Long COVID bedridden at worst, now relapsed; buspirone and EMDR helped calm
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2 years
- Last post
- Mar 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I'm 2 years in and still trying to figure it out with moments of severe despair. I've had several periods of remission only to severely relapse and become bedridden again.
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
I've had several periods of remission only to severely relapse and become bedridden again.
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
I've had several periods of remission only to severely relapse and become bedridden again.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I would assume you deal with the same nervous system dysregulation that I do.
Summary
Two years into long COVID, they described several periods of remission followed by severe relapses that left them bedridden, and moments of severe despair. They took GABA, valerian tinctures, smoked hemp flower and used amanita mushroom, plus breathwork, meditation and physiological sighing. A low dose of buspirone and EMDR movements, everything together, slowly helped maintain a calm state; they called none of it a cure.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- GABA supplement · Helped
A supplement called GABA seems to help calm my nervous system good bit.
In context ↗ - valerian tincture · Not said
I take gaba regularly as well as using tinctures like valerian
In context ↗ - hemp flower · Not said
I smoke hemp flower when needed
In context ↗ - amanita mushroom · Helped
amanita mushroom is great and works similar to Xanax
In context ↗ - breath work and meditation (physiological sighing) · Helped
Breath work and meditation especially physiological sighing are helpful for me as well.
In context ↗ - buspirone · Helped
I had to go on a low dose of buspirone and I also use other pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical things to help me maintain a calm state as much as possible.
In context ↗ - EMDR movements · Helped
There are some EMDR movements for the nervous system you can find on Facebook. I think these things were helpful for me.
In context ↗
Approaches: Mind-body practices · Other drugs and medicines · Trauma & somatic work
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 | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | onset of long COVIDI'm 2 years in and still trying to figure it out with moments of severe despair.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| — | bedridden after a severe relapseI've had several periods of remission only to severely relapse and become bedridden again.In context ↗ | Severe |
| 2025-03-30 | slow improvement from combined measuresNone of it a cure. Just everything together slowly has been helpful.In context ↗ | Not stated |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Anxiety & low mood
I'm 2 years in and still trying to figure it out with moments of severe despair.
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