Long COVID chest pain and brain fog, now nearly back to normal, crediting time
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 4 years
- Last post
- May 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
brain fog, reasoning and memory issues were the longest persisting issue i've had since covid (OG strain, 2020).
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
3 years later i'm running, not as far or as fast as i could before covid but i'm doing it nonetheless.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
since covid (OG strain, 2020)
In context ↗
Summary
They caught COVID in 2020 and had chest pain on exertion, prompting a stress echo in early 2021 that found nothing wrong with their heart, plus long-lasting brain fog and memory and reasoning problems. One dose of psilocybin brought back older memories and their internal monologue within a week. By 2024 they were running again, slower and shorter than before, crediting time; their experience with alcohol had also improved slowly.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- time · Helped
3 years later i'm running, not as far or as fast as i could before covid but i'm doing it nonetheless. i have no answers other than it took time to get over.
In context ↗ - Psilocybin · Helped
Psilocybin had the most immediate impact to these issues. I only tried it once, but the following week was able to remember older memories and much of my internal monologue returned.
In context ↗ - CoQ10 · Not said
Lately I've been trying CoQ10 which I think may have a positive impact but it is still difficult to know if it is the supplement or other life factors that are helping.
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Approaches: Other drugs and medicines
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 4 years after onset: the story doesn’t say how ill they were before that. 2 steps say too little to place on the scale and are only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | COVID-19, OG strainsince covid (OG strain, 2020)In context ↗ | Not stated | |
| early 2021 | persisting chest pain with exertion; cardiac stress echoi had a stress echo in early 2021 due to persisting chest pain with exertion stemming from covidIn context ↗ | Not stated | |
| 2024-03-25 | running again, shorter and slower than before COVID3 years later i'm running, not as far or as fast as i could before covid but i'm doing it nonetheless.In context ↗ | Near normal | Time and spontaneous remission |
| 2024-05-11 | brain fog eased; older memories and internal monologue returnedPsilocybin had the most immediate impact to these issues.In context ↗ | Near normal |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Brain fog
brain fog, reasoning and memory issues were the longest persisting issue i've had since covid
In context ↗ - Heart symptoms & palpitations
persisting chest pain with exertion stemming from covid
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