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NAC supplement?

Posted by libbyh @libbyh, Nov 27, 2022

A friend of mine suggested the supplement NAC (N-acetylcysteine) for my long Covid. I have never heard of it. Has anyone tried this?

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bettyjackson | @bettyjackson | Nov 11, 2023
In reply to @petrau "I am trying the Yale study protocol: guanfacine and NAC. I do think it’s helping. I..." + (show)
@petrau

I am trying the Yale study protocol: guanfacine and NAC.
I do think it’s helping. I have had word retrieval, attention issues, and memory issues since my mild covid infection a year ago! I have a history of PTSD that has been well treated and managed for over 2 decades, but since the infection, several PTSD. Symptoms have flared. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (17 years of practice), so I am a more knowledgeable subject of these symptoms.

I have also moved myself to a plant based, no grain, no alcohol, no dairy elimination diet for the past month. That also seems to be helping.

I’ve just started to try reintroducing foods that can be inflammatory one at a time, and I am pretty sure wheat and corn flare symptoms of inflammation.

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Do you take vitamin supplements too? What about calcium intake?

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bettyjackson | @bettyjackson | Nov 11, 2023
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@lindy1965

I tried NAC but felt very weird and (more) dizzy so I guess I just had a bad reaction to it? I have trouble tolerating a lot of these supplements. Has anyone else had a reaction like this?

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Did you just take the 600mg, 1xday?
My NAC supplement is vegan.
Suggested dose ,600mg, is taken 1hr before meal, empty stomach

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petrau | @petrau | Nov 11, 2023
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@bettyjackson

Do you take vitamin supplements too? What about calcium intake?

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I have been taking 600 mg 2x daily of calcium for years.

Multi vitamin with emphasis on B12
2000 IU D3 (for past ten years as blood tests showed I was at a 16! back in the day!
Plant based diet, no grains, no alcohol, no dairy…(this is a recent switch for me)
Have increased my exercise to 5 c a week (20-30 min) I do a Nike workout that is on Netflix (lots to choose from, no equipment necessary)

I’m also on hormone therapy (recently finally in menopause) that predates the covid pandemic.

Hmmm, what else…
Started Wellbutrin and very low dose of generic adderall to help with the memory and depressive symptoms that arose like a switch flipped immediately following my covid infection in 10/2022

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lindy1965 | @lindy1965 | Nov 11, 2023
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@petrau

Do you have low or lower blood pressure? Many things that lower inflammation have the beneficial (for some) of lowering blood pressure as well. Dizziness is common when blood pressure is too low or lower than we are accustomed to?

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No, do not have low blood pressure. I have had dizziness since I’ve had long Covid.
A lot of Supplements that I have tried, I’ve made my dizziness worse. I feel like my body just rejects everything since this all began

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petrau | @petrau | Nov 11, 2023
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@bettyjackson

I have no blood pressure issues so far.

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So it’s possible that the NAC decreased your blood pressure? Taking it at night rather than the morning might change your experience with dizziness?

It’s so hard to find medical help with all this!!!

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lindy1965 | @lindy1965 | Nov 11, 2023
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@petrau

So it’s possible that the NAC decreased your blood pressure? Taking it at night rather than the morning might change your experience with dizziness?

It’s so hard to find medical help with all this!!!

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I know that I won’t try it again…I felt horrible. Glad it is helping some people though.

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petrau | @petrau | Nov 11, 2023
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@lindy1965

I know that I won’t try it again…I felt horrible. Glad it is helping some people though.

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Soooooo important to listen to your body, eh?!?!

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petrau | @petrau | Nov 11, 2023
In reply to @lindy1965 "No, do not have low blood pressure. I have had dizziness since I’ve had long Covid...." + (show)
@lindy1965

No, do not have low blood pressure. I have had dizziness since I’ve had long Covid.
A lot of Supplements that I have tried, I’ve made my dizziness worse. I feel like my body just rejects everything since this all began

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Ugh! Dizziness! Yuck!

Have you tried looking at inner ear stuff?

I have had extreme dizziness (pre covid world) that were caused by tiny calcium fragments that apparently get stuck in the inner ear. There is a series of head and body movements that you do to dislodge and get the calcium bits to move out of the inner ear.

If I didn’t have word retrieval issues, I’d remember what this is all called?!?! Lol!!

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petrau | @petrau | Nov 11, 2023
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@petrau

Ugh! Dizziness! Yuck!

Have you tried looking at inner ear stuff?

I have had extreme dizziness (pre covid world) that were caused by tiny calcium fragments that apparently get stuck in the inner ear. There is a series of head and body movements that you do to dislodge and get the calcium bits to move out of the inner ear.

If I didn’t have word retrieval issues, I’d remember what this is all called?!?! Lol!!

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Can’t post the link. But maybe this hopkinsmedicine
home-epley-maneuver

There are a couple of others and plenty of YouTube videos?

Apologies if completely irrelevant to you!!!

Hoping you have a balanced, stable day today!!!

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petrau | @petrau | Nov 11, 2023
In reply to @bettyjackson "Did you just take the 600mg, 1xday? My NAC supplement is vegan. Suggested dose ,600mg, is..." + (show)
@bettyjackson

Did you just take the 600mg, 1xday?
My NAC supplement is vegan.
Suggested dose ,600mg, is taken 1hr before meal, empty stomach

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Yes, 600 mg. I do the guanfacine (prescription needed) and the NAC at bedtime (Yale protocol).
A search for Yale guanfacine will pull the specifics.

I am considering doing 600 in the morning as well?

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