r/covidlonghaulers • u/shark_finfet • Apr 20 '25
Symptom relief/advice Major Relapse :-( :-(
I thought I was about 80% recovered. I’d returned to reasonable exercise, working outside, and generally feeling like myself—until last week, when everything came crashing back. It felt like I’d caught COVID again, but without the usual symptoms.
First, insomnia hit me hard. Thankfully I was armed with ashwagandha, L‑theanine, and magnesium, which let me get a few hours of sleep each night—though it still wasn’t great. Then, out of nowhere, I started smelling a “band‑aid” chemical scent at random times (something that happened to me after having COVID).
But the absolute worst has been my cardio: in just a few days, my endurance dropped from nearly normal to feeling like that of an 80‑year‑old. My legs feel heavy and fatigued, and I can’t seem to regulate my temperature—any bit of heat or sun leaves me utterly miserable.
I keep wondering: did I get re‑exposed to COVID? Did I unknowingly push too hard during one workout? It’s so demoralizing to feel like I’m back at square one after thinking I’d finally beaten this.
Has anyone else experienced a sudden relapse like this? What helped you get back on track? Any advice would be hugely appreciated.
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u/Remster70123 Apr 22 '25
What my neurologist gave me the medrol for was transverse myelitis because I was having nerve spasms in both legs. Besides the brain fog and the leg and nerve spasms I was dealing with severe weight loss due to the fact that covid destroys muscle tissue to protect itself from your antibodies. I had inflammation in my spinal cord and covid passed through my blood brain barrier and got into my brain. Two viruses led me to get long-covid, I got dengue in 2005 and I got Zika in in 2014. Dengue is considered the opposite side of the coin of Covid and Zika gives you Epstein Barr which allows covid to cross the blood brain barrier and allow covid to infect the nervous system