Long COVID
No benefitIll for 1 year
Long COVID: a year of 5-6 hours of sleep and all-day brain fog, no improvement after meds
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- 1 year
- Last post
- Oct 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
r/covidlonghaulers
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
nothing fixes it
In context ↗
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
A person describes about a year of waking after only five to six hours every night, with a visibly swollen face and brain fog lasting all day. Sleep hygiene, every class of sleep medication, and Wellbutrin have not helped; exercise, diet changes and avoiding caffeine/alcohol help moderately with sleep routine but don't solve it. They describe a feedback loop between bad sleep, inflammation and stress, and report no other known medical conditions. Nothing has solved it.
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What they tried
Also tried
Exercise· HelpedDiet changes· HelpedNo caffeine/alcohol· HelpedPerfect sleep hygiene· No changeSleep medication· No changeWellbutrin· No change
Their words about each treatment
- Perfect sleep hygiene · No change
Perfect sleep hygiene (routine, no screens, dark/cool/quiet room)
In context ↗ - Sleep medication · No change
Every class of sleep medication ... Nothing touches it.
In context ↗ - Wellbutrin · No change
Wellbutrin (no change)
In context ↗ - Exercise · Helped
Exercise, diet changes, no caffeine/alcohol (obviously helps moderately to establish sleep routine, but doesn't solve it or even come close)
In context ↗ - No caffeine/alcohol · Helped
no caffeine/alcohol (obviously helps moderately to establish sleep routine, but doesn't solve it or even come close)
In context ↗
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| about a year before October 2025 | began waking after 5–6 hours every night with facial swelling and all-day brain fogFor about a year now, I’ve been trapped in the same cycle every single nightIn context ↗ |
| 2025-10-23 | still waking after 5–6 hours nightly with facial inflammation and all-day brain fogNothing touches it. It feels like **a feedback loop between bad sleep, inflammation, and stress**In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Sleep problems
always wake up after exactly 5–6 hours
In context ↗ - Brain fog
extreme fog, zero focus, poor memory, and no clear thinking
In context ↗