Long COVID with insomnia and mast cell problems, now recovered after high-dose steroids
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Dec 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
long covid/food issues/mast cell went away
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
High steroid regiment with taper cured me and relieved my symptoms once my body got back to normal I was able to sleep.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
long covid/food issues/mast cell went away
In context ↗
Summary
Rain 79990 reported long COVID with insomnia, food issues and mast cell problems. They said a high-dose steroid regimen with a taper cured them and relieved their symptoms, and that once their body returned to normal they could sleep again and the long COVID, food issues and mast cell problems went away. They theorised their immune system had been overactive and the steroids calmed it down.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- High steroid regiment with taper · Helped a lot
High steroid regiment with taper cured me and relieved my symptoms once my body got back to normal I was able to sleep. ... long covid/food issues/mast cell went away
Approaches: Other drugs and medicines
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 | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| onset | long COVID with insomnia, food issues and mast cell problemslong covid/food issues/mast cell went awayIn context ↗ | Not stated | |
| — | high-dose steroid regimen with taper; able to sleep againHigh steroid regiment with taper cured me and relieved my symptoms once my body got back to normal I was able to sleepIn context ↗ | Recovered | Corticosteroid pulses |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Sleep problems
once my body got back to normal I was able to sleep
In context ↗ - Gut problems
long covid/food issues/mast cell went away
In context ↗
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