Two and a half years of brain fog, tingling and panic, much better with nicotine patches
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2.5 years
- Last post
- Oct 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
The study below also confirms this inprovement of long covid symptoms using these nicotine patches.
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
Ik had chronic hyperventilation for 2.5 years. I couldnt even read a few sentences.
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
Nicotine patches have helped me enormously.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
The study below also confirms this improvement of long covid symptoms using these nicotine patches.
- Says they never had: POTS & dysautonomia
I dont have pots.
Read from 13 of their posts and comments; links to the 8 this page draws on
Summary
Dusk 74439 was ill for about two and a half years with chronic hyperventilation, brain fog, tingling and panic attacks, after first thinking it was burnout. Nicotine patches helped enormously, with improvement within two hours, and reading and memory became easier. Magnesium, copper, krill oil and astaxanthin, and later borage oil, helped remaining symptoms, and they still reported gains a year later.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- nicotine patches · Helped a lot
Nicotine patches have helped me enormously.
In context ↗ - copper · Helped a lot
Copper had by far the most impact om me after nicotine.
In context ↗ - magnesium chloride · Helped
These foot baths work much better than any pills.
In context ↗ - vitamin A · Helped
Have you looked at vitamin A? It helped me the most with anxiety.
In context ↗ - krill oil · Helped
At last krill oil and astaxanthin helped me for brain fog
In context ↗ - curcumin · Helped
Krill oil and curcumin also works against brain fog.
In context ↗ - brazil nuts, seaweed and trace minerals supplement · Not said
I take cashew nuts for copper, brazil nuts for selenium and trace minerals supplement for molybdenum/(manganese/borium) and seaweed for iodine
In context ↗ - borage oil · Helped a lot
taking 3000-4000mg borage oil ... Eliminated 95% of histamine issues
In context ↗ - cutting linoleic acid to max 5-6 gram · Helped
What also helped me for histamine issues was cutting linoleic acid to max 5-6 gram
In context ↗
Approaches: 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. 1 step has no time and sits in story order between the steps around it. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| onset | burnout-like illness with chronic hyperventilationI thought I had a burnout for a year. Ik had chronic hyperventilation for 2.5 years.In context ↗ | Moderate | |
| — | could barely read a few sentencesI couldnt even read a few sentences.In context ↗ | Moderate | |
| 2024-10-03 | nicotine patches gave relief within hoursThe nicotine patches massively helped me. ... Within 2 hours I saw improvement. | Mild | Nicotine patches |
| 2025-10-12 | still improving, histamine issues reduced with diet and borage oilNicotine patches helped for me. What also helped me for histamine issues was cutting linoleic acid to max 5-6 gram and taking 3000-4000mg borage oil.In context ↗ | Mild | Nicotine patches |
Adverse events
- Nicotine patches“In the first round you can get flu symptoms and immune reactions like eczema since your body recognizes covid, since covid gets wiped from the receptor. I had these reactions for a week.” In context ↗ Herx / die-off reaction
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
I couldnt even read a few sentences.
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
Ik had chronic hyperventilation for 2.5 years.
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
spasms at night, tingling, restless legs, sweating, panic attacks
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
spasms at night, tingling, restless legs
In context ↗ - Mast cell (MCAS) & allergies
Eliminated 95% of histamine issues
In context ↗
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