog and the feeling of being inflamed are pretty much gone know
In context ↗ - Gut problems
I only have some collon problems still but that's also very low now
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
Its like sleep is only making you feel worse.
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
I lost a lot of weight and be came physically quite weak
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