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My 5 1/2+ years of Long Covid has left me with dysautonomia: highBP/HR but with syncope from ‘postural hypotension, not Pots’, plus breathlessness, fatigue, all over body ache, no sense of smell…. I had hoped at least one symptom would get better with vagus nerve stimulation with Tens and ear clip…see the excellent Facebook group ‘ AVA: a vagus adventure’ with personal experience, info.on lots of devices, successes/ failures, and video clips how to use devices correctly. I tried my device for two periods of about 4-6 weeks each going very slowly changing ‘power’ and time but seemed to get higher HR instead of improvements…Will try again. If you look at the AVA group you’ll see the report mentioned above would be generally regarded as trying ‘too fast, too soon’…food for thought!

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For your specific symptoms, have you tried low-dose naltrexone? I have been on it for eight months now and it has taken care of most of my shortness of breath, body aches and pains from the constant chronic inflammation are almost completely gone unless I eat something my post covid body is now allergic to and fatigue is about 50% better. You do have to try trade up slowly and there are some initial side effects but they are pretty well gone in about two weeks.