Long COVID tingling and pain in hands and feet, now symptom free after weaning off LDN
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 6 months
- Last post
- Sep 2026
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I personally had a form of LC for 6 months and then completely recovered.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I’m an exhausted middle school teacher
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
I personally had a form of LC for 6 months and then completely recovered.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
got Covid 3 months ago and the SFN came on immediately
Read from 31 of their posts and comments; links to the 12 this page draws on
Summary
Stream 40545 caught COVID in August 2023 and from day three had tingling and pain in their hands and feet, their only long-COVID symptom. Aleve, rest, magnesium glycinate, B12, physical therapy and low-dose naltrexone (4.5 mg) were followed by the symptom fading, and it was gone after six months. It returned in August 2024; they later reported being symptom free again by 2026 after weaning off LDN.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Paxlovid · Not said
I took Paxlovid and had an otherwise mild case, testing negative on Day 6.
In context ↗ - Aleve · Helped
I have just discovered that Aleve relieves my tinglign and pain almost completely
In context ↗ - Advil · Helped
Rest and occasional Advil helped me too but don’t overdo it with the Advil.
In context ↗ - Magnesium glycinate · Helped
4.5 mg LDN and magnesium glycinate (2 pills twice daily) reversed my pain in hands and feet
In context ↗ - LDN (low dose naltrexone) · Helped a lot
4.5 mg LDN got rid of my Long Covid tingling and pain in my hands and feet
In context ↗ - Physical therapy and home exercises · Helped
Low dose naltrexone, magnesium glycinate, and physical therapy/stretching all helped me!
In context ↗ - Rest and sleep · Helped
5) Lots of rest and hydration
In context ↗ - Avoidance of alcohol and cold temperatures · Helped
7) Avoidance of things that could be irritating, including alcohol and cold temperatures
In context ↗
Approaches: Other drugs and medicines · Radical rest · 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. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | COVID infection, tingling and pain in hands and feet from day 3I got Covid in August and suffered with tingling and pain in my hands and feet from the 3rd day of Covid onwardIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2023-11-20 | Aleve relieved tingling and painAleve relieves my tinglign and pain almost completely, starting right after I take itIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2023-11-30 | over a week free of tingling after Aleve, rest, LDN, magnesium, B12 and PTI’ve finally had over a week free of this tinglingIn context ↗ | Mild | Low-dose naltrexone |
| 2024-02 | tingling and pain gone about six months after infectionit was seemingly completely gone as of the beginning of February. So it lasted just under 6 monthsIn context ↗ | Recovered | Low-dose naltrexone |
| 2024-08-28 | pain and tingling returned in hands and one toeHowever, it is now back, mostly just in my hands and one toeIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2024-11-17 | LDN cleared the tingling and pain again4.5 mg LDN got rid of my Long Covid tingling and pain in my hands and feetIn context ↗ | Recovered | Low-dose naltrexone |
| 2026-07-25 | symptom free after weaning off LDNI’ve now weaned off of the LDN and can sleep a normal 8 hours and am still symptom freeIn context ↗ | Recovered |
Adverse events
- Low-dose naltrexone“have had only mild insomnia at the beginning of taking ldn, nothing after” In context ↗ Insomnia from treatment
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Neuropathy & tingling
Tingling and pain in my hands and feet. I’m pretty early on
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