Sarah
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving
- 3 months
- Published
- Nov 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I cured myself from Covid Long-Haul syndrome
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
Everything went away and even my menstrual cycles came back
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
My family came down with Covid and we all tested positive.
In context ↗
Summary
Sarah had debilitating migraines that she says Dr. John Sarno’s book cured, with substantial improvement within three weeks. After Covid hit her family in November she developed long-haul symptoms, including insomnia and irregular heartbeats, that ramped up in January. She returned to Sarno's methods and says everything went away, including her migraines.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- diet · No change
I tried many techniques to heal (e.g. diet, acupuncture, chiropractor, etc.)… nothing helped.
In context ↗ - Sarno's methods (Healing Back Pain book) · Helped a lot
First, I had hope, and within three weeks substantial improvement.
In context ↗ - antibiotics · Not said
Chronic pelvic pain (couple of doctors and way too many antibiotics)
In context ↗
Approaches: CBT & mindset · Brain retraining
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them.
| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| November | family caught Covid and she tested positiveMy family came down with Covid and we all tested positive.In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| after Christmas | long-haul symptoms began: waking through the night, chronic coughI had no long haul symptoms until after Christmas, then, I noticed I started waking up throughout the night.In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| January | symptoms ramped up after insomnia and fear; 3am hospital visit for irregular heartbeatsand then everything (all my symptoms) started to ramp upIn context ↗ | Not stated | |
| after the hospital called back | blood tests normal; she restarted Sarno's methods and symptoms went awayI started to dive in again, like 11 years prior to Sarno’s work.In context ↗ | Not stated | Sarno / TMS / somatic tracking / JournalSpeak |
| — | all symptoms gone, menstrual cycles returnedEverything went away and even my menstrual cycles came backIn context ↗ | Recovered |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- POTS & dysautonomia
POTS symptoms (dizziness, particularly in the morning, etc.)
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
but the insomnia, the insomnia, that was horrid!
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
weird heart beats
In context ↗ - Vision problems
weird eyesight problems (not normal eyesight vision problems)
In context ↗ - Temperature regulation
weird sweating events (body temperature felt off)
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
anxiety, and insomnia
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
weird pains in my arms and legs
In context ↗
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