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Long Covid & Relationship Strain
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Aug 23, 2023 | Replies (19)Comment receiving replies
For me, I actually shot myself in the foot by being on a vegan diet. When I recently modified it and added back some meat and dairy, my long covid began to improve. I've seen that there's some documentation on the web to this effect. Pretty much all I've done for months has been spending hours each day researching this stuff from every angle.
I've now been improving significantly just in the past week after beginning guanfacine and NAC. My cacosmia and brain fog are almost gone. Just to be sure I'm being clear, I've been on this combo for 1 week and 1 day.
As far as the topic at hand, unfortunately, my wife has been almost completely unsupportive and doesn't believe I have long covid, but that I am imagining it. This stuff can break up families.
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I'm very sorry to hear your wife has been unsupportive. It is confusing for family members (and medical professionals!) when a person appears to be totally normal, and bloodwork comes back normal (that doesn't help at all). I had the same questions from family... Only those who have been through long haul truly understand.
I'm also truly happy your long haul is improving. It's true, when I left many of my comments I was assuming that most people are eating a standard American diet (also known as SAD). Anti-inflammatory and low histamine diets seem to help the most... but of course every person's constitution is different.
I've never tried taking guanfacine, but NAC certainly helps! For me, it was B-3 and several amino acids that did the trick. One year later and I'm still heavily supplementing to keep my energy up and mental clarity... But I'm 90% better and back to work full time. Perhaps you needed the amino acids in animal protein to give your body more support. Many people do not do well on a vegan diet, as much as they want it to morally make sense. I've had a few friends that, after a number of years, had to admit they just weren't doing well in general -- and this is without Covid. All the best to you!
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I have heard of families who have split apart due to "not believing" and thus not supporting family members with long covid symptoms. Life can be very difficult for long covid sufferers. And so many are affected.