Long COVID brain fog, diarrhoea and nerve pain, nearly back to normal after amoxicillin
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Moderate (mostly housebound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 4 years
- Last post
- Jan 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
after my first bout with LC
In context ↗ - At worst: Moderate
I had severe brain fog and I recovered +90%, to the point I was able to go back to work and school.
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
I definitely still have some issues, such as heart palpitations, POTS-type symptoms, fatigue, and memory problems ... I feel 80-99% like my old self
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I had the yellow oily stool after my first bout with LC before the vaccines came out.
In context ↗
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Summary
Long COVID left them with severe brain fog, a year of oily diarrhoea and nerve pain, and they were misdiagnosed with pancreatic insufficiency. Amoxicillin given around an unrelated abdominal surgery fixed their gut within a day, and their nerves and muscles mostly recovered the next year. By late 2024 they were back at work at 80-99% of their old self, with palpitations, POTS-type symptoms, fatigue and memory problems remaining.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- pancreatic enzymes · Helped
put on enzymes which did help my digestion of fats somewhat
In context ↗ - amoxicillin (Augmentin), broad spectrum · Helped a lot
what I was treated with, which was to fix my Covid-induced SIBO with amoxicillin
In context ↗ - magnesium citrate · Helped
take magnesium citrate daily (also for my post covid migraines)
In context ↗ - b complex vitamins · Helped
about a year of taking supplements (vitamin b, magnesium, lots of electrolytes) resolved most of the creepy nerve feelings
In context ↗ - zinc · Helped
b complex vitamins, zinc
In context ↗ - water with pedialyte or coconut water · Helped
hydrate (water and pedialyte or coconut water)
In context ↗ - Mediterranean diet · Helped
generally follow a “Mediterranean diet”
In context ↗ - light exercise · Helped
I find my PVCs actually go away while I am doing light exercise and return at rest or after meals
In context ↗
Approaches: Antibiotics
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. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | long COVID begins, with gut and nerve symptomsI had the yellow oily stool after my first bout with LC before the vaccines came out.In context ↗ | Moderate |
| a year or so later, around an unrelated surgery | prophylactic amoxicillin at surgery clears gut overgrowthI went from having really bad yellow oily diarrhea for months and months to my first normal stool a day after starting the amoxicillin.In context ↗ | Moderate |
| about a year after the antibiotics | nerves and muscles mostly recoverAbout a year after that my nerves and muscles finally mostly recovered.In context ↗ | Mild |
| 2024-12 | back to work and nearly all of their old lifeI “recovered” in that I have gone back to work and resumed nearly all of my old life.In context ↗ | Near normal |
| 2025-01 | almost completely normal life with residual symptomsNow I have an almost completely normal and fulfilling lifeIn context ↗ | Near normal |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Gut problems
I had no solid bowel movements and I was extremely gassy
In context ↗ - Neuropathy & tingling
Some lingering burning in my toes
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
I still have migraines if I get too tired or dehydrated
In context ↗ - Brain fog
memory problems that mostly manifest as needing more time to think of certain words
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
I definitely still have some issues, such as heart palpitations
In context ↗ - POTS & dysautonomia
POTS-type symptoms
In context ↗ - Post-exertional malaise
I feel 80-99% like my old self depending on the day and how much I have exerted myself the day before.
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
I still felt terrible and weak
In context ↗ - Tinnitus
I also got migraines with tinnitus and those have lessened now as well.
In context ↗
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