Three-week long COVID crashes, somewhat better with low-dose naltrexone and pacing app
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Oct 2026
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
my crashes went from three weeks long to one to a few days
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
LDN is helping me. ... But with it my crashes went from three weeks long to one to a few days.
In context ↗
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
A physical therapist reported that low-dose naltrexone was helping them. They credited the Visible app with improving their pacing, saying their crashes fell from three weeks long to one to a few days, though the app was truly hard and frustrating at first. They told the other poster that recovery is possible.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- LDN · Helped
LDN is helping me.
In context ↗ - visible app · Helped
It really and truly helps with pacing. ... my crashes went from three weeks long to one to a few days
In context ↗ - pacing · Not said
I’m a physical therapist and thought I was pacing but once I started using the app, I realized I wasn’t.
In context ↗
Approaches: Pacing
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. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | After |
|---|---|---|
| — | crashes lasting about three weeksmy crashes went from three weeks long to one to a few daysIn context ↗ | |
| 2026-10-19 | crashes shortened to a few days with LDN and pacing via the Visible appLDN is helping me ... with it my crashes went from three weeks long to one to a few daysIn context ↗ | Low-dose naltrexone |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Post-exertional malaise
my crashes went from three weeks long to one to a few days
In context ↗
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