Long COVID with crushing fatigue, improved with time and probiotics, then relapsed
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 6 months
- Last post
- Jun 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
She said you have long haul Covid
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I was an active guy working out 5 days a week for the past 30+ years to barely being able to get out of bed and get to work.
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
I spontaneously recovered 2 years ago ... This time around it’s be been suffering from LC or PWS for almost 4 months.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I woke up the morning of 1/17 with Covid.
Read from 33 of their posts and comments; links to the 15 this page draws on
Summary
He caught COVID in mid-January 2022 and about two weeks later was hit by crushing fatigue, headaches, anxiety, depression and later gut problems; he kept working but felt he was dying and quit the gym for months. Most supplements did nothing; he credits time, thought Align probiotics later cleared his GI issues, and by August 2022 was back to normal apart from a dull abdominal ache. In June 2024 he reported a second episode of long COVID or post-vaccine syndrome, four months in.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- praying · Helped
I can’t point to any one thing that helped it with the exception of constantly praying.
In context ↗ - weightlifting and cardio at the gym · Helped
I started doing everything I’ve always done but really light and taking extra time between sets as to not panic over my heart rate.
In context ↗ - vitamins of every kind · No change
I tried probiotics, CoQ10, antihistamines, vitamins of every kind, nothing really seemed to help that I could tell.
In context ↗ - Claritin · No change
Claritin - once a day ... I tried probiotics, CoQ10, antihistamines, vitamins of every kind, nothing really seemed to help that I could tell.
- B-Complex with folic acid and vitamin C · Not said
B-Complex with folic acid and vitamin C - once a day ... Are they helping? I don’t know for sure but they’re not hurting.
In context ↗ - Probiotic 10 by Nature’s Bounty · Not said
Probiotic 10 by Nature’s Bounty - once a day ... Are they helping? I don’t know for sure but they’re not hurting.
In context ↗ - Zantac · No change
I also take Zantac in the morning and at night which I also started a couple weeks ago. I’ve noticed no change.
In context ↗ - GasX · Not said
GasX - when needed ... Are they helping? I don’t know for sure but they’re not hurting.
In context ↗ - a few probiotics · No change
I tried a few probiotics and Prilosec as well as Omeprazole ... What the hell nothing else worked so I tried it.
In context ↗ - Prilosec and Omeprazole · No change
I tried a few probiotics and Prilosec as well as Omeprazole.
In context ↗ - Align probiotics · Helped
I swear at about 3 1/2 weeks the GI issues started to subside. A week or so later they were gone
In context ↗ - time · Helped
Honestly I think it was just time.
In context ↗
Approaches: Alternative therapies · 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. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. The line stops at their last step that can be placed; how they are now is in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| mid-January 2022 | COVID-19, ill for a few daysI got Covid in mid-January and recovered a few days later.In context ↗ | Mild |
| early February 2022 | long COVID hit: crushing fatigue, headaches, anxiety, depression; kept working at about 25% of their workload2 weeks later I was hit with a rash of symptoms that pretty much persisted until this last week.In context ↗ | Mild |
| April 2022 | walking daily and eating again, still out of the weight roomI am out walking at least now every day. Still can’t get back in the weight room though.In context ↗ | Mild |
| May 2022 | back in the gym with light weights and a little cardioI worked out with weights 4 days but very light with a little cardio thrown in.In context ↗ | Mild |
| June 2022 | self-rated about 75% of normalsome days I’m 100% and others I’m 50%, so I guess that puts me at 75% as wellIn context ↗ | Mild |
| August 2022 | exercise back to normal, one dull ache left on the right sideMine is back to normal. I’m back in the weight room 5 days a week lifting and doing cardio daily.In context ↗ | Near normal |
| October 2022 | back 100%, four days hunting in the mountainsNow 9 months after the onset of LC I feel like I am back 100%.In context ↗ | Recovered |
| June 2024 | second episode of LC or PWS, almost four months inThis time around it’s be been suffering from LC or PWS for almost 4 months.In context ↗ | Not stated |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
bam I was right back where I started with the LC
In context ↗ - Brain fog
unable to concentrate, forgetting words
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
Fatigue, dizzy, headaches, couldn’t eat
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
approximately 2-3 weeks later I was slammed with fatigue and headaches on the left side
In context ↗ - Gut problems
My stomach started rumbling 2 months ago and hadn’t stopped.
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I too have suffered with GAD.
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
I fight the anxiety, the body aches, the chest pains, everything.
In context ↗
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