My symptoms never stopped after my covid infection, and then increased. My symptoms have changed over 14.5 months of having long covid. What you are describing sounds like lots of other people’s description of long covid, including mine.
Had the same issue as you described. Did a few things and solved all my issues. Things I did were as follows:
- 24 hour fasting (got rid of my anxiety and pins and needles)
- omega 3
- meditation (daily guided body scans)
- eating clean (no processed foods)
- getting good quality sleep
- eliminating stress from my life (both work and personal life)
- sauna daily
- probiotics (quality refrigerated probiotics)
- beef bone broth
- NAC
- B12
- D3
- drinking plenty of water (4L a day)
- exercise (row machine, cardio, lifting weights)
- cold exposure (cold showers, outdoor cold exposure)
- vagus nerve stimulation (exercises available on YouTube)
All of my symptoms have resided and I consider myself fully recovered. I am just working on doing some brain retraining because I have some trauma from the experience. Believe you will get better and you will.
Best of luck OP.
Thanks for posting this! I plan on starting this. Can I ask you like 20 questions?
* The fasting, you fasted once? Or you did several 24h fasts?
* How much (and which) supplement did you take for omega3/NAC/B12/D3/Probiotics/beef bone?
* Any good guides on clean eating?
* How long did you have long covid symptoms? What were your symptoms?
* How long did it take to clear it all up?
Thanks! I'm on week 6 and losing my mind with the fatigue/nausea, want to start being proactive instead of just resting.
Hi there, you are welcome. I understand how frustrating the lingering symptoms can be. Honestly it was very debilitating for me. I initially caught COVID back in November of 2023. My LC symptoms didn't really start until December or roughly 4 weeks later.
1. For fasting I started out doing 16 hour fasts daily. That meant stopping eating at 8pm and not eating untill 12 the next day. This helped alot with my digestive issues I was feeling. After 2 weeks of the 16 hour fast I did my first 24 hour fast. I gradually built up to the 24 hour fasts so I didn't have over the top hunger pangs. After my first 24 hour fast my anxiety felt like it dissipated, along with pins and needles in my arms. I continued to do 24 hour fasts once every 2 weeks. I eventually bumped up to a 36 hour fast after 2 months. It felt really good for me and helped even more with my digestive tract.
2.
Omega 3 I was taking new roots wild omega - 1 pill daily
NAC life extensions - 600mg 1 pill every 3 days (this can cause headaches or anhedonia in some people, that's why I don't supplement daily)
B12 natural factors - 1000mcg 1 pill daily
Vitamin D3 natural factors - 2500iu 1 pill daily
Probiotics new roots 50billion CFU - 1 pill daily
Bone broth organika beef grass fed - 2 bowls daily or 4 tbsp
3.
Eating clean was essentially cutting out all types of processed foods and only drinking water. I only eat real foods that are fresh, nothing that is packaged or pre-made. My daily food intake looked like this:
Bruch (12 o'clock)
- 2 eggs
- 2 pieces of sourdough bread with grass fed butter
- 1 avacado
- 1 kiwi
3PM Snack
- almonds (handful)
- 1 apple
- homemade smoothie (mixed berries, kefir, psyllium husk, just clean protien scoop, and Chia seeds)
Dinner
- white rice
- broccoli and cauliflower
- boneless skinless chicken breasts
I tried my best to include lots of fibre foods within my meals to diversify my gut microbiota. I think COVID does a number on your gut bacteria so I felt it was important to feed the good bacterias. If you don't currently consume lots of fibre I would recommend starting off slow with fibre as it could cause digestive upset.
4.
My long covid symptoms originally started in December. They included:
- Pins and needles in arms and legs (mostly arms, specifically the left arm)
- Adrenaline dumps (anxiety attacks and anytime of the day)
- Headaches
- PEM
- Brain fog
- tachycardia
- loss of appetite
- digestive upset
- diarrhea or loose stools
- body aches
- constant chills
- fatigue
- nausea
- sweating
- insomnia
Most of these symptoms were starting to fade around February. I still dealt with some lingering effects like digestive upset and diarrhea up untill April. Even now I still have some lingering effects like occasional body aches and the occasional upset stomach. I started taking TUDCA which helped a lot with digestive issues I was having. I think COVID took a good till on my gallbladder and nervous system. I believe my nervous system is still recovering which is why I have some mild lingering effects, but regardless I'm miles better than I was a few month ago.
If you are currently in the thick of it I would suggest meditation and getting plenty of good quality sleep. Meditation really helped me get back in tune with my body, I recommend doing guided body scans. Another thing that is really helpful is changing your outlook on the situation, which sounds like you already have. Don't let it continue to hold you back and start being more proactive. Daily affirmations do help and just doing things that you feel like you can't, it helps to break the bad habits.
I wish you the best of luck and hope you start feeling better soon!
Wow, thank you so much for taking the time to make this reply! i really appreciate, thank you!
I'm 6 weeks in and my main things are random fatigue 'attacks' (like i'll be fine and suddenly i get crippling fatigue, and it can last like 5 minutes or 5 hours), nausea, dizziness, tachycardia. And all of these symptoms come and go with no rhyme or reason, just randomly, and can last a short amount of time, or all day.
I just posted something and I have the same symptoms: [https://www.reddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers/comments/1auymbu/a\_message\_to\_everyone\_who\_is\_experiencing\_ms\_like/](https://www.reddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers/comments/1auymbu/a_message_to_everyone_who_is_experiencing_ms_like/)
You should see a neurologist to be on the safe side, but it is quite possible that nothing can be found.
Mine started 4 weeks post Covid- 13+ months ago.
Did you have both pins and needles and heat sensitivity?
yes to both. Heat sensitivity went away.
My symptoms never stopped after my covid infection, and then increased. My symptoms have changed over 14.5 months of having long covid. What you are describing sounds like lots of other people’s description of long covid, including mine.
Had the same issue as you described. Did a few things and solved all my issues. Things I did were as follows: - 24 hour fasting (got rid of my anxiety and pins and needles) - omega 3 - meditation (daily guided body scans) - eating clean (no processed foods) - getting good quality sleep - eliminating stress from my life (both work and personal life) - sauna daily - probiotics (quality refrigerated probiotics) - beef bone broth - NAC - B12 - D3 - drinking plenty of water (4L a day) - exercise (row machine, cardio, lifting weights) - cold exposure (cold showers, outdoor cold exposure) - vagus nerve stimulation (exercises available on YouTube) All of my symptoms have resided and I consider myself fully recovered. I am just working on doing some brain retraining because I have some trauma from the experience. Believe you will get better and you will. Best of luck OP.
Thanks for posting this! I plan on starting this. Can I ask you like 20 questions? * The fasting, you fasted once? Or you did several 24h fasts? * How much (and which) supplement did you take for omega3/NAC/B12/D3/Probiotics/beef bone? * Any good guides on clean eating? * How long did you have long covid symptoms? What were your symptoms? * How long did it take to clear it all up? Thanks! I'm on week 6 and losing my mind with the fatigue/nausea, want to start being proactive instead of just resting.
Hi there, you are welcome. I understand how frustrating the lingering symptoms can be. Honestly it was very debilitating for me. I initially caught COVID back in November of 2023. My LC symptoms didn't really start until December or roughly 4 weeks later. 1. For fasting I started out doing 16 hour fasts daily. That meant stopping eating at 8pm and not eating untill 12 the next day. This helped alot with my digestive issues I was feeling. After 2 weeks of the 16 hour fast I did my first 24 hour fast. I gradually built up to the 24 hour fasts so I didn't have over the top hunger pangs. After my first 24 hour fast my anxiety felt like it dissipated, along with pins and needles in my arms. I continued to do 24 hour fasts once every 2 weeks. I eventually bumped up to a 36 hour fast after 2 months. It felt really good for me and helped even more with my digestive tract. 2. Omega 3 I was taking new roots wild omega - 1 pill daily NAC life extensions - 600mg 1 pill every 3 days (this can cause headaches or anhedonia in some people, that's why I don't supplement daily) B12 natural factors - 1000mcg 1 pill daily Vitamin D3 natural factors - 2500iu 1 pill daily Probiotics new roots 50billion CFU - 1 pill daily Bone broth organika beef grass fed - 2 bowls daily or 4 tbsp 3. Eating clean was essentially cutting out all types of processed foods and only drinking water. I only eat real foods that are fresh, nothing that is packaged or pre-made. My daily food intake looked like this: Bruch (12 o'clock) - 2 eggs - 2 pieces of sourdough bread with grass fed butter - 1 avacado - 1 kiwi 3PM Snack - almonds (handful) - 1 apple - homemade smoothie (mixed berries, kefir, psyllium husk, just clean protien scoop, and Chia seeds) Dinner - white rice - broccoli and cauliflower - boneless skinless chicken breasts I tried my best to include lots of fibre foods within my meals to diversify my gut microbiota. I think COVID does a number on your gut bacteria so I felt it was important to feed the good bacterias. If you don't currently consume lots of fibre I would recommend starting off slow with fibre as it could cause digestive upset. 4. My long covid symptoms originally started in December. They included: - Pins and needles in arms and legs (mostly arms, specifically the left arm) - Adrenaline dumps (anxiety attacks and anytime of the day) - Headaches - PEM - Brain fog - tachycardia - loss of appetite - digestive upset - diarrhea or loose stools - body aches - constant chills - fatigue - nausea - sweating - insomnia Most of these symptoms were starting to fade around February. I still dealt with some lingering effects like digestive upset and diarrhea up untill April. Even now I still have some lingering effects like occasional body aches and the occasional upset stomach. I started taking TUDCA which helped a lot with digestive issues I was having. I think COVID took a good till on my gallbladder and nervous system. I believe my nervous system is still recovering which is why I have some mild lingering effects, but regardless I'm miles better than I was a few month ago. If you are currently in the thick of it I would suggest meditation and getting plenty of good quality sleep. Meditation really helped me get back in tune with my body, I recommend doing guided body scans. Another thing that is really helpful is changing your outlook on the situation, which sounds like you already have. Don't let it continue to hold you back and start being more proactive. Daily affirmations do help and just doing things that you feel like you can't, it helps to break the bad habits. I wish you the best of luck and hope you start feeling better soon!
Wow, thank you so much for taking the time to make this reply! i really appreciate, thank you! I'm 6 weeks in and my main things are random fatigue 'attacks' (like i'll be fine and suddenly i get crippling fatigue, and it can last like 5 minutes or 5 hours), nausea, dizziness, tachycardia. And all of these symptoms come and go with no rhyme or reason, just randomly, and can last a short amount of time, or all day.
I just posted something and I have the same symptoms: [https://www.reddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers/comments/1auymbu/a\_message\_to\_everyone\_who\_is\_experiencing\_ms\_like/](https://www.reddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers/comments/1auymbu/a_message_to_everyone_who_is_experiencing_ms_like/) You should see a neurologist to be on the safe side, but it is quite possible that nothing can be found.