A year of long COVID brain fog, now recovered after a psilocybin retreat
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 13 months
- Last post
- Dec 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
How my intense long haul covid mental fog went way
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
Yes. Fully recovered after 13 months
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I was infected in January of 2021.
Read from 29 of their posts and comments; links to the 6 this page draws on
Summary
Infected with COVID-19 in January 2021, they developed worsening brain fog with memory blanks, head pressure, headaches and blurry vision over the next year. Antidepressants helped about 20%; magnesium did nothing. In February 2022, at 13 months, a supervised 5-gram psilocybin retreat in Costa Rica cleared the fog the next day. They reported full recovery by July 2022; by June 2022 their energy was about 90%, and in December 2024 they said things were complicated but they had a working protocol.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- anti depressants · Helped
That did work a bit but it was like 20% better... never back to how I was .
In context ↗ - high dose psilocybin (Penis Envy mushrooms) · Helped a lot
the next day my brain was back to normal again
In context ↗ - magnesium · No change
Honestly I have not noticed any improvement at all with any of my symptoms.
In context ↗ - TENS unit · No change
didn’t do much. Yes makes you feel a calmer and less anxious but doesn’t get rid of brain fog
In context ↗ - exercise regularly · Helped
I started to exercise regularly again and can see my energy coming back to normal
In context ↗ - focus on the TMJ · Helped
when I started to focus on the TMJ, my other fatigue symptoms started to improve as well
In context ↗
Approaches: Exercise and activity
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 13 months after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 2 steps say too little to place on the scale and are only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| January 2021 | COVID-19 infection, then slowly worsening brain fogI was infected in January of 2021. It started off kind of mild but mental fog more and more intense as the months.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| early 2022 | a year of intense brain fog, nothing had workedI tried literally everything I could get my hands on. ... this lasted for a yearIn context ↗ | Not stated |
| late February 2022 | brain fog cleared the day after a high-dose psilocybin retreatOut of desperation I tried a high dosage Psilocybin retreat and literally the next day my brain was back to normal again. ... When I got back in late Feb I was at maybe 80% of my energy | Mild |
| 2022-06-02 | exercising again, energy returning toward normalI started to exercise regularly again and can see my energy coming back to normal ... now I think I'm about 90%In context ↗ | Near normal |
| 2022-07-09 | reported full recoveryYes. Fully recovered after 13 monthsIn context ↗ | Recovered |
| 2024-12-15 | still well, has a protocol that worksA lot has happened since then.. for good but I have a protocol that works wellIn context ↗ | Recovered |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
I'd go to speak and couldn't remember what I wanted to say - complete blanks
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
Head pressure from the back
In context ↗ - Vision problems
The mental fog, blurry vision and headaches / pressure totally went away.
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
Loss of care for anything
In context ↗
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