Was bed bound with post covid for 2-1\2 years now I have a somewhat normal life.
So the biggest thing I had to figured out was all my allegeries.
Fragrance is the biggest one, its in everything and I can't be around it at all. It took 6 months to get rid of all of it and is a constant effort to keep out of my living space. I have met multiple other people who has this same allergy.
Cutting gluten out of my diet also helped a lot.
HEPA 13 air purifiers are a must.
And these are the meds I'm currently on:
Gabapentin 300mgx3 daily
ALA 300mgx3 daily
Tumeric 500mgx3 daily
Benadryl liquid gels 25mgx3 daily
Loratadine 10mgx1 daily
Azelastine HCI 205.5 mcg spray 4 times daily
Probotics 1x daily
Bio-identical hormones to correct hormone imbalance
I smoke tar free cigarettes for brain fog and nausea
Microdose of psilocybin 400mg of fungal material 4 times a week for migraines and brain fog.
Let me know if you have any questions. I know how awful it feels to have this with no end in sight.
No this is post covid, I've had a bunch testing done, but they are very similar. And I didn't live in a place with Lyme diease. I have other illnesses but the main issues are post covid.
Ah damn you got hit really hard then. The wife has a mini long covid. Smell and taste are still, after 2 years, funky as she says. Almost everything with some egg product taste bad and smell is still weird. But she can live with that she says. But all your symptoms….damn. Hope you find some kind of solution.
Thank you! ALA is Alpha lipoic acid, it has been shown to reduce neuropathy in sensory and autonomic nerve systems. Its also an amino acid in the ATP reaction. Gabapentin is mostly for migraines and brain fog and neurological functions it can Also help with vagus nerve inflammation and neurons in the gut . I also had epilepsy triggered by covid so it helps with that too for me.
Being a coenzym in the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, alpha lipoic acid seems to be a good way to booster mitochondrial function. Sounds interesting. Thank you.
By way of elimination, sorta like the fodmap diet but for environment factors. Symptoms that increase for everyone I have talked to are brain fog, neuropathy, lightheadedness. But yeah just remove the thing from your environment for some months then reintroduce it to see if you get worst. I highly suggest fragrance as a start as there are research studies showing it is common in people with post viral illnesses.
You can also go an allergist and get a spot test done but it may not be conclusive.