Long COVID, fully recovered for seven months after a five-day water-only fast
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Apr 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
did you get over LC? I did using a five day water only fast and it fixed me totally
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
I've been fully recovered for 7 months now
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
since infection
Summary
A Reddit user with long COVID wrote in November 2023 that their story closely matched another patient's. In April 2025 they said a five-day water-only fast had fixed them completely, and that they had been fully recovered for seven months. Shortly before writing they broke a foot in a DIY project and used cannabis for the pain, avoiding morphine to protect their gut microbiome.
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What they tried
What they credit
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Their words about each treatment
- Cannabis (weed / mj) · Helped
I'm experiencing a very, very similar story.
In context ↗ - five day water only fast · Helped a lot
I did using a five day water only fast and it fixed me totally.
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Approaches: Diet
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. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | long COVID after infectionSomething to do with how one's mitochondria might be dysfunctional since infection.In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| 2024 | five-day water-only fast, fully recoveredI did using a five day water only fast and it fixed me totally.In context ↗ | Recovered | Extended water fasting (3+ days) |
| 2025-04-29 | fully recovered seven months, broke footI've been fully recovered for 7 months now (except just broke my foot doing DIY project dang it!In context ↗ | Recovered |
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