Long COVID
Mild → near normalIll 2 years before improving or writingNeeds ongoing treatment
Long COVID with brain fog and chest pain, nearly back to normal after NAD+ and berberine
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2 years
- Last post
- Dec 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Had covid a couple times and it’s affected me for about a year.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I can jog pretty comfortably now but for awhile I couldn’t do anything without my heart pounding out of my chest and nausea coming on.
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
I have been able to address all my symptoms and feel normal again while taking a few substances ... I still have a couple swollen lymph nodes that will not clear out.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
Had covid a couple times and it’s affected me for about a year.
In context ↗
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Summary
After repeated COVID infections he was ill with long COVID, with high blood pressure, chest and back pain, headaches, palpitations, gut problems and brain fog. He credited NAD+ with berberine, lumbrokinase, nitric oxide supplements and diluted hydrogen peroxide, and reported feeling completely recovered by February 2024. He said he still had to take supplements daily, and in May 2023 one lymph node was still a bit swollen.
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What they tried
What they credit
NO supplements / Noxygen· Helped a lot · mainBoluoke / Lumbrokinase· Helped a lot · mainNAD+ (Quicksilver Scientific NAD+ Platinum, NMN)· Helped a lot · mainBerberine· Helped a lot · mainPerfect Aminos· Helped a lotSerrapeptase· Helpedlow-sodium diet· Helpedprobiotic· Helpedaspirin· Helpedozone therapy via IV· Helpednattokinase· Helpedbromelain· Helpedresveratrol· Helped
Also tried
hydrogen peroxide (food grade, ingested and nebulised)· Helped a lotClaritin D (with pseudoephedrine)· Helped a lotClaritin D (with pseudoephedrine)· Helped a lotice baths / cold baths· HelpedMeloxicam· Helpedprescription blood pressure medication (ACE inhibitor, potassium tablets)· No changeother supplements (unspecified)· No changeCOVID vaccination as treatment· Worsebeet juice· Not saidcurcumin· Not saidvitamin D· Not saidzinc· Not saidcayenne pepper· Not saidadvil· Not saidCoQ-10· Not said
Their words about each treatment
- Serrapeptase · Helped
I started with serrapeptase and felt it relieved some symptoms!
In context ↗ - prescription blood pressure medication (ACE inhibitor, potassium tablets) · No change
Prescriptions barely moved the needle.
In context ↗ - ice baths / cold baths · Helped
I started taking ice baths for inflammation and haven’t stopped now that I feel better.
In context ↗ - low-sodium diet · Helped
Diet - sodium really kicked up my symptoms, limit this to 1000-1500mg a day.
In context ↗ - Meloxicam · Helped
Meloxicam - prescription anti inflammatory I have access to. Helped with chest and back pain.
In context ↗ - probiotic · Helped
a probiotic has made much more of a lasting difference than expected.
In context ↗ - NO supplements / Noxygen · Helped a lot
NO supplements - such as L-Citruline. Worked wonders for my blood pressure, took as needed.
In context ↗ - beet juice · Not said
Drank beet juice too, this stuff is stronger.
In context ↗ - aspirin · Helped
Low dose aspirin to help relieve cardiovascular issues.
In context ↗ - Boluoke / Lumbrokinase · Helped a lot
Lumbro gave me pretty immediate relief.
In context ↗ - ozone therapy via IV · Helped
Ozone/oxygenation therapy has been huge for me.
In context ↗ - hydrogen peroxide (food grade, ingested and nebulised) · Helped a lot
The thing that helped most: hydrogen peroxide.
In context ↗ - nattokinase · Helped
I do think the nattokinase and bromelain worked well for me too.
In context ↗ - curcumin · Not said
I also take curcumin and bromeline daily like that doctor Peter McCullough says so that might help.
In context ↗ - vitamin D · Not said
Supporting autoimmune system supplements like vitamin D, zinc, curcumin works for this too.
In context ↗ - NAD+ (Quicksilver Scientific NAD+ Platinum, NMN) · Helped a lot
Feel like I have my life back.
In context ↗ - Berberine · Helped a lot
These gave me my life back.
In context ↗ - resveratrol · Helped
It was pretty immediate for me as well.
In context ↗ - Perfect Aminos · Helped a lot
a product called Perfect Amino has really improved my bodies ability to function properly again.
In context ↗ - Claritin D (with pseudoephedrine) · Helped a lot
I take Claritin d daily now because it does exactly what you described for me.
In context ↗ - cayenne pepper · Not said
lots of cayenne pepper (great for moving your blood)
In context ↗ - advil · Not said
NSAID like advil when needed (thinner)
In context ↗ - CoQ-10 · Not said
I took CoQ-10 and have heard good things about it
In context ↗ - other supplements (unspecified) · No change
I’ve also taken loads of supplements but those didn’t seem to move the needle much.
In context ↗ - COVID vaccination as treatment · Worse
Felt like the vaccine left the front door wide open to Covid and it hit me like a freight train ... Vaccine messed me up pretty good (even though I’m just one data point).
Approaches: Alternative therapies · Amino acids and carnitine · Anticoagulants · Diet · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| early 2022 | long COVID after COVID infections; high blood pressure, chest, back and neck pain, palpitationsI had sustained BP 160/110.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2023-01-04 | starting to feel better after finding his own treatmentsI’m starting to feel better after finding my own “treatments” to manage my symptoms.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2023-03-06 | felt just about 100% after a few setbacks; could jog againI found a few things that made me feel just about 100% lately after a couple set backs and hoping it stays that way.In context ↗ | Near normal | |
| 2023-07-26 | got sick again (reinfection) after feeling 99%I just got sick again too. I have been feeling 99% prior to it and feel like I’m taking this round of sickness in stride for the most part.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2024-02-06 | felt completely recovered after NAD+ and berberineI feel completely recovered from LCIn context ↗ | Recovered | NAD+ boosters (NMN, nicotinamide riboside, NADH, ATP) |
| 2024-07-24 | reinfected a couple more times; symptoms came back for a weekI recovered from LC and then got it a couple more times.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2024-12-20 | back to normal while continuing supplements; swollen lymph nodes remainI’ve managed to feel normal again (I just have to keep taking all my stuff though or I slowly get worse).In context ↗ | Near normal |
Adverse events
- COVID vaccination as treatment“Felt like the vaccine left the front door wide open to Covid and it hit me like a freight train ... Vaccine messed me up pretty good (even though I’m just one data point).” Made symptoms worse
- COVID vaccination as treatment“there is still something wrong deep inside me. I cannot fully get rid of it. I still have a couple swollen lymph nodes that will not clear out.” In context ↗ Other
- Loratadine (Claritin)“Sometimes it feels like it strains my blood vessels though and I have gotten minor chest pains” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Anxiety & low moodBrain fogFlu-like symptomsGut problemsHeadaches & migraineHeart symptoms & palpitationsNeuropathy & tinglingPOTS & dysautonomiaPain & fibromyalgiaSleep problems
Their words about their symptoms
- Headaches & migraine
I had headaches, maybe slight brain fog
In context ↗ - Brain fog
I definitely had some Brian fog
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
I had sharp pains in chest/back/neck though.
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
for awhile I couldn’t do anything without my heart pounding out of my chest and nausea coming on
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
I had lightheadedness, anxiety, constipation, insomnia, sinus pressure.
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
Guess what, no more “anxiety” now that I’m feeling better.
In context ↗ - Gut problems
Later on I had gut issues for a long time so I think there was a connection there.
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
I had some tingling but wasn’t intense enough to be burning.
In context ↗ - Flu-like symptoms
I still have a couple swollen lymph nodes that will not clear out.
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