Awful fatigue, shortness of breath, brain fog..anything helping you?

@bigj,
My brain fog includes difficulty communicating (especially word loss), difficulty thinking clearly and making decisions, inability to concentrate/pay attention, forgetfulness, memory loss, slow processing and reaction time of what is said and done, and mental exhaustion. It’s not consistent, but comes and goes. For me, stress and fatigue bring on brain fog. The worse the stress or the longer I’m fatigued without rest/sleep, the worse the brain fog.

I've discovered three supplements and one behavioral adjustment that have been recent Godsends in my battle against long COVID brain fog, respiratory issues, and fatigue. I feel as if I'm getting parts of my life back, regaining stamina and mental clarity, and from there have begun a moderate exercise program that adds to the snowballing effect of what I share below:

First, 10 mg of creatine in the morning coffee or smoothie. The usual 5 mg. dose used by gym rats is consumed by muscle before any gets to the brain, according to Rhonda Patrick (her Found My Fitness emails and YouTube videos have been breakthroughs for me.)

After that first 5 mg is absorbed and utilized by muscle (a stay against post-exertion fatigue, for long COVID sufferers,) the brain gets second dibs. That's where the gains against brain fog kick in. In my experience, life-giving and remarkable.

Short story, get a good grade of micronized creatine and do 10 mg. (two rounded teaspoons) per day - sometimes more or less depending on individual factors. Google Rhonda Patrick creatine, do your own research, make your own plan. Results are immediate and improve over time.

Second, 5 mg/day of L-glutamine, another body builder favorite that helps the immune system, exercise energy levels, and brain fog. Same story - look it up. One caveat - the stuff tastes horrible. Mix well into something that will disguise the sharp unpleasant flavor.

Third, (and a Godsend for me,) mullien. The extract or oil can be mixed with a splash of water and has a pleasant, earthy tea flavor. It coats and soothes the throat and helps thin and bring up cruddy mucous all at once, and does it gently.

Fourth, in an interview with Shawn Ryan Dr. Alexander Huberman recommends getting out into sunlight and lookling eastward every morning, preferably while exercising. That sets the biological clock for the rest of the day. Results: More alertness, less brain fog, better sleep at night. Again, look it up and give it a listen.

These things have helped me more than all the medical fummydiddling around to address long COVID I've been through over the past five years.

I'm already taking 600 mg. of n-acetyl cysteine twice daily and recently started Spiriva maintenance inhaler ($300 + per month - ouch!) to manage post-COVID exacerbation of COPD and asthma - both of which bcame crippling after the second bout of COVID.

Both the NAC and inhaler have helped my breathing immensely.

The medical community by and large ignores diet and supplements and/or behavioral changes as being reelevant to recovery from this disease.

They put me on an exercise and diet modification program following heart surgery; why does the same mode of thinking not transfer to a pandemic affecting so many people?

The problem is, there is no money for the pharma-medical cartel in lifestyle changes that would effectively shut down their profitability - which lies in developing quasi-addiction to expensive medical treatment while the manufactured pandemic rages on, moderated somewhat but not effectively addressed by their methods.

WE, this online community, must take charge of our own well-being and remain proactive and communicative about our condition and our successful tratments to combat it.

Please post here if the things I have mentioned help you as they have me - let's spread the word about what relieves our conditions, helps us manage and return to normal life, and gives us hope. We become stronger as we strengthen each other.

God bless you all.

GAME CHANGER - Mestinon (pyridostigmine) is a prescription medication (primarily used to treat myasthenia gravis) and i've been on it for 6 months now. I have 60mg pills - started 1/4 of a pill twice a day for a week, then 1/2 a pill twice a day for a week and now i'm on 1 pill twice a day. My doctor from Columbia Pres in NYC prescribed this to me and would like me to stay on it for a bit longer. I couldn't do anything without a cfs crash before i started it, now i can clean my house, my brain fog is gone and both Sunday and Tuesday i walked over 8 miles. I was tired afterwards, but... would you be? I skipped a day of meds by accident (visiting a friend) and i was very very tired w/o doing much. I understand this doesn't help everyone, but it is LIFE CHANGING.