Long COVID: barely able to get out of bed, now nearly back to normal after diet, exercise
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 3 years
- Last post
- Mar 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
3 years LC with CFS/ME as well
In context ↗ - At worst: Severe
During the day I could barely get out of bed. At night I had debilitating chest pain. Breathing was difficult. Insane brain fog.
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
I feel 90% recovered. Hitting PRs in the gym, brain fog has improved significantly, I've got my life back.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
3 years LC with CFS/ME as well.
In context ↗
Summary
A man in his 30s had long COVID with CFS/ME for three years. Around a year before writing he could barely get out of bed, had debilitating chest pain, difficult breathing and severe brain fog. After changing his diet, supplements and exercise he reported feeling 90% recovered, back in the gym and with much improved brain fog.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- low histamine diet · Helped a lot
switching to a low histamine diet helped a lot
In context ↗ - supplements · Helped
after tuning my diet, supplements, and exercise
In context ↗ - Famotidine · No change
after months on it I didn't see any improvement
In context ↗ - Cetirizine · Helped
I think Cetirizine might help manage it a bit
In context ↗ - topical analgesic patch · Helped
Applying a topical analgesic patch helped to reduce the pain, but it's a temporary fix.
In context ↗ - foam roller stretching and deep tissue work · Helped
Staying like this for 5-10 minutes does wonders
In context ↗ - not eating within two hours of bed · Helped a lot
eating no later than two hours before bed helps tremendously
In context ↗ - not drinking cold water around meals · Not said
not drinking cold water around meals to improve digestion
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Approaches: Diet · 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. The chart starts 2 years after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| 3 years before March 2025 | Long COVID with CFS/ME began3 years LC with CFS/ME as well.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| last year | Felt like dying; barely out of bed by day; night chest pain, difficult breathing, insane brain fogDuring the day I could barely get out of bed. At night I had debilitating chest pain. Breathing was difficult. Insane brain fog.In context ↗ | Severe |
| today (March 2025) | Feels 90% recovered after tuning diet, supplements and exercise; gym PRs; brain fog much improvedFast forward to today, after tuning my diet, supplements, and exercise, I feel 90% recovered. Hitting PRs in the gym, brain fog has improved significantly, I've got my life back.In context ↗ | Near normal |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Heart symptoms & palpitations
At night I had debilitating chest pain.
In context ↗ - Breathlessness
Breathing was difficult.
In context ↗ - Brain fog
brain fog has improved significantly
In context ↗ - Gut problems
I found that I was experiencing chest pain from GERD as well.
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