Long COVID with severe anxiety and brain fog, now recovered after mind-body work and DARE
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 6 months
- Last post
- Feb 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I'm only about a month out from my first Covid symptom onset ... I'm currently in the process of getting over long covid as well
- At worst: Mild
IM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL AND LUCKY to be functioning enough to be back at work(i know others have it way worse than me), its definitely sub optimal
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
I'm recovered and feel like my old self. Feel free to ask me anything.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I'm only about a month out from my first Covid symptom onset
In context ↗
Read from 22 of their posts and comments; links to the 11 this page draws on
Summary
Dew 29907 developed long COVID after a COVID infection in early 2022, with severe anxiety, insomnia, brain fog, headaches and breathlessness; a month in they were back at work but suboptimal. They credited mind-body/TMS acceptance work, the DARE app, meditation and slowly increasing activity, and were slowly better by 6.5 months. After a setback from life stressors, by February 2025 they reported being recovered.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- hypnosis/meditation · Helped
I have had some success with hypnosis/meditation ... Meditation/gentle yoga daily helps a ton.
- long COVID TMS recovery stories (Rebecca Tolin, Dan Buglio, CFSRecovery) · Helped a lot
Fostering a mindset of hope rather than fear by watching recovery stories was the biggest help.
In context ↗ - nervous system retraining / changing response to symptoms · Helped a lot
mind body stuff, including emotional work and mindset, is the only thing that has made noticeable improvements in my symptoms.
In context ↗ - cold shower · Not said
I’m about to hop in a cold shower to help my constant fight/flight mode
In context ↗ - DARE app · Helped
It has helped my recovery and mindset more than anything else I have tried!
In context ↗ - mouth taping · Helped
Mouth taping helped my sleep a ton.
In context ↗ - supplements · Helped
Maybe supplements I tried which were dozens, would help for a week or two as a placebo effect because I believed it would help me
In context ↗ - slowly increasing activity · Helped
Had to slowly up my activity, and respond to any symptoms that showed up with indifference and calm instead of fear.
In context ↗ - polyvagal exercises · Helped
Started to do poly vagal exercises to calm my nervous system.
In context ↗
Approaches: CBT & mindset · Brain retraining · Physiotherapy and rehab · Vagus nerve stimulation
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. The chart starts 1 month after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-01 | initial long COVID illness after COVID infectionI'm only about a month out from my first Covid symptom onsetIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2022-05-19 | improvement after mind-body/TMS workI'm currently in the process of getting over long covid as well - and have seen improvement since looking into these recovery stories using the Mind-body connection.In context ↗ | Mild | Sarno / TMS / somatic tracking / JournalSpeak |
| 2022-07-24 | slowly getting better with lingering symptomsI'm so so thankful to be getting slowly better (im 6.5 months out)In context ↗ | Mild | Sarno / TMS / somatic tracking / JournalSpeak |
| 2023-08-21 | setback after big unexpected life stressorsI finally had gotten to periods of feeling fully recovered, but had some really big unexpected life stressors happen that set me back a bitIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2025-02-03 | months with no symptoms, occasional stress-related symptomsI'm better. I've had months with no symptoms whatsoever.In context ↗ | Near normal | Sarno / TMS / somatic tracking / JournalSpeak |
| 2025-02-17 | reported recovered and feeling like old selfI'm recovered and feel like my old self.In context ↗ | Recovered | Sarno / TMS / somatic tracking / JournalSpeak |
Adverse events
- “Taking things, was basically continually telling myself that I was broken and needed to take some magic pill or treatment to “fix” me, it was terrifying.” In context ↗ Mood or psychiatric effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
The pem was tricky because I had been convinced that I would crash if I did more
In context ↗ - Brain fog
brain fog as my main symptoms
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
INSOMNIA that makes me think i'm going to die or go crazy
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
headache that feels like my brain is inflammed
In context ↗ - Gut problems
burning in my stomach and below my sternum
In context ↗ - Light & noise sensitivity
hyper sensitivity to any loud noises
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
shortness of breath or feeling like my automatic breathing isn't working
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
tingling in limbs
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
SEVERE anxiety, bouts of bad depression
In context ↗
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