Long COVID
Moderate → no benefitIll for 6 months
Long COVID breathlessness and severe anhedonia stopped them working, now no better
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill for
- 6 months
- Last post
- Oct 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
since my lc started ive just been trying to force myself to work
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
ive just been trying to force myself to work and kept bouncing until i admitted its not gonna work out until i have my old brain back.
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
I see no progress for 6 months so far
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
before covid zoloft worked for me im pretty sure but covid made it have zero effect
Read from 41 of their posts and comments; links to the 18 this page draws on
Summary
Vale 75250 developed long COVID in spring 2024, with breathlessness starting during a panic attack and severe anhedonia that stopped them working. Six months on they reported no progress: an asthma inhaler gave two days of relief, nicotine patches briefly lifted the anhedonia and pregabalin gave slight relief, and low-dose naltrexone felt slightly helpful, while six antidepressants, stimulants, antihistamines and NAC did nothing. A reinfection later set them back to the start.
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What they tried
Also tried
asthma inhaler· Helped · wore offnicotine patches· Helped · wore offpregabalin· HelpedLDN· Helpedstarving myself· Helped · wore offsnuffing tobacco· No changeconcerta· No changezoloft (sertraline)· No changewellbutrin (bupropion)· No changeantihistamines· No changeNAC· No changepsilocybin mushrooms· No changeduloxetine· Worsecoq10· Worsebromelain· Not saidnattokinase· Not said
Their words about each treatment
- asthma inhaler · Helped
after I breather that shit in 2 times, I finally saw improvement for the first time in 6 months
In context ↗ - snuffing tobacco · No change
it never worked so far and its been 3 months since yhe high started missing
In context ↗ - concerta · No change
Never felt any effect, even a tiny one... Even nothing changed when i stopped taking
In context ↗ - zoloft (sertraline) · No change
They honestly did nothing at all at best (zoloft, wellbutrin)
In context ↗ - duloxetine · Worse
its making my weirdo fatigue way worse and i cant take it anymore lol also it zeros my libido
In context ↗ - antihistamines · No change
Antihistamines have no effect on me and im finally stopping them after a month
In context ↗ - NAC · No change
For me it did literally nothing. I was taking it along with bromelain.
In context ↗ - bromelain · Not said
I was taking it along with bromelain.
In context ↗ - nattokinase · Not said
i had good mood and less headaches a day after taking it, but the next day ive got headaches and no will to do anything again so maybe it was placebo
In context ↗ - nicotine patches · Helped
on day 2 of my patch i felt my anhedonia lift hardcore. But sadly it stopped working on day 4 and even another pack of patches never had any effect
In context ↗ - psilocybin mushrooms · No change
I took 5 grams along with a friend, and he tripped while I felt like i ate literally nothing
In context ↗ - pregabalin · Helped
It FINALLY gave me slight relief on the second damn day! I took 150mg.
In context ↗ - coq10 · Worse
Is coq10 supposed to make me extremely sleepy? It does
In context ↗ - LDN · Helped
Im on 1mg and after a week i think im starting to feel slightly more normal!
In context ↗ - starving myself · Helped
It worked for me 2 months ago last time. Since then starving myself never ever improves my brain shit.
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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 after COVID; breathlessness began with a panic attackIt started with a panic attack (i never had obe before) randomly while i was shoppingIn context ↗ | Moderate | |
| 2024-06-06 | first relief from breathlessness with a different asthma inhalerI finally saw improvement for the first time in 6 monthsIn context ↗ | Moderate | |
| 2024-09-21 | slight improvement on low-dose naltrexoneIm on 1mg and after a week i think im starting to feel slightly more normal!In context ↗ | Moderate | Low-dose naltrexone |
| 2024-10-29 | reinfected a month earlier and set back to the very start, no progressI see no progress for 6 months so far ... i got reinfected a month ago and was set back to the very startIn context ↗ | Moderate |
Adverse events
- Duloxetine (Cymbalta)“its making my weirdo fatigue way worse and i cant take it anymore” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
- Duloxetine (Cymbalta)“also it zeros my libido” In context ↗ Side effects
- Duloxetine (Cymbalta)“made me way more depressed and fatigued and unmotivated at worst (like the fuckshit garbage fuck waste of my 6 weeks that was duloxetine)” In context ↗ Mood or psychiatric effects
- Nicotine patches“i thought they are making me insomniac and i steuggled to fall asleep” In context ↗ Insomnia from treatment
- CoQ10 / ubiquinol“Is coq10 supposed to make me extremely sleepy? It does” In context ↗ Side effects
- Nattokinase“the next day ive got headaches and no will to do anything again so maybe it was placebo” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Anxiety & low mood
I got anhedonia 2 months ago too
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
I have weird breathing like i can omly breath half the way in compared to before
In context ↗ - Brain fog
until i have my old brain back
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
the next day ive got headaches and no will to do anything again
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