Long COVID, small tasks overwhelming, somewhat better with mitochondrial health management
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2 years
- Last post
- Aug 2026
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I think if you get the dose right with this stuff it can cure long covid
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
I’m in the same boat, struggling with energy overwhelmed by small tasks
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
It has very slowly gotten better over the course of 2 years, with exercise and mitochondria health management. I’d say my capacity is like I can go to the gym and do an intense workout but ill be in bed for 2 days
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I think if you get the dose right with this stuff it can cure long covid.
Summary
A Reddit user with long COVID for about two years said small tasks overwhelmed them; exercise and mitochondrial health management slowly improved capacity, so an intense gym workout now costs two days in bed. In August 2026 a friend-made mitochonic acid 5 made them feel beyond 100% healed for three or four days per dose and may have raised their baseline, though the effect peaked and faded.
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What they tried
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Their words about each treatment
- Mitochonic acid 5 · Helped a lot
One dose allowed me to do various aerobic activities and work and lasted for three or four days.
In context ↗ - exercise · Helped
It has very slowly gotten better over the course of 2 years, with exercise and mitochondria health management.
In context ↗
Approaches: Exercise and activity
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 | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~2024 | long COVID onset, energy limitedIt has very slowly gotten better over the course of 2 years, with exercise and mitochondria health management.In context ↗ | Moderate | |
| over 2 years | gradual gain in capacitymy capacity is like I can go to the gym and do an intense workout but ill be in bed for 2 daysIn context ↗ | Mild | Everyday exercise and activity |
| 2026-08-14 | felt beyond fully healed on mitochonic acid 5; one dose lasted three or four daysThis stuff has made me feel beyond 100% healed.In context ↗ | Near normal | |
| 2026-08-15 | effect peaked and wore off; baseline possibly higher but still limitedI’m in the same boat, struggling with energy overwhelmed by small tasks.In context ↗ | Mild |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
I can go to the gym and do an intense workout but ill be in bed for 2 days
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