Long COVID brain fog and psychosis, mostly in bed, now near normal after fasting and diet
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 5 years
- Last post
- Mar 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
got infected April 2020 (so 5 years with LC)
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
I would spend the entire day on my bed overthinking, I couldn't drive as I was "lost"
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
I'm now at 90% better within 2 years.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I got Covid in April 2020.
Read from 11 of their posts and comments; links to the 8 this page draws on
Summary
Caught COVID in April 2020 aged 25; brain fog, paranoia, psychosis, lost smell and severe gastritis followed, and he spent summer 2020 and early 2021 largely on his bed, unable to drive or cross the street. From February 2021 he credits water fasting, long walks, semen retention, a carnivore-type diet and cold showers for reaching about 90% better by 2023 and improving further. Reduced smell, constant overthinking and 80 pounds of weight gain remain.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Water Fasting · Helped a lot
A 6 Day water fast with daily long walks 5+ hours per day is what made me 70% better.
In context ↗ - Long walks in nature · Helped
Taking long walks is what helped me
In context ↗ - Hard Dry fast · Helped
A Hard Dry fast and then water fasting will reduce inflammation and make You better within a few weeks.
In context ↗ - Carnivore Diet (Lion Diet, red meat only) · Helped
I definitely feel that a meat diet with fasting and cold showers reduces inflammation and improves many things!
In context ↗ - Cold showers / cold plunges / cold water swimming · Helped
Cold showers have also helped
In context ↗ - Semen retention · Helped
With Semen Retention it becomes non existent
In context ↗ - Intermittent Fasting · Helped
semen retention and intermittent fasting and with time I'm now at 90% better within 2 years
In context ↗
Approaches: Alternative therapies · Diet · Mind-body practices
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | COVID infection while travelling; stuffed nose next morningI got Covid in April 2020. I remember I took a shower and slept with the A.C blasting.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| summer 2020 to April 2021 | bedbound, confused, paranoid, could not drive or cross the streetI would spend the entire day on my bed overthinking, I couldn't driveIn context ↗ | Severe | |
| February 2021 | started water fasting and long walks, began feeling betterAround February 2021 I started water fasting and taking long walks in nature (6 hour walks along the coast and surrounding towns). I started feeling betterIn context ↗ | Moderate | Extended water fasting (3+ days) |
| September 2023 | reports 90% better after fasting, walks, semen retention, diet and cold exposureFrom there semen retention and intermittent fasting and with time I'm now at 90% better within 2 years.In context ↗ | Near normal | Extended water fasting (3+ days) |
| March 2025 | better each year but mental chaos and reduced smell persistI’m wayyy better each year especially keeping busy helpsIn context ↗ | Near normal |
Adverse events
- Dry fasting“Max is 7 days, I've done 4 days (my max) and felt like shit but it has awesome benefits for the body.” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
I started having brain fog and daydreaming
In context ↗ - Loss of smell or taste
my sense of smell has returned to about 50% and I still have a little parosmia
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
Tons of anxiety, negative thinking, obsessing over everything
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
Frequent headaches, also maybe because of the olfactory damage.
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
if I can’t sleep and have insomnia
In context ↗ - Gut problems
in 2020 they said I have gastritis
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
By June 2020 I had gotten very weak, I could even lift heavy things
In context ↗ - Flu-like symptoms
The next morning I woke Up with a stuffed nose completely.
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
I woke up with a stuffed nose and a stabbing pain behind my chest
In context ↗
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