Hi arichards3,
Sure! My head felt woozy, like if I got up too fast I’d have to be careful and catch my balance. Not so much dizzy as just really off, I couldn’t process things well and had trouble finding words, forgetful, or following along with playing games. This was all VERY concerning as my mind is super sharp and I never forget things. I’d say it’s similar to how I feel when I have to take Benadryl that really knocks me out and makes me woozy. My brain felt woozy for months until I took Paxlovid.
I noticed Paxlovid really cleared my head and energy within about 2 days. All doctors will tell you Paxlovid is to be used within the first 5 days of acute Covid. It’s what it’s approved for. But you could always ask if they might be willing to do a trial with you to see if it helped at all with your symptoms, in an off label way. I sent my doctor some articles showing how there are trials being used to see if long term use of Paxlovid may help with LC. I mentioned how I was miserable and couldn’t function in life, completely disabled from my symptoms and that I wanted to try this! I mentioned how there’s nothing out there helping me or anyone and if I was okay taking the risk, then please would he help me…. He agreed as long as we did regular bloodwork to make sure my kidneys and liver were fine, and they were.
If your doctor has problems with this, then I’d argue that one trial dose isn’t going to hurt anything and could potentially really help!
I think if you’re going to see a difference, you’d know within a few days, at least I did.
I hope you can try it, and I hope it might help!
Keep me posted!
Best Wishes!
@repl Thanks for such a quick and encouraging response. Our symptoms are similar. I have been through the Mayo program, feel better, but not 100% and had wondered about Paxlovid as a 'knock out punch'.
Do I understand you correctly that you have taken one round of Paxlovid, one and done, or are you continuing to take Paxlovid on a continuous low dosage?