My advice for early longhaulers is that just because they can’t find something to treat that doesn’t mean something is not wrong.

There are high and lows with getting a diagnosis and using a new medicine or method to cope with the symptoms. Unfortunately it reinforces the symptom slash pain cycle. Hang in there! Initially the drs have to rule everything out. Ruling everything out proves what is wrong. You will also eliminate additional burdens on your body.. a healthy lifestyle will always help improve symptoms. Our body were under a serious attack and it’s stuck in flight mode.

Healing and retraining you mind and body with a helping of spirituality will slowly improve your state of mind. You have to help your parasympathetic show up to the party of life.

We have to accept on some level our bodies have changed it’s like someone pressed fast forward on aging. I went from being 46 to feeling like I’m 86.

Like all life altering events in history we are a black sheep we really stand out from the crowd throughout our recovery.

Try to not focus on the symptoms but focus on functioning and slowly making gains.

It will be 2 years in September for me. But I finally have a grip on what has happened to me.

The viral infection had its greatest impact on my brain. I had the help of Mayo Dr Munipalli and Dr Sletten.

Learned a big word. Psychoneuroimmunology. It really is a thing…

Central Sensitization Syndrome
Cognitive Behavior Therapy with Dr Sletten.

Most importantly you are not alone and it does get better. That does not mean that it is incredibly hard. Keep your head up and try to get better sleep to heal. Function over your feelings and have SMART goals.

Tools I use every day the Whoop to balance strain and recover. It’s made for athletes but I use it differently.

Water lots of it supplements, Cymbalta, Wellbutrin and Gabapentin

I eat a Mediterranean Diet and I go to bed early I exercise with a routine provided by Dr Sletten’s team.

I don’t sleep as much 30 minute naps max I sleep around 8 hours and plan what I do each day and it’s working.

I do all of that to prevent Pushing and Crashing.

I used to push on days I felt I could and I’d lose days.

Dr Sletten is the best.. if you can read this Dr Sletten and PRC team. You should write a book… THANK YOU MAYO