Bedridden with long COVID, now much better and crediting microcurrent for sleep
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 3 years
- Last post
- Dec 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
ever since I have been dealing with long COVID
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
an acute infection that left me bedridden
In context ↗ - Now: Much better
for the most part everything is better except I still have some sleep issues and headaches
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
contracting covid 30 months ago
Read from 11 of their posts and comments; links to the 8 this page draws on
Summary
Mesa 49014 developed long COVID after a COVID infection in late 2021, leaving them bedridden. They had anxiety, insomnia, exercise intolerance, brain fog, headaches and breathlessness. They credited almost daily frequency-specific microcurrent with helping them sleep, and said they were later able to exercise again in small increments; they also saw a chronic pain therapist and a functional medicine doctor as part of their recovery. By late 2024 they still had sleep problems and headaches but felt almost normal some days.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- frequency specific microcurrent treatment · Helped a lot
I’ve used it almost daily since I got my own machine and it has helped by far more than anything else I’ve tried.
In context ↗ - chronic pain therapy · Helped
My chronic pain therapy has been so helpful in overcoming symptoms that don’t need to be bothering me anymore.
In context ↗ - weight training / exercise · Worse
I still can’t strength train without ínstense insomnia, head pain, and heart rate elevation
In context ↗ - THC · Worse
About 2 years later it just messes up my sleep.
In context ↗ - more protein, salt and fluids · Helped
What works for me is eating more protein, not shying away from salt, and drinking lots of fluids.
In context ↗
Approaches: CBT & mindset · POTS medication · Alternative therapies
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11 | acute COVID infection left them bedriddenThree years and one month ago I had an acute infection that left me bedriddenIn context ↗ | Severe | |
| 2024-05-29 | daily frequency-specific microcurrent; able to exercise in small incrementsit has been an integral part in my recoveryIn context ↗ | Mild | Microcurrent |
| 2024-07-29 | almost all symptoms improved; insomnia remained most debilitatingalmost all have improved in some way and some haven’t returned. My most debilitating remaining symptom is insomnia.In context ↗ | Mild | |
| 2024-12-09 | chronic pain therapy, functional medicine and flexible work; began exercising; almost normal some daysI truly feel almost normal a few days a week and I am improving every day.In context ↗ | Mild | CBT and psychotherapy |
Adverse events
- Cannabis (THC, marijuana)“For me initially it hurt my heart and chest but numbed pain elsewhere a little bit.” In context ↗ Side effects
- Cannabis (THC, marijuana)“it just messes up my sleep. Thc prevents you from reaching quality rem sleep while still in your system so my insomnia just gets worse now” In context ↗ Insomnia from treatment
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
still can’t strength train without ínstense insomnia, head pain, and heart rate elevation
In context ↗ - Brain fog
I had really bad brain fog and sleep issues
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
I still have some sleep issues and headaches
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
Headaches and breathlessness I felt like my chest was on fire
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
heart palpitations
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
Now my anxiety sort of perpetuates some of those symptoms
In context ↗
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