Long COVID stomach pain, neuropathy and insomnia, somewhat better; gluten-free helped
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 9 months
- Last post
- Feb 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
if I am experiencing long-term effects from COVID
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
The stomach discomfort slowly faded away, and the neuropathy started to subside.
In context ↗
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
Woke in May 2023 with burning stomach pain, then neuropathy in the calf and ankle and insomnia with repeated night waking and an adrenaline-like surge. Going gluten-free eased the stomach pain and neuropathy, and a holiday stopped the insomnia briefly before it returned. Sedative herbs and extended-release melatonin helped sleep; nitric oxide boosters made symptoms worse. They wondered about long COVID or dysautonomia.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- cut out gluten · Helped
prompting me to cut out gluten, which did help. The stomach discomfort slowly faded away, and the neuropathy started to subside
In context ↗ - nitric oxide boosters like citrulline · Worse
I've noticed that these boosters seem to exacerbate the symptoms I’ve had
In context ↗ - Melatonin · Helped
Regular Melatonin ... Extended release 10mg melatonin
In context ↗ - Glycine · No change
Doesn’t work: ... Glycine
In context ↗ - Inositol · Worse
Inositol (makes insomnia way worse)
In context ↗ - Magnesium · No change
Doesn’t work: ... Magnesium
In context ↗ - Valerian+kava+passionflower+theanine · Helped
What helps: Valerian+kava+passionflower+theanine (none work individually)
In context ↗
Approaches: Diet
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | After |
|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | woke with burning stomach pain; needed to eat to get back to sleepIt all started last May. I woke up with a burning pain in my stomach, and the only way I could get back to sleep was to eat something.In context ↗ | |
| mid 2023 | gluten-free diet eased stomach pain and neuropathyprompting me to cut out gluten, which did help ... The stomach discomfort slowly faded away, and the neuropathy started to subside.In context ↗ | Gluten-free diet |
| August 2023 | insomnia stopped during a vacationafter a vacation in August, the insomnia temporarily ceasedIn context ↗ | |
| January 2024 | insomnia returned a few weeks before the postthe insomnia temporarily ceased, only to return a few weeks ago without other symptomsIn context ↗ | |
| February 2024 | still waking several times a night, otherwise would be okIf I can get this sleep thing resolved, then I think I’ll be ok.In context ↗ |
Adverse events
- Nitric-oxide boosters (beetroot, arginine, citrulline)“I've noticed that these boosters seem to exacerbate the symptoms I’ve had.” In context ↗ Made symptoms worse
- Inositol“Inositol (makes insomnia way worse)” In context ↗ Insomnia from treatment
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Sleep problems
the insomnia temporarily ceased, only to return a few weeks ago without other symptoms
In context ↗ - Gut problems
I woke up with a burning pain in my stomach
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
neuropathy in my calf and ankle area, persisting day and night
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
increasing my heart rate
In context ↗
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