Long COVID with post-exertional malaise, now fully recovered after a self-healing series
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Jun 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
doing too much (more than 1 thing/day) on the days I do feel I can handle that, makes me absolutely worthless the next day
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
doing too much (more than 1 thing/day) on the days I do feel I can handle that, makes me absolutely worthless the next day
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
Yep, all gone, I made a full recovery.
In context ↗
Read from 5 of their posts and comments; links to the 4 this page draws on
Summary
Pebble 11299 described post-exertional malaise, saying that doing more than one thing a day left them 'absolutely worthless the next day'; coffee made them feel 'so much more alive for a few hours.' In June 2024 they wrote that all their symptoms were gone and they had made a full recovery. They credited Nicole Sachs' YouTube 'healing yourself' series and taking her advice.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- coffee · Helped
When I drink a coffee I feel so much more alive for a few hours, it really helps me mentally because of that too.
In context ↗ - antihistamines · No change
Do you actually notice any difference on days that you are vs aren’t taking antihistamines? I don’t
In context ↗ - Nicole sachs’ YouTube channel, the healing yourself series · Helped a lot
What helped me was Nicole sachs’ YouTube channel, the healing yourself series and taking her advice.
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Approaches: Brain retraining
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. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-17 | post-exertional malaise; overexertion caused next-day collapseI find that doing too much (more than 1 thing/day) on the days I do feel I can handle that, makes me absolutely worthless the next day.In context ↗ | Moderate |
| 2024-06-29 | full recovery after Nicole Sachs' healing seriesYep, all gone, I made a full recovery.In context ↗ | Recovered |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
I find that doing too much (more than 1 thing/day) on the days I do feel I can handle that, makes me absolutely worthless the next day.
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