Long COVID with chest pain and brain fog, somewhat better after time and diet
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 18 months
- Last post
- Apr 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I've been LC since 9 months ago
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
Worked full time , but honestly I wouldn’t recommend that to anyone going through this. It had made this process so much harder and longer.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
A year out and I feel like 65% better!!
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I caught covid Jan. of this year. 2 weeks later I starting getting symptoms
In context ↗ - Says they never had: Post-exertional malaise
And no I don’t think I had pem.
Read from 23 of their posts and comments; links to the 16 this page draws on
Summary
Trail 69923, then 20, caught COVID at her daycare job in January 2024 and developed long COVID two weeks later. The first three months were the worst, with near-constant chest pain, breathlessness, brain fog and dissociation. She credited time, a Biomesight gut test and an anti-inflammatory, gluten- and dairy-free diet, and called herself 80% recovered at nine months. She later reported a worsening around 10.5 months and only 65% better at a year; by 18 months chest pain was milder, while dissociation had still interfered at one year.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- mediterranean diet · Helped a lot
i tried a mediterranean diet and felt like a brand new person all that week, i fell off after that but i need to stick to it because i saw so many improvements
In context ↗ - time · Helped
I can’t give definite answers because I’m not entirely sure, but time!!!
In context ↗ - staying positive and focusing on mental health · Helped
staying positive (I know people don’t like to hear that but a negative mindset definitely makes this thing worse.)
In context ↗ - avoiding gluten and dairy, anti-inflammatory foods · Helped
starting prioritizing food I needed, lots of anti inflammatory foods. tried to avoid gluten and dairy as much as possible
In context ↗ - NyQuil · Not said
I will not be taking it again! I only took it while I was sick hoping I’d feel better
In context ↗ - drinking lots of water · No change
I usually drink lots of water and it doesn’t seem to help unfortunately
In context ↗ - ibuprofen · No change
I think I only did the ibuprofen thing for about two weeks and I can’t remember if it made much of a difference so I’m assuming it didn’t
In context ↗
Approaches: Diet
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2024 | COVID infection; long COVID symptoms began two weeks later, first three months the worstI caught covid Jan. of this year. 2 weeks later I starting getting symptomsIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| June 2024 | lots of improvement over the past 3 months; breathlessness, dissociation and gut problems lingeringI’ve been LH for almost 6 months, seen lots of improvement in the past 3 months.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2024-06-27 | bad chest pain after walking half a mile and running a minuteI walked about .5 mile and only ran for a minute tops but out of nowhere I got bad chest pain and had to go back and rest immediately.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2024-08-29 | improved greatly, self-rated 80% recovered while working full timeI have improved greatly over that time. The first 3 months were the worst and I started feeling better after that.In context ↗ | Mild | Time and spontaneous remission |
| 2024-10-31 | worst week: spacing out, pains at back of skull, breathlessness returningBut this past week has been the WORST.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2024-12-09 | chest pain much less frequent and less noticeable; breathlessness goneOver time my chest pain did improve, It only happens once in awhile and it’s much less noticeable now and the sob is completely gone.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2025-01-09 | felt 65% better a year outA year out and I feel like 65% better!!In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2025-04-23 | chest pain about once a day but not as intense; dissociation still interferesI’m almost exactly a year and half LC now and I only get chest pains about once a day and not as intense.In context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
brain fog, tiredness/ exhaustion, cement in head feeling
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
chest pain and SOB were the biggest
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
I only get chest pains about once a day and not as intense
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
But definitely made worse by certain foods (I’m dairy and oxalate intolerant) and stress/anxiety.
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
barely slept due to the fear I was having a heart attack
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
I feel so much head pressure it’s torture
In context ↗ - Gut problems
Only symptoms ms that still linger are SOB, dpdr, and gut problems
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
Feels like a soreness but I’ve had it since the very beginning.
In context ↗
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