Bedridden with long COVID, now 70% better with functional medicine and low-histamine diet
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 3 years
- Last post
- Dec 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I was 28 and covid caused serious health issues I never had or knew of.
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
I wa dat bed rest for several months. I couldn’t take heat or sound.
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
im %70 better ... I can operate mostly normal now - but I still have CFS tiredness - it’s just way way less intense!
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
covid caused serious health issues I never had or knew of
Read from 10 of their posts and comments; links to the 8 this page draws on
Summary
Pelican 89498 developed long COVID at 28, about four months after infection, and was bedridden for months, unable to tolerate heat or sound. Over roughly three years of functional-medicine treatment — hormones, thyroid, iron, probiotics and a strict low-histamine diet — she improved to about 70% better by autumn 2025. A 2024 reinfection set her back. MCAS and fatigue persisted, limiting heavy exercise.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- GF DF, then a blood sugar balanced whole foods no sugar diet · Helped
I went on a blood sugar balanced diet, eventually a very strict Whole Foods no sugar diet
In context ↗ - magnesium 3onate · Not said
Took magnesium 3onate
In context ↗ - vitamin D (d3 with k2) · Helped
got my vitamin D labs to 100 (d3 with k2)
In context ↗ - high dose organ iron with vitamin c · Helped
high dose organ iron with vitamin c for absorption
In context ↗ - progesterone · Helped
started progesterone
In context ↗ - multivitamin for hormone function (equifem) · Not said
a multivitamin for hormone function (equifem) which included low doses of B vitamins
In context ↗ - Butyrate · Not said
Butyrate for my gut (I was low)
In context ↗ - digestive enzymes with a low amount of HCL · Not said
I take digestive enzymes with a low amount of HCL.
In context ↗ - Omega 3s · Not said
Nice Omega 3s at high dose in the night
In context ↗ - thyroid medication · Helped
I had to get on thyroid medication
In context ↗ - 3 different high grade multi strain probiotics · Helped
I take 3 different high grade multi strain probiotics daily.
In context ↗ - b vitamins · Helped
keep on my iron and b vitamins until my anemia / iron issues are stabilized
In context ↗ - low histamine diet · Helped
I fixed my sex hormones, thyroid, low histamine diet, fixed gut infections
In context ↗ - treating bacterial overgrowths and infections · Helped
I treated all of my bacterial overgrowths and infections
In context ↗ - 2 supplements specifically for histamine · Helped
& 2 supplements specifically for histamine
In context ↗ - vitamin c drink · Not said
I also nightly take a vitamin c drink
In context ↗ - water and electrolytes · Not said
drank heck tons of water and electrolytes with zero sugar
In context ↗ - candida treatment · Not said
Currently cleaning up a small candida infection and fuso + strep
In context ↗
Approaches: Diet · Sex hormones · Supplements · Thyroid hormones
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. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| onset | long COVID began about four months after a COVID infectionMine didn’t kick in til around 4 months after the infection.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| 4 mo | bedridden for several months, could not tolerate heat or soundI wa dat bed rest for several months. I couldn’t take heat or sound.In context ↗ | Severe |
| May 2024 | started getting much better on supplements, diet and hormonesI am getting so much better.In context ↗ | Moderate |
| August 2024 | worsened after a COVID reinfectionI was doing much better and got reinfected and boom I’m worsening again.In context ↗ | Moderate |
| September 2025 | about 70% better; can operate mostly normalAbout to turn 31 and im %70 better.In context ↗ | Mild |
| December 2025 | almost over it, still managing MCAS and candida3 years of healing and almost over it!!!In context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Gut problems
Currently cleaning up a small candida infection and fuso + strep.
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
intense anxiety
In context ↗ - Light & noise sensitivity
I couldn’t take heat or sound.
In context ↗ - Temperature regulation
Sweating like crazy in the night
In context ↗ - Mast cell (MCAS) & allergies
MCAS is the worst thing leftover
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
My POTS is gone and so is my histamine problem.
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
Heart problems.
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
I hardly need a nap anymore (haha or you know all day naps was how I used to be).
In context ↗ - Hair loss
my hair was falling out
In context ↗
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