Long COVID with fatigue, chest pain and PEM, now recovered after the Lightning Process
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 8 months
- Last post
- Sep 2026
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I’m back to 100% after long haul following catching Covid (for the 3rd time) last October.
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
climbing the stairs was puffing me out ... A 20 minute walk a day felt like my maximum and anything more would make me feel a ‘crash’.
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
I just completed an end-to-end cycle of the uk, 985 miles, over the last 2 weeks - something that seemed impossible not that long ago.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
following catching Covid (for the 3rd time) last October
Read from 22 of their posts and comments; links to the 11 this page draws on
Summary
Acorn 32823 got long COVID after a third COVID infection in October 2022, with fatigue, chest pain, PEM and recurrent flu-like symptoms, and was off work by February. Supplements, antihistamines and acupuncture gave little. Reframing symptoms as a faulty alarm, walking and cycling more, and the Lightning Process brought full recovery in about eight months; later rough patches followed, but in 2026 they cycled 985 miles.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Nattokinase · Worse
Started Nattokinase 2000 FUs once daily this week and pretty much immediately felt a nausea that has been with me since
In context ↗ - lysosomal vitamin C · Worse
I think the post mentioned taking it alongside lysosomal vitamin C but the combo gave me weird nausea, so I stopped after a few days
In context ↗ - Apolactoferrin · No change
binned off all the supplements I was taking at some point as they just didn’t seem to be working
In context ↗ - Fexofenadine · Helped
For context I am taking Apolactoferrin, Fexofenadine, Famotidine ... found limited relief from these
- vitamin D/C · No change
I tried all sorts of supplements (Natto, iron, dlpa, probiotics, vitamin D/C, L Argenine, etc.) and while I sometimes found temporary relief, this generally petered out
In context ↗ - acupuncture · No change
I was paying £70 for every hour of acupuncture and a lot more on supplements before, and that got me nowhere
In context ↗ - walking, working more and cycling · Helped a lot
immediately began to walk more, up my working hours, and soon after get back on my bike
In context ↗ - mind-body understanding and self-invented techniques · Helped a lot
most of my recovery I put down to simply understanding that my symptoms weren’t something to worry about
In context ↗ - Lightning Process · Helped a lot
I then discovered the lightning process, which helped me shake the last bit of my symptoms.
In context ↗ - SSRIs · Helped
it helped steer me away from catastrophising when things were more difficult and stay a bit more positive overall
In context ↗
Approaches: Brain retraining · Exercise and activity · Other drugs and medicines
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. 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 | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2022 | long COVID after a third COVID infectionI experienced recurrent illness and a whole host of symptoms, struggled to keep workingIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| February 2023 | off work for a long periodended up missing work for a long period from FebruaryIn context ↗ | Moderate | |
| mid-2023 | back at 3 days a week but worseningthen gradually working back up to 3 days a week ... I felt myself getting worse week on weekIn context ↗ | Moderate | |
| June 2023 | reframed symptoms and began walking, working and cycling moreimmediately began to walk more, up my working hours, and soon after get back on my bikeIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| July 2023 | back to 100% after Lightning ProcessI’m back to 100% after long haulIn context ↗ | Recovered | Lightning Process |
| 2023-2026 | periods of difficulty triggered by stress or illnessit wasn’t all smooth sailing since, with periods of difficulty, often triggered by stress or illnessIn context ↗ | Not stated | |
| September 2026 | completed a 985-mile end-to-end cycle of the UKI just completed an end-to-end cycle of the uk, 985 miles, over the last 2 weeksIn context ↗ | Recovered |
Adverse events
- Nattokinase“Started Nattokinase 2000 FUs once daily this week and pretty much immediately felt a nausea that has been with me since” In context ↗ Side effects
- Nattokinase“I think the post mentioned taking it alongside lysosomal vitamin C but the combo gave me weird nausea, so I stopped after a few days” In context ↗ Side effects
- “a couple even made me feel sort of dizzy” In context ↗ Side effects
- Antidepressants (unspecified)“It was a little wobbly for the first few weeks but I don’t notice it at all now.” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
A 20 minute walk a day felt like my maximum and anything more would make me feel a ‘crash’.
In context ↗ - Flu-like symptoms
I would have good periods, and then suddenly feel exhausted one day or flare up with a really bad cold every few weeks.
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
real and physical symptoms of fatigue, chest pains, PEM, and recurrent cold/flu like symptoms
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
Anxiety certainly came into it
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
climbing the stairs was puffing me out
In context ↗
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