Headaches and limb pain with long COVID, now nearly back to normal after supplements
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2 years
- Last post
- May 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I was getting better with my long covid after my second round of covid
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I can’t go work in person because my legs and have to see patients remotely, though I’m thankful I’m able to work at all
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
things got better (or perhaps I’ve learned how to manage/..) on its own so I stopped going to my doctor for long covid symptoms
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
Do you think it’s odd my symptoms started nearly a year after I was infected?
Read from 6 of their posts and comments; links to the 5 this page draws on
Summary
Petrel 15340, a psychologist, developed long COVID in May 2022 with constant headaches, limb pain and numbness and tingling in the hands and feet. Supplements and cutting out food triggers left them 95% healed by August, and taurine, turmeric and quercetin later eased leg aches and tingling. A COVID reinfection brought hip and leg pain back, and by May 2024 symptoms had improved enough that they stopped going to their doctor for long COVID symptoms.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Zyrtec · Not said
I have taken Zyrtec every day since I was 21.
In context ↗ - Tylenol and ibuprofen · Not said
I also have taken Tylenol and ibuprofen for headaches lately.
In context ↗ - supplements · Helped
Since then I started taking supplements and cut out some food triggers and have felt 95% healed.
In context ↗ - taurine · Helped
I’ve been taking taurine, turmeric, and quercetin to help with my muscle and joint pain. They have helped with inflammation and nerve healing.
In context ↗
Approaches: Diet
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. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | long COVID symptoms began: constant headache, hip, leg and arm pain, numbness and tinglingmy long haul symptoms that started in May (constant headache, hip pain, leg pain, arm pain, numbness in tingling in hand and feet extremities)In context ↗ | Mild |
| August 2022 | felt 95% healed after supplements and cutting out food triggersSince then I started taking supplements and cut out some food triggers and have felt 95% healedIn context ↗ | Near normal |
| August 2022 (last week) | crashed with hip and leg pain after COVID reinfectionYesterday and this morning I’m experiencing hip and leg pain like no otherIn context ↗ | Mild |
| September 2022 | less leg aches and tingling on taurine, turmeric and quercetinI’ve noticed less leg aches and tinglingIn context ↗ | Mild |
| December 2022 | getting better with long covidI was getting better with my long covid after my second round of covidIn context ↗ | Mild |
| May 2024 | symptoms improved enough that they stopped seeing their doctor for long covidthings got better (or perhaps I’ve learned how to manage/..) on its own so I stopped going to my doctor for long covid symptomsIn context ↗ | Near normal |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Neuropathy & tingling
numbness in tingling in hand and feet extremities
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
Since may I had bad migraines that I now link to long covid but they went away this week
In context ↗
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