Brain retraining is nervous system regulation
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- 5 years
- Published
- Jul 2026
Summary
Amy credits the "CFS Recovery" nervous-system-regulation program with turning her case around, alongside daily red-light therapy (about 10 minutes, at least four mornings a week, using a box she bought roughly three years ago) and work with a therapist who also had ME/CFS. She had been dealing with POTS, fatigue, neuropathy and cognitive dysfunction, and describes the recovery process as taking two to three years of what she calls "real personal hard work." She says the program "gave me my life back," though the piece gives no specific percentage or symptom-by-symptom improvement. She indicates the gains depended on continuing to actively manage her nervous system rather than a one-time fix, saying she had to keep curbing her "true nature" to stay regulated.
Read it in their words
amythetonic.substack.com — this page sells a treatment, program or service.
What they credit
Credits POTS medication, Brain retraining, Vagus nerve stimulation, Brain retraining programs (DNRS, Gupta, ANS Rewire, Primal Trust), Vagus nerve stimulation.
Symptoms mentioned
Symptoms: Brain fog, Neuropathy & tingling, POTS & dysautonomia.
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