Disabled with long COVID for 18 months, now nearly back to normal after time and diet
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 4 years
- Last post
- Jan 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I contracted COVID in early 2020 and like many of you, just never got better.
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
However I was almost completely debilitated for 18 months with joint pain, muscle weakness, and shortness of breath being my primary issues.
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
My fatigue has vastly improved. I am able to stay up all day without naps, and pretty much have a normal routine.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I contracted COVID in Feb and am just now starting to feel more normal.
- Says they never had: POTS & dysautonomia
no POTS or cardiac/respiratory anomalies to speak of
Read from 24 of their posts and comments; links to the 18 this page draws on
Summary
Creek 13538 caught COVID in February 2020 and was completely disabled for about 18 months, sleeping 18 hours a day with heavy legs, joint pain, breathlessness and brain fog. From around month nine they improved slowly, putting it down mostly to time and an OMAD diet without processed foods, and following a vitamin regimen. By 2023-24 they were roughly 75-80% better, with fatigue and leg weakness remaining; they declined vaccination for fear of worsening.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- post-viral syndrome protocols · Helped
following those protocols and I think that's helped
In context ↗ - gratitude practice and daily routine · Helped
I’ve taken up the practice of daily gratitude, which does help to offset the depression.
In context ↗ - psilocybin microdosing · Helped
I’ve been microdosing since December for depression. I will say it’s helped a lot with that, but I’ve not noticed it did much with the long haul symptoms
In context ↗ - walking · Not said
keep positive and try to walk as much as I can
In context ↗ - OMAD · Helped
my improvement has been mostly just due to time passing, and OMAD and elimination of dirty foods
In context ↗ - keto and elimination of dirty foods · Helped
I also changed the way that I eat (OMAD/ Keto), and am walking more
In context ↗ - time passing · Helped a lot
my improvement has been mostly just due to time passing
In context ↗ - vitamin regimen (C, D, D3, zinc, quercetin) · Not said
have a pretty lengthy vitamin regimen
In context ↗ - black cumin seed and honey · Not said
eat black cumin seed and honey daily
In context ↗ - magnesium supplements · Not said
I too have done the magnesium supplements and Epsom salt baths.
In context ↗
Approaches: Diet
Their path
What they say at each step doesn’t fit the worst point or outcome above on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| Feb 2020 | mild COVID infectionI had mild COVID in Feb, it was like the flu but I normally do not do well with the flu at all.In context ↗ |
| mid 2020 | completely disabled, bedbound and sleeping 18 hours a dayWas completely disabled for 18 monthsIn context ↗ |
| Oct 2020 | began to feel some semblance of normalOctober, I started feeling some semblance of normal.In context ↗ |
| Dec 2020 | able to work more and sleep lessI am managing to work more and actually not sleep 18 hours a dayIn context ↗ |
| Apr 2021 | able to take short daily walksI am also,able to go for short walks daily - something which was near impossible four months ago.In context ↗ |
| Jul 2021 | 80 percent better with far less fatigueI am 80 percent better now with far less gravity and fatigueIn context ↗ |
| Aug 2021 | eye setback from wildfire smokehaving a terrible setback this weekend with my eyesIn context ↗ |
| Jan 2022 | 90 percent recoveredTwo years in and I am 90 percent recovered.In context ↗ |
| Mar 2022 | felt like a relapse when winter cameabout 18 months in I felt I was doing so much better, then winter came and it felt like a relapseIn context ↗ |
| Nov 2022 | felt like pre-COVID againBut I feel like I did pee-COVID finally.In context ↗ |
| Sep 2023 | second COVID bout without relapseLC since 2020 and about 75 percent better.In context ↗ |
| Jan 2024 | normal routine but tired after shopping and leg weaknessI am able to stay up all day without naps, and pretty much have a normal routine.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
don’t even get me started with the brain fog
In context ↗ - Sleep problems
sleeping 18 hours a day, or not being able to sleep at all
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
The worst of it has been the lack of energy and joint pain.
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
Shortness of breath ~ not being able to even walk 200 feet without panting.
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
my legs are heavy as lead
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
I was seriously concerned as well as so depressed.
In context ↗
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