Long COVID
Mild → no benefit
Long COVID sore, tight leg muscles ongoing; gabapentin gave no relief
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Oct 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
My current internal medicine doctor told me that there is nothing he can prescribe to me to take to help treat Long Covid.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
My legs are often wobbly and fatigued.
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
No medicine, no supplements have evidence that will improve my situation.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
the long COVID clinic in which I was on a waiting list for
In context ↗
Read from 5 of their posts and comments; links to the 5 this page draws on
Summary
A Reddit user in Canada described long COVID with leg burning and loss of circulation sensation, plus daily wobbly, sore, tight leg muscles. Compression socks dulled the nerve pain and 20-minute walks eased the circulation feeling at first, then stopped. After a February 2024 hospital visit the leg nerve symptoms vanished the next day, but muscle soreness and stiffness continued; gabapentin did nothing in three months for muscle soreness/stiffness and nerve pain.
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What they tried
Also tried
compression socks· Helped · wore offwalking· Helped · wore offstretching and any physical rehab· No changeMassaging· No changegabapentin· No changemagnesium powder· Not said
Their words about each treatment
- compression socks · Helped
I was using compression socks which helped dull the nerve pain
In context ↗ - walking · Helped
Usually the walking session for the day (about 20 min) would alleviate my issue for the whole day. But after a week or two ... both the socks and walking didn't help
In context ↗ - stretching and any physical rehab · No change
Going for walks, stretching and any physical rehab does not make it better overall or give long term relief.
In context ↗ - Massaging · No change
Massaging as well doesn't loosen the tight muscles completely.
In context ↗ - magnesium powder · Not said
I did take some magnesium powder that you mix in water (300mg/daily serving).
In context ↗ - gabapentin · No change
was gabapentin for my muscle soreness/stiffness and nerve pain which I took for 3 months and it did nothing for me
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Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, in the order they describe; they don’t give enough times to place each step. Hover or tap a point. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| — | long COVIDthe long COVID clinic in which I was on a waiting list forIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| February 2024 | whole-body burning and circulation-loss sensation, massive headache, emergency visitI woke up with my whole body feeling that sensation, not just my legs ... I had a massive headacheIn context ↗ | Mild |
| May 2024 | leg nerve and circulation symptoms gone after hospital visitafter my hospital visit the next day my circulation/nerve issues in my legs were gone!In context ↗ | Mild |
| 2025-02-22 | daily wobbly, fatigued, sore and tight legs; walking, stretching and rehab no helpMy legs are often wobbly and fatigued. ... They are always sore, achy and tight.In context ↗ | Mild |
| 2025-10-02 | gabapentin did nothing; doctor offered only exercise, pacing and lifestyle adviceNo medicine, no supplements have evidence that will improve my situation.In context ↗ | Mild |
Adverse events
- Gabapentin (Neurontin)“gabapentin for my muscle soreness/stiffness and nerve pain which I took for 3 months and it did nothing for me ... he told me to stop because all I'm doing is getting the side effects from it since the primary benefit wasn't there” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Neuropathy & tingling
gabapentin for my muscle soreness/stiffness and nerve pain
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
My legs are often wobbly and fatigued.
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
They are always sore, achy and tight.
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
I had a massive headache
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