Moderate to severe long COVID, now recovered after pacing and meditation
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2.5 years
- Last post
- Mar 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Caught covid April 2020 and developed long haul.
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
moderate/severe 2.5 year long haul
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
Confident to say I'm 99.99% at this point.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
Caught covid April 2020 and developed long haul.
In context ↗
Read from 14 of their posts and comments; links to the 5 this page draws on
Summary
After COVID in April 2020 he developed long COVID with heavy fatigue, PEM, daily headaches, brain fog, POTS, gastritis and unrefreshing sleep, called it moderate to severe, and hit rock bottom in an early/mid 2022 crash; a 2021 vaccine did nothing. From late 2022 a self-taught nervous-system calming approach (pacing, meditation, breathing, visualisation) brought 90% recovery by December 2022 and 99.99% by 2023-2024.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- the vaccine · No change
I did end up getting the vaccine in early/mid 2021 when most did, unfortunately it did nothing for my long haul.
In context ↗ - nervous system calming methods · Helped a lot
Started looking into nervous system calming methods ... The following approach is what lead me to near full recovery
In context ↗ - Meditation · Helped
Meditation (morning and night, guided, just find ones on youtube, no need to buy apps or anything)
In context ↗ - Breathing techniques · Helped
Breathing techniques - 5 seconds in, 8 seconds hold, 10 seconds exhale. Did this for like 15 minutes a day, was very calming for me.
In context ↗ - Relaxing visualization guided meditations · Helped
Relaxing visualization guided meditations - there are ones specifically that walk you through a calming landscape/environment like a lake or something.
In context ↗ - pacing · Helped
I paced myself. ... I only did activity when my symptoms were manageable
In context ↗ - stopped going on reddit and doom scrolling · Helped
I accepted this concept as the origin and stopped going on reddit and doom scrolling for research or bs cures.
In context ↗ - Optimized diet/sleep/etc. · Helped
Optimized diet/sleep/etc., which doesn't do much on its own
In context ↗
Approaches: Brain retraining · Mind-body practices · Pacing
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 |
|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | COVID infection, long haul beginsCaught covid April 2020 and developed long haul.In context ↗ | Moderate |
| early/mid 2022 | bad crash, hit rock bottomhad a pretty bad crash in early/mid 2022 and felt like I had hit rock bottomIn context ↗ | Moderate |
| late 2022 | slow start of recovery, then exponentialMy recovery was very slow in the beginning (had zero results for many weeks) but ended up being exponential.In context ↗ | Moderate |
| December 2022 | about 90% recovered, only mild fatigue leftI consider myself about 90% recovered at this pointIn context ↗ | Near normal |
| September 2023 | doing great, almost fully recoveredDoing great, probably 99.99% nowIn context ↗ | Recovered |
| March 2024 | still 99.99%, continues calming practicesConfident to say I'm 99.99% at this point.In context ↗ | Recovered |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
heavy fatigue, PEM, daily headache and brain fog
In context ↗ - Brain fog
daily headache and brain fog
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
POTS (had confirmed myocarditis even but that went away late 2020)
In context ↗ - Gut problems
gastritis/upper GI pain
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
unrefreshing sleep
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
weird brain zaps/vibrations
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
had confirmed myocarditis even but that went away late 2020
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
was considering assisted suicide at one point, very dark times
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