Long COVID tough on career, somewhat better with smoothies and more sleep
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 4 years
- Last post
- May 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
the C19 effects
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
It's been tough on my career, I'm a software engineer and I work in some pretty demanding specializations. Without these changes, I doubt I would be able to keep up with the level I was at leading up to 2020.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
Without these changes, I doubt I would be able to keep up with the level I was at leading up to 2020.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
There's no telling what the end game with the C19 effects are
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Summary
Marsh 34823, a software engineer in demanding specializations, described COVID effects that made it tough on their career and doubted they could keep up at their old level without changes. They recommended vegetable and fruit smoothies, ginkgo and ginseng, and getting more consistent with multivitamins and increasing nightly sleep to combat the effects. They also advised visible checklists and reminders, and said the long-term outcome of the COVID effects was unknown.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- vegetable and fruit smoothies · Helped
Start drinking vegetable and fruit smoothies (or generally eating more fresh veggies)
In context ↗ - ginkgo and ginseng · Helped
make ginkgo and ginseng part of your regular mix
In context ↗ - multivitamins · Helped
I also got more consistent with my multivitamins
In context ↗ - increased sleep duration · Helped
increased my sleep duration each night to help combat the effects
In context ↗
Approaches: Supplements
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, in the order they describe; they don’t give enough times to place each step. Hover or tap a point. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | long COVID effects began affecting workWithout these changes, I doubt I would be able to keep up with the level I was at leading up to 2020.In context ↗ | Mild |
| 2024-05-13 | keeping up at work with diet, herbs, multivitamins and more sleep | Mild |
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