Unable to get out of bed with long COVID, now recovered after low-dose naltrexone
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 4 years
- Last post
- Sep 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Vaccine injured here in 2021 with AstraZeneca vaccine.
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
I was the wife and the mother of two baby girls and I couldn’t get out of bed.
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
I am completely recovered with no reoccurring symptoms. I can drink , eat whatever I want , stay up late, exercise hard etc
In context ↗ - Began after: a vaccination
Vaccine injured here in 2021 with AstraZeneca vaccine.
In context ↗
Read from 23 of their posts and comments; links to the 10 this page draws on
Summary
An Australian mother of two became ill in 2021 after an AstraZeneca COVID vaccine, with over 40 neurological symptoms including neuropathy, trigeminal neuralgia, tinnitus, MCAS and insomnia; she was unable to get out of bed and was hospitalised several times. She credits 18 months of low-dose naltrexone (up to 4.5 mg) and two years of Prozac (20 mg), plus rest, sun, faith and brain retraining. By four years she reported complete recovery.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Prozac · Helped a lot
I also tried Prozac for 2 years ( this really really helped me 20mg )
In context ↗ - LDN · Helped
I tried ldn for 18 months and I do believe it helped . I got up to 4.5mg
In context ↗ - Low histamine · Helped
Low histamine worked for a while then I tried carnivore then keto.
In context ↗ - carnivore then keto · Not said
then I tried carnivore then keto
In context ↗ - eating whole foods as healthily as possible · Helped
I found eating as healthy as I can, getting loads and loads of rest and sun really helped in my recovery
In context ↗ - John Sarno / mind-body work · Helped
it wasn’t until I really started doing the work that I began to stop relapsing ... John sarno , the mind body prescription is highly recommended
In context ↗ - brain retraining videos · Helped
I watched loads of brain retraining utube videos along with many books, this helped a lot.
In context ↗ - prayer and faith in Jesus Christ · Helped a lot
I have to attribute my healing to my faith in Jesus Christ . I prayed and I sang to Jesus every single day
In context ↗ - grounding · Helped
grounding was amazing too
In context ↗ - massaging SCM and trapezius muscles / back nobber · Helped
I found massaging the SCM muscle very helpful and the trapeze muscle extremely helpful for this.
In context ↗ - many supplements and medicines · Not said
I tried many many supplements and medicines.
In context ↗
Approaches: SSRIs · Alternative therapies · Brain retraining · Diet · Pacing · Supplements
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | AstraZeneca COVID vaccine injuryVaccine injured here in 2021 with AstraZeneca vaccine.In context ↗ | Severe | |
| 2021 | mostly in bed, hospitalised several timesI was the wife and the mother of two baby girls and I couldn’t get out of bed.In context ↗ | Severe | |
| 2023 | strength slowly returningSlowly slowly I got my strength backIn context ↗ | Moderate | Low-dose naltrexone |
| 2024-05-29 | most days feeling fully recovered, some bad daysI would say most days I feel fully recovered.In context ↗ | Near normal | |
| 2024-07-16 | back to normalI’d say I’m back to normal.In context ↗ | Near normal | |
| 2025-09-04 | completely recovered, no recurring symptomsI am completely recovered with no reoccurring symptoms.In context ↗ | Recovered |
Adverse events
- Low-dose naltrexone“I got up to 4.5mg ( I was rapidly putting weight on )” In context ↗ Side effects
- Low-dose naltrexone“It was a little rocky the first couple of weeks coming off but now it’s completely fine.” In context ↗ Withdrawal problems
- Low-dose naltrexone“Definitely adjustment like crashes Took 2 weeks to normalise When I was weaning off I would experience your same” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Neuropathy & tingling
Neuropathy ( bad !) ( this lasted the longest and was the first to come on) ... Trigeminal neuralgia
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
I had long bouts of occipital pain and neuralgia.
In context ↗ - Hair loss
Hair falling out
In context ↗ - Brain fog
Couldn’t read or concentrate
In context ↗ - Vision problems
Flashing lights in eyes/ visual snow
In context ↗
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