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Julie's recovery story
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Very severe (bedbound, unable to do basic care)
- Ill for
- 7 months
- Published
- No date given
Summary
Julie was bedbound for months after a covid infection in July 2022, with breathlessness, dysautonomia and insomnia. She credited a mind-body approach, mainly the Curable app with daily yoga, meditation and breathwork, and was back at work by March 2023. She has been fully recovered since August 2023, with occasional anxiety.
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What they tried
Credits Alternative therapies, Brain retraining, Mind-body practices, Meditation, yoga, breathwork, Sarno / TMS / somatic tracking / JournalSpeak.
What they credit
Also tried
Approaches: Alternative therapies · Brain retraining · Mind-body practices
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, from when the illness began. Hover a point to see what happened and what they link it to. Open dots mark a change they link to a treatment, orange ones a setback. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | covid positive; extreme fatigue at the start | Severe | |
| mid-August 2022 | completely bedbound for months | Very severe | |
| about 4 months in | symptoms begin easing slightly | Severe | Meditation, yoga, breathwork |
| about 7 months in | only anxiety and tinnitus left | Mild | Sarno / TMS / somatic tracking / JournalSpeak |
| about 10 months in | anxiety minimal, back at work full-time | Near normal | Sarno / TMS / somatic tracking / JournalSpeak |
| August 2023 | fully recovered | Recovered | Sarno / TMS / somatic tracking / JournalSpeak |
| as of today | still fully recovered, living an active life | Recovered |
Symptoms mentioned
Symptoms: Anxiety & low mood, Brain fog, Breathlessness, Flu-like symptoms, Heart symptoms & palpitations, Light & noise sensitivity, Mast cell (MCAS) & allergies, Muscle weakness, Neuropathy & tingling, POTS & dysautonomia, Sleep problems, Temperature regulation, Tinnitus.
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