How it went for everyone who tried it
Helped 11 of 14 people who said how it went.
Net score +79: the share who got better minus the share who got worse, among the 14 who said how it went, including people it did nothing for. One report per person.
| How it went | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Helped a lot | 3 | 22% |
| Helped | 8 | 57% |
| No change | 3 | 21% |
| Worse | 0 | 0% |
| Much worse | 0 | 0% |
Adverse events
3 of the 14 people who wrote about taking it described an adverse event they tied to it.
Made symptoms worse· 1 person
- “many of Dodd's symptoms flared up, so much so that she almost didn't get her second dose” Judy Dodd
Grouped by kind, the most serious kinds first. Only what people tied to this treatment, in their own words; open a group to read them.
Recovery among the 9 who credit it
4 name it as the main thing behind their improvement, 5 as one of several. These are recovery stories, which are written more often when something worked.
Outcomes, and whether it lasted
Did it last?
- 1 of the 9 who credit it said its benefit wore off: the one who relapsed.
- No one said they needed to keep it up to stay well.
Read from what people wrote. A story that ends without a follow-up counts as lasting, so treat these as minimums.
| Outcome described | Accounts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Recovered | 3 | 33% |
| Near normal | 4 | 45% |
| Much better | 1 | 11% |
| Somewhat better | 0 | 0% |
| Relapsed | 1 | 11% |
| No benefit | 0 | 0% |
Over time
- Of the 11 people it helped, including those who don’t credit it for their recovery, it wore off for 2.
Read from each person’s own timeline. A story that ends without a follow-up counts as lasting, and times are estimated from the dates in the account.
By how ill people were
| Severity at worst | How it went | n | Recovered or near normal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mild | 2 | 100% | |
| Moderate | 3 | 67% | |
| Severe | 2 | 50% |
2 accounts don’t say how ill the person was.
All 14 people who tried it
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Three Severely Ill Long COVID Patients - Three Rapid Recoveries (patient 2)
She developed long COVID after COVID-19 in early 2021, with severe fatigue, extremely poor exercise intolerance and profound difficulty concentrating; a Pfizer vaccination gave only mild relief. After testing positive again in September 2021, she received…
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The Remission Biome Project: Two ME/CFS Patients Begin a Gut Reset Effort to Regain Their Health
The son's mother reported that his recovery was complete after a combined protocol. It included multi-strain probiotics, mould avoidance, B vitamins, curcumin, methylphenidate, Mickel therapy and a Covid vaccine, with the probiotics being only one part of…
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Jolene
Jolene got COVID around Halloween 2021 and was ill for months, in a haze through winter and spring, with each attempt at a normal routine setting her back. She credited radical rest, slow graded pacing, a second booster, counseling, acupuncture, yoga and…
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Reca M.
Reca had COVID in 2021 with a week of fever and cough, and at six weeks still could not stay awake past 7 PM or walk more than 2 blocks. She blamed steroids from a doctor visit for 17 pounds of weight gain. About 10 weeks after COVID started she took her…
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No PEM after weeks on Valacyclovir
Diwi9 became ill after a viral infection in 2009, relapsed in 2016, and spent most of the year before restarting valacyclovir in bed 20-22 hours a day. On valacyclovir 1g three times daily they reported more energy, no PEM and aerobic exercise without…
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Some Patients Are Reporting Recovery from Long COVID (Netta)
Netta Wang, a 24-year-old from California, tested positive for COVID-19 in August 2020 and developed Long COVID. In March she noticed an improvement after her second Moderna dose, around the time her doctor advised her to begin exercising again, and she was…
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Some Patients Are Reporting Recovery from Long COVID
Lana Lynch, 32, had fatigue and daily headaches for months after COVID-19 and had to carefully regulate her exertion each day. After her second Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine dose in May, she felt less tired and could get through a yoga class without…
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Mysterious Ailment, Mysterious Relief: Vaccines Help Some COVID Long-Haulers
Judy Dodd had long COVID for nearly a year, with headaches, shortness of breath, extreme fatigue and problems with smell, and said she felt like she had aged 20 years. Her symptoms flared after her first Pfizer dose, but a few days after her second dose her…
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Stacia Fadden, Missoula
Stacia Fadden had extreme fatigue and brain fog from February 2021 and could barely take another step after a normal workday. After three acupuncture treatments she was no longer run down every day by spring, and she later added quercetin, zinc and vitamin C…
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Volker Stahl's Recovery Story
Volker Stahl had long COVID for about 18 months after a mild infection in October 2023, with crashes, brain fog and four weeks off work at his worst. Pacing, supplements and a COVID vaccination did not help. From late March 2025 he acted as if healthy and…
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Three Severely Ill Long COVID Patients - Three Rapid Recoveries (patient 1)
A formerly healthy 60-year-old woman developed long COVID, with severe fatigue even after mild exertion such as climbing stairs, plus chest discomfort, joint pain, numbness and tingling and brain fog. A Pfizer vaccination did not help. About a year after…
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Impact of extended-course Paxlovid in established Long COVID (Case 5)
Case 5, a woman with Long COVID since March 2020, had breathing problems, fatigue, PEM, brain fog and body aches and could no longer exercise daily. In June 2023 she took a 10-day course of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir, with galcanezumab-gnlm for migraines as her…
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Berberine helped me
Elike, ill with ME/CFS for 15 years, was severely ill for eight months before adding berberine and curcumin in 2021. Within four weeks she said she was back at her pre-severe level and no longer constantly in PEM, which she thought was due to berberine. By…
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Some Patients Are Reporting Recovery from Long COVID (Sherri)
Sherri Klipowicz got sick with what she believes was COVID-19 in March 2020 and began to feel better in February 2021 after months of tinkering with her diet, sleep and activity. She now practices restorative yoga, takes magnesium and glutathione, and works…
The first 9 credit COVID vaccination as treatment for their improvement; the other 5 tried it without crediting it.