Long COVID
Outcome unclear
Long COVID with loss of taste and trouble with screens; tried tinted glasses and nutrition
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Apr 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
r/covidlonghaulers ... Eating Solids is a struggle just cause of the lack of taste
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Read from 5 of their posts and comments; links to the 5 this page draws on
Summary
Alpine 62900, a long COVID patient, described yellow-tinted gaming glasses that made looking at screens less annoying, and said that after about a week of steady use something really opened them up. They said nutrition mellowed their anxiety, and that loss of taste made eating solids a struggle with a gag reflex, so pudding, milkshakes and a GNC powder helped them regain weight and get vitamins.
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What they tried
Also tried
Myocare clinic massage and physical therapy· Helped a lotgaming glasses· Helpednutrition· HelpedGNC chocolate milkshake with vanilla pudding· Helped
Their words about each treatment
- gaming glasses · Helped
What helped for me afterwards was gaming glasses . The yellow tint that they provided makes looking at screens less annoying.
In context ↗ - Myocare clinic massage and physical therapy · Helped a lot
It helped tremendously. After about a week of steady use it really opened me up .
In context ↗ - nutrition · Helped
I’ve found that nutrition is key to mellow out the anxiety which causes the irritable behavior.
In context ↗ - GNC chocolate milkshake with vanilla pudding · Helped
that got the weight back but I wish I could have ate meat and protein but just being able to taste something was a relief.
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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 |
|---|---|
| — | long COVID, onset not datedWhat helped for me afterwards was gaming glasses .In context ↗ |
| 2022-05-12 | yellow-tinted gaming glasses made screen viewing less annoyingWhat helped for me afterwards was gaming glasses . The yellow tint that they provided makes looking at screens less annoying.In context ↗ |
| 2022-05-12 | breathing opened up after about a week of steady use of a treatmentIt helped tremendously. After about a week of steady use it really opened me up .In context ↗ |
| 2022-05-12 | anxiety mellowed with nutritionI’ve found that nutrition is key to mellow out the anxiety which causes the irritable behavior.In context ↗ |
| 2023-08-04 | regained weight with pudding and chocolate milkshakes; could taste some foodsthat got the weight back but I wish I could have ate meat and protein but just being able to taste something was a relief.In context ↗ |
| 2025-04-25 | still cannot eat solids for lack of taste, gag reflex; relies on milkshakes with a GNC powder for vitaminsEating Solids is a struggle just cause of the lack of taste which usually causes like a gaging reflex.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Light & noise sensitivity
The yellow tint that they provided makes looking at screens less annoying.
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
It helped tremendously. After about a week of steady use it really opened me up .
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I’ve found that nutrition is key to mellow out the anxiety which causes the irritable behavior.
In context ↗ - Loss of smell or taste
Eating Solids is a struggle just cause of the lack of taste which usually causes like a gaging reflex.
In context ↗ - Brain fog
Vanilla Jello Pudding , Coconut mixed in can trigger a brain boost.
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