Anyone else had Long Covid? I believe I got it in June 2022 or that’s when my symptoms hit, including shortness of breath, brain fog, fatigue. The breathing was the worse, like I could never get enough air, a sensation which lasted for about 7 months before it started to alleviate. I now may have another disease but that’s another story (maybe related maybe not). The whole covid experience is what really inspired me to get into this longevity stuff.
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Sorry for your experience! I have had COVID several times, but each time it gets milder. The first two times I took PAXLOVID which arrested it’s progression and I could recover in 1-2 weeks. The last time was indistinguishable from a mild cold. Luckily, I never developed Long COVID. I think part of that was due to Rapamycin and the other longevity meds (like metformin) and supplements (like NAC + Glycine).
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As an allergist I am exposed to people sneezing, coughing, runny nose, etc. on daily basis. I had known COVID 2-3 times and probably had asymptomatic COVID as well. Each time I had several weeks of fatigue but I recovered.
In July 2024 I got stuck on flight in front of a guy who had hacking cough for several hours, NO MASKS were worn. I got COVID within a week and I got reaaaally sick. I must have had high viral load exposure. I was a high level cyclist at the time, doing 10 hours of riding a week with 1-2 hours of HIIT. I couldn’t HIIT anymore and exercise just wore me out. I had to dial back quite a bit. I couldn’t compete any longer. I actually quit riding and started weight lifting and got in to pickleball. I could still function otherwise and go to work, so it was definitely milder than what is usually reported by people.
I am slowly recovering and now manage to exercise about 15 hours/week with pickbleball, a bit of riding and weight lifting. All of at lower intensities, I haven’t tried full on HIIT sessions because those can wipe one out.
I was so desperate that I got on a regimen of NMR, Ubiquinol, theracumin, taurine, creatinine, TMG along with asthxantin and Vit D. I also do steam sauna -cold plunges-jacuzzi routine after exercise in the gym. My diet is mainly plant based - Green med/blue zone style. I am not sure what is helping but I am definitely better. I may even try HIIT on my bike again when it cools off in AZ.
Still having trouble with reduced HRV’s at night (Post-COVID Hyperadrenergic POTS ???), especially after exercising. I am playing around with beta-blockers with some good results.
BTW, HIIT on the bicycle is safer IMO, than running in terms of injury.
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Thanks for the share, long covid is a detour off the track of our lives for sure (frustrating there isn’t a diagnostic yet to show we 100% have it). I used to do MMA, competed at amateur level and wanted to get a few more fights in before I got too old. But now, I’m playing pickleball too!
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My PCP thinks my recently acquired food sensitivities are due to Long Covid. I have read anecdotal reports of very low dose tirzepatide helping some Long Covid patients who developed allergies. I am trying to find a way to test this myself.
I added to my poster page
https://citrate.science/2025poster/poster2025.html
A table of results from chatGPT of COVID causing mitochondrial damage. I have checked that the links work, but not checked the papers.
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