Long COVID
Mild → somewhat betterIll 7 months before improving or writingNeeds ongoing treatment
Long COVID with gut and sleep problems, somewhat better with nicotine patches
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 7 months
- Last post
- Dec 2025
In their words
- At worst: Mild
I have been able to work and do grocery though but I was feeling depress and tied.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
I think I healed like 60% of my LC.
In context ↗
Read from 27 of their posts and comments; links to the 15 this page draws on
Summary
Bramble 61795, a man in his twenties, developed long COVID after COVID infections in August and November 2022, with gut and histamine problems, palpitations, insomnia, muscle pain and low mood. Nicotine patches cleared his head, and probiotics, NAC, collagen, glutamine, inulin, red linden sapwood and Streptococcus salivarius gradually fixed his digestion. He put himself at roughly 60% recovered, with insomnia still troubling him.
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What they tried
What they credit
nicotine patch· Helped a lot · mainRed linden sapwood· Helped a lotStreptococcus salivarius· Helped a lot · mainketo / carnivore diet· Helpedketo / carnivore diet· HelpedProbiotique· Helped · wore offTruvada· Helped3 days fast· HelpedGlutamine· Helpedkefir and kombucha· HelpedNAC· Helpedcollagen· Helpedkambo· Helped
Also tried
taurine· HelpedAcetyl L carnitine· Helpedanxio and a sleeping pill· Helpednovavax· Helpeddaflon· Helpedniacine· HelpedFullnesium (magnesium)· Helpedpsychedelic (psilo and ayahuasca)· Helpedamanita microdosing· HelpedNattokinase· Not saidquercetin· Not saidh1· Not saidh2· Not saidomega 3· Not saidvitD· Not saidcurcuma, ginger, nettle· Not saidcurcuma, ginger, nettle· Not saidcurcuma, ginger, nettle· Not saidlicorice root· Not saidvit C, theanine, melatonin, potassium, boulardii bacteria· Not said
Their words about each treatment
- keto / carnivore diet · Helped
Carnivore actually made my thyroid hormones back to normal so ...
In context ↗ - Probiotique · Helped
Probiotique : started in october, great digestive advancement which go away after 3 weeks
In context ↗ - Truvada · Helped
Truvada : started 1month and half ago, great resultats, I was very tied the 10 firt days and then I had my best sport session since before covid!
In context ↗ - Nattokinase · Not said
Nattokinase : started 3 week ago I thinks
In context ↗ - nicotine patch · Helped a lot
Huge improove on everything, especially on my mood but also digestion.
In context ↗ - 3 days fast · Helped
I think this is du to the fast, my neck is much less painful
In context ↗ - quercetin · Not said
I took quercetine as an anti histamine
In context ↗ - taurine · Helped
I have take taurine (it's actually help with anxiety and the heart
In context ↗ - Acetyl L carnitine · Helped
Acetyl L carnitine and Glutamine in my infusion and I felt better
In context ↗ - Glutamine · Helped
taking every day collagen, glutamine and NAC (those three really helped me!)
In context ↗ - h1 · Not said
I had to take anxiolytic and a h1 and h2 to sleep
In context ↗ - h2 · Not said
I think the h2 calm the pain but hard to tell because I was falling a sleep
In context ↗ - anxio and a sleeping pill · Helped
I gone to bed earlier with an anxio and a sleeping pill
In context ↗ - kefir and kombucha · Helped
a mix of probiotic, kefir and kombucha have made my digestion way better
In context ↗ - Red linden sapwood · Helped a lot
Linden sapwood work the first day and 10 days later I still have a little of constipation but the bloating is almost gone!
In context ↗ - NAC · Helped
NAc, collagen and glutamine made me able to drink kefir and eat things with histamine.
In context ↗ - collagen · Helped
for the leaky gut what work wonderfull for me is NAC + collagen + glutamine
In context ↗ - Streptococcus salivarius · Helped a lot
Streptococcus salivarius made a HUGE improve in just a week
In context ↗ - novavax · Helped
get new version of novavax yesterday and my head feel clearer!
In context ↗ - daflon · Helped
This problem disapear when I take 4 daflon (a drug that help blood circulation).
In context ↗ - niacine · Helped
I switched my daflon to niacine and it heal my sleep little to little.
In context ↗ - Fullnesium (magnesium) · Helped
Fullnesium (mix of different magneisum) is fondamental too, otherwise the issue came back.
In context ↗ - psychedelic (psilo and ayahuasca) · Helped
I was able to lower z lot the symptoms with carnivore diet + fast + psychedelic (psilo and ayahuasca)
In context ↗ - kambo · Helped
and finally kambo
In context ↗ - amanita microdosing · Helped
I also do amanita microdosing which reaaally help a lot to sleep!
In context ↗ - omega 3 · Not said
I also take nattokinase 2000mg every night and omega 3 in the morning
In context ↗ - vitD · Not said
magnesium, potassium, omega 3, vitD, vit C, theanine, boulardii bacteria, melatonin
In context ↗ - curcuma, ginger, nettle · Not said
curcuma, ginger, nettle, licorice root
In context ↗ - vit C, theanine, melatonin, potassium, boulardii bacteria · Not said
vit C, theanine, boulardii bacteria, melatonin
In context ↗
Approaches: Alternative therapies · Amino acids and carnitine · Antivirals · Diet · 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. The chart starts 2 months after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2022 | probiotics gave a digestive improvement that faded after three weeksProbiotique : started in october, great digestive advancement which go away after 3 weeksIn context ↗ | Mild | Probiotics and fermented foods |
| November 2022 | second COVID infection with chest pain, cough, high fever and hallucinationssecond in November 2022 I was super super sick, the second infection I had chest pain which prevent me to breath correctlyIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| March 2023 | nicotine patches cleared his head, mood and energy; could work and sleep betterI felt really anxiety free, doing a lot of administrative stuff, some work. And I sleeped pretty well !In context ↗ | Mild | Nicotine patches |
| March 2023 | digestion much worse after peanut butter binges and even a low-histamine mealmy guts are going crazy and that's doesn't make sense because yesterday, a normal eating days, was way worse than other day with binging a lot of triggers foodsIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| May 2023 | bloating almost gone on red linden sapwoodLinden sapwood work the first day and 10 days later I still have a little of constipation but the bloating is almost gone!In context ↗ | Mild | |
| December 2023 | head clearer after Novavax vaccinebtw get new version of novavax yesterday and my head feel clearer!In context ↗ | Mild | |
| January 2024 | digestion 90% healed and about 60% of long COVID recoveredI think I gain back like 60% with all the other things. But I missed something to completely cure and Streptococcus salivarius made a HUGE improve in just a weekIn context ↗ | Mild | Probiotics and fermented foods |
| December 2025 | switched from daflon to niacin and sleep is slowly healing; insomnia the last remaining problemUPDATE: I switched my daflon to niacine and it heal my sleep little to little.In context ↗ | Mild |
Adverse events
- Emtricitabine-tenofovir (Truvada, Descovy)“Truvada : started 1month and half ago, great resultats, I was very tied the 10 firt days and then I had my best sport session since before covid!” In context ↗ Side effects
- Diosmin“Daflon made me urinate a lot, for some reason. I always waked up after 6h with a full bladder.” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Anxiety & low moodBrain fogBreathlessnessFlu-like symptomsGut problemsHeadaches & migraineHeart symptoms & palpitationsMast cell (MCAS) & allergiesMuscle weaknessPain & fibromyalgiaPost-exertional malaiseSleep problemsTinnitus
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
So of course the days after I'm really tied. Too tied maybe.
In context ↗ - Brain fog
btw get new version of novavax yesterday and my head feel clearer!
In context ↗ - Mast cell (MCAS) & allergies
I still had histamine, digestive, ptsd and palpitations issues before nicotine
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
I, 27M, have insomnia issue because of covid.
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
Muscle pain in neck and jaw
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
Afternoon : i feel more sick, really tied, headache.
In context ↗ - Gut problems
I had a lot of digestive trouble.
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
the second infection I had chest pain which prevent me to breath correctly
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
This morning I felt my legs heavy but I'm better now.
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
ptsd stagned/increasing (depression insomnia, anxiety, tied)
In context ↗ - Flu-like symptoms
Otherwise I had bad cough, high fever (with hallucinations some nights).
In context ↗ - Tinnitus
Muscle pain in neck and jaw, Tinnitus the second time too
In context ↗
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