Long COVID improved with nutrition and fasting, then returned worse after reinfections
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 1 year
- Last post
- Sep 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I got officially dx with long covid after a dozen specialists and tests
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
I’m constantly fatigued and the brain fog is insane. All I want to do is sleep and nap. So much so it’s affecting my day to day right now.
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
I had long covid before and got better after a year. Now, experiencing it again after having covid again ... Now the long covid symptoms are so much worse than the first two times.
- Began after: COVID
This is what I did the first time I had long covid, that was in 2020-2021.
In context ↗
Read from 10 of their posts and comments; links to the 9 this page draws on
Summary
Crane 38177 developed long COVID in 2020 and improved over about a year using nutrition, fasting and acupuncture. A 2021 vaccine reaction caused rare side effects, but they healed in a few months; COVID in late 2023 with pneumonia and a January 2024 reinfection brought long COVID back worse. A cleanse and fasting eased fatigue by mid-2024, but insomnia, brain fog and migraines persisted.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- quercetin · Helped
I have been taking quercetin and really focusing on clean eating
In context ↗ - clean eating, plant based, no caffeine, reduced fats · Helped
really focusing on clean eating and proper micronutrients
In context ↗ - intermittent fasting · Helped
intermittent fasting helped me heal from the symptoms back in 2020
In context ↗ - water fasting / longer fasts · Helped
I’m now venturing into longer fasts 24-72 hours and noticed the same effect at 24 hours.
In context ↗ - 9 day fruit and vegetable cleanse · Helped
I just finished a 9 day fruit and vegetable cleanse to give my system a break ... I feel so much better and less fatigue than I did before I started
In context ↗ - acupuncture · Helped
I went weekly for two years for the covid long haul symptoms
In context ↗ - herbs given at acupuncture · Not said
I can’t remember the names of the herbs but they were gentle.
In context ↗ - organic grape juice and other antioxidant/polyphenol supplements · Helped
including organic grape juice for the heart….eg a focus on antioxidants and polyphenols
In context ↗ - morning sunlight · Helped
Proper hydration, morning sunlight.
In context ↗ - increased walking / movement · Helped
small steps for increasing movement everyday and slowly getting better
In context ↗ - focusing on adrenal and liver health · Not said
focusing on my adrenal and liver health
In context ↗ - z-pak · Helped
I had to take a z-pak while traveling a few weeks ago and it cleared up.
In context ↗ - melatonin · No change
15! Mg of melatonin and I’m still wide eyed.
In context ↗ - COVID vaccination as treatment · Not said
looking VERY old and skin sagging on face and having arthritic pains after Covid vaccine
In context ↗
Approaches: Alternative therapies · Diet · Physiotherapy and rehab · 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. The chart starts 12 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | long COVID began after COVID-19 infectionThis is what I did the first time I had long covid, that was in 2020-2021.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2021 | improved after about a yearI had long covid before and got better after a year.In context ↗ | Near normal |
| 10/23 | COVID reinfection with pneumonia, hospitalisedWas pretty good until 10/23 when I caught covid again and developed covid pneumonia and then relapsed with covid again in 1/24.In context ↗ | Moderate |
| 1/24 | second reinfection; long COVID worse than beforeNow the long covid symptoms are so much worse than the first two times. It’s unreal.In context ↗ | Moderate |
| 2024-06-13 | fruit and vegetable cleanse eased fatigueBUT I feel so much better and less fatigue than I did before I startedIn context ↗ | Mild |
| 2024-09-24 | worst sleep of their life; diagnosed with long COVIDI’ve had the worst sleep of my life all year from long covid.In context ↗ | Mild |
Adverse events
- COVID vaccination as treatment“looking VERY old and skin sagging on face and having arthritic pains after Covid vaccine” In context ↗ Side effects
- Juice fasting and modified fasts“the symptoms that emerged halfway through were intense!” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
the brain fog is insane
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
I’ve had the worst sleep of my life all year from long covid
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
When I eat anymore I get very bad migraines.
In context ↗ - Loss of smell or taste
My scent and taste have come back, where the first time they took almost a year.
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
having arthritic pains after Covid vaccine but then all rebounded
In context ↗
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