Long COVID with DPDR, anxiety and brain fog, much better after therapy and diet
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2.5 years
- Last post
- Jan 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I feel that I had Covid back in September of 2021 and my life was flip up side down for a while.
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
after 3 years I can say it gets better I’m about 80 percent better than what I was before
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I feel that I had Covid back in September of 2021
Summary
A 21-year-old became ill after a suspected COVID infection in September 2021, with DPDR, major anxiety, visual snow and brain fog that left them feeling they were losing their mind. They began feeling better after about two and a half years and by January 2025 rated themselves about 80% better. They credited therapy, a keto or carnivore diet, vitamin D, vitamin C, ashwagandha and cold plunging, and said recovery takes time.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- therapy · Helped
I say the biggest thing that has help is therapy
In context ↗ - keto or carnivore diet · Helped
eating better like keto or carnivore diet
In context ↗ - cold plunging · Helped
I threw the kitchen sink at it from therapy, eating right, cold plunging, red light therapy and taking vitamins
In context ↗ - vitamin D · Helped
supplementing with D,C,ashwagandha
In context ↗ - time · Helped
You do get better it just takes time that’s the biggest thing to remember!!
In context ↗
Approaches: CBT & mindset · Alternative therapies · Diet · Supplements
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 |
|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | suspected COVID; DPDR, major anxiety, visual snow and brain fogI feel that I had Covid back in September of 2021 and my life was flip up side down for a while.In context ↗ | |
| about two and a half years after onset | started feeling betterI say it took two almost two and a half years before I started feeling better.In context ↗ | Time and spontaneous remission |
| January 2025 | about 80% better than beforeafter 3 years I can say it gets better I’m about 80 percent better than what I was before.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
visual snow and brain fog
In context ↗
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