Long COVID with palpitations and digestive trouble, now recovered after probiotics
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- May 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
What really took away all my longc symptoms was fixing the gut.
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I got back into the swing and did a 10 miler a few days ago.
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
What really took away all my longc symptoms was fixing the gut.
In context ↗ - Began after: nothing they could name
Before I knew what was going on I was dealing with it for 8+ years.
Read from 27 of their posts and comments; links to the 18 this page draws on
Summary
Reported symptoms for over eight years; a month of high-dose thiamine ended the tremors, headaches and anxiety. After COVID infections came PVCs, palpitations, food sensitivities and digestive trouble, and a stool test found the gut bacteria had been wiped out. Months of daily high-dose probiotics cleared the palpitations and digestion, and they credited fixing the gut for removing their long COVID symptoms.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- high dose thiamine · Helped
The tremors and headaches and anxiety has gone away after a month of high dose thiamine.
In context ↗ - ivermectin · Helped a lot
Took it for five days and it stopped covid from progressing to my lungs.
In context ↗ - zinc · Helped
next day after I took ivermectin/zinc pretty much all my symptoms disappeared
In context ↗ - quercetin · Helped
500mg of quercetin a day. ... Seems like this took care of the inflammation.
In context ↗ - black seed · Helped
black seed, vitamin c and zinc. These meds eradicated almost all symptoms in about a day
In context ↗ - vitamin c · Helped
vitamin c and zinc. These meds eradicated almost all symptoms in about a day
In context ↗ - vitamin d · Not said
I took ivermectin, zinc, vitamin c, vitamin d and doxycycline for secondary sinus infection.
In context ↗ - chanca piedra and cistus incannus tea · Helped
Cured all my heart and breathlessness issues from Lyme disease.
In context ↗ - sinus rinses with a neti pot · Not said
Not sure if this has anything to do with my recovery but I've been doing sinus rinses with a netipot.
In context ↗ - running · Helped
Got back into running.. Seems like the more I sweat, the better I feel.
In context ↗ - curcumin and turmeric · Helped
500mg of curcumin a day. ... 2500mg of turmeric a day.
In context ↗ - bromelain · Helped
Curcumin, bromelain and nattokinse or lumbrokinase? ... I was feeling crappy but these things have turned the beat around for me.
In context ↗ - lumbrokinase · Helped
Lumnrokinase daily two hours before bed. ... Seems like this took care of the inflammation.
In context ↗ - nattokinase · Worse
I can't take nattokinase because it makes me feel funny.
In context ↗ - fasting · Helped
I was fasting long before covid and yes...always felt great benefit from it.
In context ↗ - physician's choice 60 billion pre/probiotic · Worse
I've tried that probiotic and it made me feel a bit off.
In context ↗ - L. acidophilus, B. longum and B. subtilis · Helped a lot
Palpitations lessened after a week or two..went completely away after a month or two.
In context ↗
Approaches: Anticoagulants · Exercise and activity · Other drugs and medicines · Supplements
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, in the order they describe; they don’t give enough times to place each step. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| onset | eight or more years of symptoms later found to be thiamine deficiencyBefore I knew what was going on I was dealing with it for 8+ years. I wondered if I would ever have a normal life again.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| July 2022 | high-dose thiamine; tremors, headaches and anxiety goneThe tremors and headaches and anxiety has gone away after a month of high dose thiamine.In context ↗ | Mild | Thiamine / benfotiamine |
| January 2024 | COVID infection; PVCs, palpitations, food sensitivities and gut problemscovid wiped out my gut microbiome giving me palpitations and food sensitivities and other stuff.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| May 2024 | gut fix with high-dose probiotics; palpitations and digestion normalWhat really took away all my longc symptoms was fixing the gut.In context ↗ | Recovered | Probiotics and fermented foods |
Adverse events
- Lumbrokinase, Nattokinase“I can't take nattokinase because it makes me feel funny. I take lumbrokinase and I started small with one capsule a day.” In context ↗ Side effects
- Probiotics and fermented foods“I've tried that probiotic and it made me feel a bit off.” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Headaches & migraine
The tremors and headaches and anxiety has gone away after a month of high dose thiamine.
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
I had uptick in PVCs after covid and I was able to fix them by taking probiotics.
In context ↗ - Gut problems
I had palpitations and digestion problems.
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
Cured all my heart and breathlessness issues from Lyme disease.
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
Radiating right pain in rib cage that was random and sporadic.
In context ↗
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