A Simple Method to Never Crash Again - David’s Long Covid Recovery
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving
- Not stated
- Published
- No date given
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
that's really when my real long covid journey began
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - At worst: Severe
I got operate function for about an hour a day four or five days a week so most of the timeline down
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Now: Much better
now I'm not I'm a lot better but I'm not fully recovered
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Began after: COVID
I got Co two year two years ago
- Says they never had: Breathlessness
I kept hearing the people being breathless and I wasn't breathless
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Says they never had: Gut problems
I did not have things like heart heart issues or breathlessness or pain or gut issues
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Says they never had: Heart symptoms & palpitations
I did not have things like heart heart issues or breathlessness or pain or gut issues
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Says they never had: Pain & fibromyalgia
I did not have things like heart heart issues or breathlessness or pain or gut issues
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions
Summary
David got COVID about two years before the interview and was mostly lying down, managing about an hour of activity a day on four or five days a week. He felt fully recovered at three to four months, but overdoing it on holiday at six months caused a complete relapse. He credits heart-rate wearables for pacing, a low-histamine diet and compression garments. He is now a lot better but not fully recovered.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- wearables such as heart rate monitors, Garmin watch and Aura ring · Helped
I'm using information from wearables like heart rate monitors that that tell me how I am
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - low histamine diet · Helped a lot
so I discussed with them going on a low histamine diet so I tried that for a week
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - compression leggings and arm compression · Helped a lot
I then I bought some arm compression and they reduced it by a further 5 to 10 beats per minute
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Yoga Nidra, app breathing exercises and deep belly breathing · Helped
breathing exercises yoga NRA is good
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Approaches: POTS medication · Diet · Mind-body practices · Pacing
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 4 months after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 2 steps have no time and sit in story order between the steps around them. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. What the levels mean.
Show as a table
| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| two years ago | COVID: very ill for a day, positive for two weeksI got Co two year two years ago and I had it really M very ill for a day but I was positive two weeksWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Not stated | |
| after 3 or 4 months | Felt fully recoveredafter about 3 or 4 months I felt fully recoveredWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Recovered | |
| after 6 months | Complete relapse after doing too much on holiday; able to function about an hour a dayafter 6 months I went on holiday did too much had a complete relapseWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Severe | |
| a year ago | Crashed for a week after a second bike ridewhen I got back I crashed for a weekWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Moderate | |
| on joining the long COVID clinic | Felt much better within weeks of a low-histamine dietthat's like a cloud had lifted it was amazing I felt so goodWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Moderate | Low-histamine diet |
| — | With compression, mowed the whole lawn and jogged without stopping for the first time in a yearso the first time in a year I moved the lawn all in one gameWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Mild | Compression garments |
| four months ago | Heart rate stayed high for two weeks after an easy bike rideit actually took two weeks before all my numbers were back to normalWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Mild | |
| now | A lot better but not fully recovered; uses wearables to avoid crashesnow I'm not I'm a lot better but I'm not fully recoveredWatch the video ↗From the video’s captions | Mild |
Adverse events
- “I crashed for a week” Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions Made symptoms worse
- “had a complete relapse new symptoms worse symptoms not recovering” Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
once I feel it's too late I'm crashing
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Brain fog
my symptoms were mostly fatigue brain fog and skin issues
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - POTS & dysautonomia
they diagnosed me with pop mcast
Watch the video ↗From the video’s captions - Sleep problems
I didn't have good sleep but Friday nights were particularly bad
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