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Long COVID Mild → much better

Long COVID shaking and brain fog much better after a ketogenic diet

Condition
Long COVID
At worst
Mild (working or studying, with limits)
Ill before improving or writing
Not stated
Last post
Jul 2021
In their words
  • Condition: Long COVIDmy vaccine gave me all the lesser symptoms of long haul In context ↗
  • At worst: Mildmy vaccine gave me all the lesser symptoms of long haul In context ↗
  • Now: Much betterit rapidly helped me. I use to shake now I don’t at all! And all the brain fog I had is completely gone. In context ↗
  • Began after: a vaccinationmy vaccine gave me all the lesser symptoms of long haul In context ↗
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Summary

The user reported that a COVID vaccine gave them the lesser symptoms of long COVID, including shaking and brain fog. They started a ketogenic diet and said it rapidly helped, with the shaking stopping entirely and the brain fog completely gone. They did not say how long they had been ill, how limited they were, or how they fared afterwards.

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  • keto · Helped a lotI use to shake now I don’t at all! And all the brain fog I had is completely gone. In context ↗

Approaches: Diet

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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. Dates are when they posted.

WhenWhat happenedAfter
—long-haul symptoms after COVID vaccine: shaking and brain fogmy vaccine gave me all the lesser symptoms of long haul In context ↗
2021-07-05keto diet; shaking stopped and brain fog clearedit rapidly helped me. I use to shake now I don’t at all! And all the brain fog I had is completely gone. In context ↗Keto and low-carb diets

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