Finally caught the vid, no sense of smell/taste and have strong fatigue ever since

[PointOutside]

Two years into a pandemic and I finally caught COVID-19. I am not vaccinated. I got over it about ten days ago and now I'm stuck in a state of mental fog and very strong physical and mental fatigue. Also, I can't smell or taste anything at all. The symptoms of having it were nothing crazy, little chills and body aches, night sweats. They lasted about seven days. Looking through this forum I see people recommending thyroid, niacin, niacinamide, thiamine, the usual stuff that's around here. I've been taking all of these except the thyroid. I know this topic is probably brought up every other day but I was wondering if anyone has the next thing to try for getting over whatever the hell happened to me. Did anyone here also get 'long COVID' (or whatever) and how long did it take for you to finally feel normal? I'm 21 and follow the diet advice here.

 

[Perry Staltic]

What's your zinc intake like? Loss of smell can be one of the signs of zinc deficiency

 

[InChristAlone]

High dose ascorbic acid.

 

[Doc Sandoz]

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[Peatful]

Both "long" COVID-19 and CFS are likely caused by hypometabolism

A good study that examines the remarkable parallels between the so-called "long" COVID-19 (i.e. chronic display of symptoms associated with COVID-19) and the (in)famous chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Namely, increases inflammation, excessive glycolysis, suppressed mitochondrial function and...

raypeatforum.com

 

[LucyL]

Here are two long COVID snips from Fynn-derella on Twitter (IRL she's a doctor with Simone Gold's group) - you'll have to look into the drugs yourself, I don't remember what they are - but perhaps if they are not reasonably safe, there are some Peaty chemicals that might be similar.

 

[GorillaHead]

So carnitine?

 

[youngsinatra]

Get your vitamin D level (25OHD) measured. Evaluate your zinc intake. Vitamins and minerals get used up by infection.

 

[Old Irenaeus]

Sounds similar to what I had. I also had high fever for several days. Some mental fog in the middle of it and found it hard to respond to emails. I didn't lose taste/smell but afterwards had a mint/metallic taste hanging about back of my mouth.

I took vitamin E; vitamin D 100K IU for a couple of days and then tapered off; zinc; magnesium; quercetin with vitamin c; black seed extract pills; aspirin 3-4 daily; solaray B vitamins; methylene blue 1200 mcg. I drank chamomile tea with coconut oil mixed into it. Coffee with evaporated milk. Lots of orange juice. Heated milk. I ate a lot of tuna fish high in selenium and niacin. Took many naps and often slept under my red light heat lamp. Finally, I watched a couple funny movies.

After I recovered, I continued to have occasional mental fog. However, I have started taking B1/thiamine hcl and that seems to be helping. And once I got out of isolation, I started spending lots of time in the sun again.

 

[Mauritio]

Zinc ,policsonal , piracetam.

 

[JohnHafterson]

Sounds similar to what I had. I also had high fever for several days. Some mental fog in the middle of it and found it hard to respond to emails. I didn't lose taste/smell but afterwards had a mint/metallic taste hanging about back of my mouth.

I took vitamin E; vitamin D 100K IU for a couple of days and then tapered off; zinc; magnesium; quercetin with vitamin c; black seed extract pills; aspirin 3-4 daily; solaray B vitamins; methylene blue 1200 mcg. I drank chamomile tea with coconut oil mixed into it. Coffee with evaporated milk. Lots of orange juice. Heated milk. I ate a lot of tuna fish high in selenium and niacin. Took many naps and often slept under my red light heat lamp. Finally, I watched a couple funny movies.

After I recovered, I continued to have occasional mental fog. However, I have started taking B1/thiamine hcl and that seems to be helping. And once I got out of isolation, I started spending lots of time in the sun again.

This is pretty much what I would do a nice basic supplemental quilt targeting inflammation, endothelial/cardio function, and nervous system.

Lipoic, taurine, benfotiamine for neuro & olfactory issues...

Taurine

Function of Taurine in the Primary Olfactory Pathway

In the mammalian central nervous system (CNS), the amino acid taurine is involved in a number of fundamental processes, including neuronal maturation, cell protection, neuronal inhibition, and neurotr...

grantome.com

Lipoic

Lipoic acid in the treatment of smell dysfunction following viral infection of the upper respiratory tract - PubMed

The results indicate that alpha-lipoic acid may be helpful in patients with olfactory loss after upper respiratory tract infection. However, to judge the true potential of this treatment, the outcome of double-blind, placebo-controlled studies in large groups of patients must be awaited...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Thiamine/Benfo

The impact of thiamine deficiency and benfotiamine treatment on Nod-like receptor protein-3 inflammasome in microglia - PubMed

Thiamine-dependent processes are critical in cerebral glucose metabolism, it is abnormity induces oxidative stress, inflammation and neurodegeneration. Nod-like receptor protein-3 (NLRP3) inflammasome-mediated inflammation is closely related to neurologic diseases and can be activated by...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Neuroinflammation smell loss regeneration to immune switch:

Chronic Inflammation Directs an Olfactory Stem Cell Functional Switch from Neuroregeneration to Immune Defense

Although olfactory mucosa possesses long-lived horizontal basal stem cells (HBCs) and remarkable regenerative capacity, the function of human olfactor…

www.sciencedirect.com

Sars Cov2 uses olfactory bulb as one of main ways to infection.

Is the Collapse of the Respiratory Center in the Brain Responsible for Respiratory Breakdown in COVID-19 Patients?

Following the identification of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) in 2002 and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in 2012, we are now again facing a global highly pathogenic novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic. ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[youngsinatra]

I also caught the virus 11 days ago, but besides a slightly runny nose I did not have any symptoms - I also kept my sense of taste and smell during the whole period.

I took 50'000 IU of vitamin D for 10 days, starting on the day that I got tested positive 3 times in a row.
On top of that I took 1000 mcg of K2-7, 1800 IU of vitamin E, 900mg of magnesium, 2 grams of thiamin HCL, 3 grams B3 and some CoQ10.

I tried to get at least 30-40 mg of zinc each day via diet. (Check with cronometer)
I think zinc really helps with maintaining and even restoring the sense of smell and taste.

 

[Ell]

Two years into a pandemic and I finally caught COVID-19. I am not vaccinated. I got over it about ten days ago and now I'm stuck in a state of mental fog and very strong physical and mental fatigue. Also, I can't smell or taste anything at all. The symptoms of having it were nothing crazy, little chills and body aches, night sweats. They lasted about seven days. Looking through this forum I see people recommending thyroid, niacin, niacinamide, thiamine, the usual stuff that's around here. I've been taking all of these except the thyroid. I know this topic is probably brought up every other day but I was wondering if anyone has the next thing to try for getting over whatever the hell happened to me. Did anyone here also get 'long COVID' (or whatever) and how long did it take for you to finally feel normal? I'm 21 and follow the diet advice here.

haha, be careful what "advice" you follow. Ever since forever, we always had flu outbreaks, everywhere. I remember so many times in grade school, 1/3 of the student body would be out sick, but we never shut down the economy over it or became wimpified crybabies over it. For situations involving weird proteins, such as "spike proteins"..... how about, use of a protease enzyme ? Bromelain, papayain, trypsin, chymotrypsin & cet. Personally, bromelain is my favorite, at least 1600 GDU potency. Since it comes from pineapple, I eat half a pineapple with it when I take bromelain

 

[Izzybelle]

I think I had it and it lasted about two weeks. I had been taking Vitamin D for about a year before and had just started taking Vitamin A. I used activated charcoal, benadryl and aspirin. Then I took Losartan for a couple of days when I felt it was in my chest with a hacking cough, etc., and within a couple of days it seemed to be more in my sinuses, so I went back to benadryl and aspirin. I think I also took zinc and lysine. After that felt like a sinus infectiion for about a week, then it resolved itself. Maybe try some activted charcoal to absorb anything that might be hanging around in the gut, and maybe some aspirin, benadryl, vitamin A, zinc, lysine, and some sunshine or bright light. I did not have any lasting symptoms.

 

[Old Irenaeus]

I think I had it and it lasted about two weeks. I had been taking Vitamin D for about a year before and had just started taking Vitamin A. I used activated charcoal, benadryl and aspirin. Then I took Losartan for a couple of days when I felt it was in my chest with a hacking cough, etc., and within a couple of days it seemed to be more in my sinuses, so I went back to benadryl and aspirin. I think I also took zinc and lysine. After that felt like a sinus infectiion for about a week, then it resolved itself. Maybe try some activted charcoal to absorb anything that might be hanging around in the gut, and maybe some aspirin, benadryl, vitamin A, zinc, lysine, and some sunshine or bright light. I did not have any lasting symptoms.

I also found that activated charcoal helped a lot.

 

[InChristAlone]

I think I had it and it lasted about two weeks. I had been taking Vitamin D for about a year before and had just started taking Vitamin A. I used activated charcoal, benadryl and aspirin. Then I took Losartan for a couple of days when I felt it was in my chest with a hacking cough, etc., and within a couple of days it seemed to be more in my sinuses, so I went back to benadryl and aspirin. I think I also took zinc and lysine. After that felt like a sinus infectiion for about a week, then it resolved itself. Maybe try some activted charcoal to absorb anything that might be hanging around in the gut, and maybe some aspirin, benadryl, vitamin A, zinc, lysine, and some sunshine or bright light. I did not have any lasting symptoms.

Would not recommend vitamin A for prevention of upper respiratory infections. Vitamin D to vitamin A ratio is the major risk factor for it. Have not eaten liver or used vitamin A supps in yrs and haven't been sick in yrs.

 

[Angela_7]

Topical magnesium, topical vitamin D, and topical methylene blue. (Was also taking 20-30 drops internally) Those 3 made me sweat the virus out in 2 hours & my fever went away after 24 hours. Throat was sore the next day so I continued this. And no more symptoms after that. Some people don’t think this was covid because I didn’t have a cough & didn’t lose smell/taste.
I believe Georgi has an article that has progesterone can help relieve long covid symptoms

 

[Jam]

Topical magnesium, topical vitamin D, and topical methylene blue. (Was also taking 20-30 drops internally) Those 3 made me sweat the virus out in 2 hours & my fever went away after 24 hours. Throat was sore the next day so I continued this. And no more symptoms after that. Some people don’t think this was covid because I didn’t have a cough & didn’t lose smell/taste.
I believe Georgi has an article that has progesterone can help relieve long covid symptoms

Dosages of the topical applications? Thanks.

 

[Angela_7]

Dosages of the topical applications? Thanks.

I did 500 mg of magnesium, 10-15 iu of D, and 3 drops of the blue. I redid the dose a couple hours later because the blue absorbed(which means the body utilized it all). Repeated the dose in the morning.

 

[Jam]

I did 500 mg of magnesium, 10-15 iu of D, and 3 drops of the blue. I redid the dose a couple hours later because the blue absorbed(which means the body utilized it all). Repeated the dose in the morning.

10-15 IU of D?? Do you mean 10,000 - 15,000?