How To Avoid Long Covid | The 5 Top Tips - Drawn From Latest Research 

As someone with ME/CFS, which is often post-viral and shares many of the symptoms and characteristics of Long COVID, I can't emphasise the importance of rest enough. Rest as soon as you feel the slightest flagging of energy, every single day - and never do too much in between rest periods. It takes discipline, but it's the best way to give yourself a chance of improving or at least avoiding getting worse.

Thank you for all that you have done. I am fully recovered but it took 18 months. I was fit before covid, tried to go back to work a few times as a gardener, the fatigue was soul destroying. Looking back, i can see the stress it caused not being able to live a normal life. I stopped trying to push on, stopped wearing my fitbit, was very careful to stop before i got too tired and rested a lot. Slowly got better. I now work less, appreciate my life more. Enjoy the little things. Everyone be kind to yourselves. Good luck.

Long covid sufferer here, who has been trying to work and keep up with day to day life but inevitably facing setback after setback. Can't thank you enough for your channel, just discovered it yesterday - and it goes into so much depth. What I like most is your tone of voice, it avoids victimhood or downbeatness - which is just spot on!

You overgo yourself each time! ❤ In my humble opinion, it is the patient-led research that will bring about the paradigm shift that our modern medicine and, frankly speaking, the modern science practice in general, need so badly at this moment! Hats off for you and other fellow patient-researchers! ❤

I had covid again in September 2022. It's been 14 weeks since my infection and I have no symptoms so it's safe to say I haven't gotten long covid again. Here's what I did: - No exercise for five weeks - Aspirin every day for 8 weeks - Niacin every day for 8 weeks - Meditation every day (15-30 minutes)

Thanks Gez, this is exactly what the world needs right now. It’s just too bad governments aren’t listening and supplying these things to people who get COVID to help them. It’s all just so short sighted.

Absolutely spot on Gez as always . I was very active prior to having long covid - I lived for my keep fit regime and I had a very active job. THANK YOU so much for being consistently spot on with your help and advice 🙏

Hello, Gez! I just wanted to say thank you. Your channel has kept me going through long covid. I don't know how I would have coped without it. You've given me loads of usefull information but above all you've given me hope. Thank you so much for that. Excellent work! Best regards Patrik Unge Stockholm, Sweden

Thank you Gez! Have had Long Covid for twenty one months now, everything you've said in this video rings true as a bell. I would add to managing stress to avoid Long Covid that this aspect can even be enhanced by actively relaxing with breathing exercises, meditation or similar to condition the nervous system, and therefore immune system to not overreact to Covid (or indeed to a vaccine). This is based solely on my experience, as breathing and meditating has made a big difference to the pace of my recovery. Thanks for everything you continue to do!

Thank you so much. No one is answering a single question on this it seems! About to hit week 4, I was hit hard, but finally felt better, over-exerted a bit perhaps, flat on my face here. I suppose I'll keep resting......

Thank you, Gez. I am glad you are here. Your intention to help and your honesty is very soothing. I caught Covid in March 2020. Long Covid came on slowly afterwards, and got worse after my second vaccination (I wish I had not gotten the 2nd vax). I fit the profile of high achiever, and added to this is underlying anxiety I was not aware of from growing up with a Dad whose violence was always simmering under the surface. I have been learning more about this and have improved. I have also given up pushing myself because I asked myself "Who am I trying to please?". I am learning to please myself and that means being generally happier. I used CoQ10, Hawthorne, Magnesium, Turmeric, Adrenal support and live food supplement with complete Vitamin B complex; also fresh lemon juice in my water every day. I am 70, but most people don't believe me. I feel and act much younger. I always eaten organic; former hippie. 😊.

My 11 year old daughter got sick (and our whole household) with what may have been covid in early March 2020. At the time we didn't think it was covid because there were no documented cases in our state yet, and no tests were available. She fully recovered and went right back to her normal activities, which included quite a bit of physical activity, for a little over a week, and then the post viral fatigue symptoms started to begin--frequent, chronic headaches/burning sensation in her head, brain fog, fatigue, anxiety, trouble sleeping (symptoms she had never had before). We had no idea what was going on because no one knew about long covid. In the past, she had had occasional headaches and reactions to high histamine foods, so in a desperate attempt to try an fix the histamine situation (and a previous issue with food sensitivities), we took her to an acupuncturist for NAET treatments (from mid-May through mid-August--1 to 2 treatments a week). Within 6 of the 15 treatments she began to show improvement, and by the end of the treatments, her energy was back to normal, and she only had headaches occasionally. Within 1 to 2 months after the treatments, she was back to normal. Acupuncture, trying to avoid high histamine foods, managing stress, and plenty of rest are the only things we did. I have no idea how the acupuncture helped, but I know that was what sped up her healing process. The early treatments were designed to help her body to assimilate all vitamins and minerals that she obtained through nutrition, and I noticed the first major improvement after she was treated for B vitamins. I have no idea why it worked (other than prayer and fasting on my part), but I am sharing in case anyone here may find this helpful. Another thing--around the 4th treatment, we mentioned the anxiety she was having, and the acupuncturist added a treatment for that, and her anxiety significantly decreased and she started being able to fall asleep better. I hope you all have complete healing. I saw how devastating the post viral symptoms were on a daily basis for my daughter, and it hurt her and our family to the core. I really believe there is hope for getting better.

I don't know when I got infected, but the day I lost my sense of taste and smell (at the beginning of the pandemic, March 2020) was after a couple of days of great stress and a very late night. Given the ways that stress affected my symptoms after that, I've wondered if that initial period of stress actually was responsible for tipping my system into the symptoms to begin with! Fortunately everything was cancelled at that point and I had no commitments so I was able to just rest. At that time, my doctors didn't think it was Covid and when I called my doctor to ask if it was possible that exercise was making me worse (I was starting to take walks and always felt worse after) he said there was no reason why that would be true. I'm SO GLAD this is more commonly talked about now, and there's more awareness of PEM, but it's still not common knowledge and needs to be brought up more. Thank you!

This vid makes complete sense and has joined up a few dots for me. I was a keen cyclist and cycling between 30 -60 miles a week. In March 2021 I was ill for a few days (very mild covid symtoms) but a negative covid test then a week later my 1st AZ jab. In the April I cycled 36 miles, double my normal 15-20 miles rides. I now realise watching this film that was probably the start of long covid for me but didn't realise it at the time. A doctor suggested antihistamines and I think they definitely had some effect. I am now on 4000iu D3, with a multivitamin and mineral supplements to try and get back fully on track. I am yet to return to my cycling, hopefully in the New Year I might try it. Thanks again for these videos Gez, you are the only regularly one posting on Long Covid.

Thank you Gez! 🙏🏻 This is exactly me all risk factors and full on exercise fanatic every day. Mild case C19, April 2021, 6 weeks later LH symptoms started. Now at 7 months with so many LH Issues… finally feeling a lot better due to self care, rest and supplements. So grateful for your research and personal sharing.

Crystal clear presentation, excellent distillation of cutting edge covid & long covid information! Thank you, continually, Gez, for your pioneering pathway that is helping so many in real time, myself included. 😊

Thanks so much for sharing this!! I recovered from Covid 3 weeks ago and I just started having weird symptoms such as muscular tremors, fatigue, tinnitus, electrical impulses from brain to my entire head, etc. Just ran some blood tests but they came back normal. I’ve started taking supplements, let’s see how that will work out. I am happy to help you with your study. Wishing you lots of health!

Yet another gem of a video. Amazing work Gez. I wish this video was published on July . I got Covid in end of MAY 2021 and started working fulltime in July mid, August taking in a lot of stress and pushing my limits. Result I was rewarded with long covid. And vaccines didn't offer any help. And now I was able to confirm I have microclots. In the process of convincing my GP for low dose Antiplatelet meds.

Just crossed the two-year mark, and EVERYTHING in this video is 100% true. STRESS (physical & mental) exacerbates the most debilitating symptoms. I started to include gentle walks, but that put me under within 30 minutes.

Spot on Gez. I too was a daily gym attender and have always had been a runner and sportsman. Started Covid in 03/20 and started exercising almost as soon as the chest, coughing and dizziness and "Bambi on ice co-ordination, backed off. I had also been diagnosed with CFS 15 years earlier, which I was through, but interestingly that started after a particularly heavy training period. Your efforts are greatly appreciated, especially those really informative Webinars with research scientists. But as you said, "why aren't the questions being asked?"

Thanks Gez, really appreciate all the work you put into these videos. I've had LC for nearly 2 years - really grim at times. My advice: aspirin, good multivitamin (with plenty of B vitamins), probiotic (Lactobacillus Rhamnosis GG), Magnesium, LOTS of fresh air (oxygen!). As you say, there seems to be a gap between the acute (often) mild Covid and then the onset of Long Covid 2-3 months after.

Brilliant video as always! You asked for our suggestions of what we've found most useful. I would say the following have helped me most: rest of course, gentle yoga, gentle walking, spending time in nature as often as possible, if you can manage if physically spend a few minutes every day either dancing or singing - it's a great mood booster on those days when you're feeling that you're never going to get better. Supplement wise I would also suggest turmeric for inflammation and cranberry supplements as an alternative to aspirin for blood thinning, but it's just a gut feeling that these helped me, I have no real evidence

Totally brilliant, dear Gez! Yes, I'm fully recovered, and thanks to you and your videos, was helped by (1) Niacin; (2) Anti-histamines (particularly Quercetin, Resveratrol, Tao, and anti-oxidant 'longevity' supplements; (3) resolving breathing issues with inexpensive yet lifesaving Himalayan salt inhaler (stops coughing fits and detoxes lungs); (4) resolving heart issues with neodymium magnetic rings to boost blood circulation; and the game-changing (5) minimized heat/stress/exertion for 90 days, to allow possible viral debris to stop getting picked up by white blood cells (non-classical monocytes). I've been relapse-free with these natural solutions now for the past six months, after a year and a half of longhaul covid misery.

Thanks Gez! So helpful yet again. Amazing to see I met all the criteria of risk factors! My number one advice to anyone is do not return to exercise! A long hike in hot weather started my LC up 21 months ago.

I totally fit your profile. 47, female athlete, mild infection . Did a big race a week before getting sick. I also had some minor histamine intolerance but never really knew what it was. But I think what put me over the edge was that my illness was 6 weeks before my daughter’s wedding. I think that added stress did me in. If I had to do it all over again, I would have spent my sick time binge watching mindless shows and not worrying about how to get better and throw this big wedding

Thank you for using your bad experience to help others avoid it. Very kind of you. You described my cousin (who has long Covid) to a T. Training for a half marathon, a mother of 4 and a busy life! She has a very positive disposition and is an inspiration to me.

Great video as always Gez! Ive learned so much from you when no one knew anything. This enabled me to feel like I had a team and that I wasn't on my own. I haven't had Long Covid as long as some, coming up on 9 months, but I've learned to cope in these ways: 1 - I set an alarm on my phone for a morning and afternoon rest/meditation for at least 30mins - 1hr, longer if my body needs. I also rest after I've done anything active like shower or stand in the kitchen etc. 2 - antihistamines. I was taking a 24hr one which helped with the itching and some food intolerance. recently, in the last 2 weeks, I started taking 2 a day, morning and evening and noticed a big improvement in my head clarity and food tolerance. I had to cut out wheat, oats, dairy and a host of high histamine fruit and veggies, but now am able to slowly introduce them back into my diet. These 2 things have helped me immensely. I still have a ways to go to be able to go back to work, but implementing these 2 things has given me hope for recovery.

Exactly what I needed thanks Gez. Long COVID for 18 months, finally recovered. Have gone on to catch COVID again a couple of weeks ago so am trying my hardest not to come down with long COVID. Will chat to my doctor about aspirin as it's never something I tried in my recovery.

Thank you so much for laying this all out for sufferers of LC or those worried about it. I developed a post-viral syndrome in 2017 that was suspected to be caused by another form of coronavirus (a CFS/ME doctor analyzed my symptoms and said they lined up with the post effects of other coronaviruses such as MERS-- not to mention that I caught it from someone who had just come back from traveling in the Middle East!), and I dealt with horrible symptoms for a year after infection including neuropathy, chronic muscle weakness, stomach distress and migraines. It was only after aggressive rest and meditation (to calm the stress response), supplements and a very low-inflammation diet that I came out of it. I was also training for a half-marathon when I was infected, I was a prime candidate. I also wanted to add that I'd love if you talked about the importance of staying hydrated. I read in a CFS/ME book written by a doctor (i'll try to find the source for you) that he had seen cases of post-viral infections that were still early enough to not be considered CFS/ME, and they improved dramatically after receiving IV fluids. He said that staying hydrated during the initial onset could help prevent the stress response/inflammation from going overboard. He suggested taking hydration salts (the WHO formula, if it still exists) during the initial infection to help decrease the odds. Thanks again!

I am extremely interested in Long Haul with Omicron infection and look forward to hearing about that as soon as information is available.

Brilliant and extremely accurate. As a very active person pre covid who worked on a busy hospital ward I know now I did not rest enough, returned to work and exercise too soon and spent many many months being unable to accept that I could not keep going like I used too. I also have allergies against dog hair, a women i the catchment group and menopausal which appears to be another factor. My advice for sure is too rest , relax, learn about pacing and don’t do too much too soon. I’m coming up to the 2 yr maker and I’m still not myself

I sprinted a mile 2 months after initial infection and woke up the next day with debilitating fatigue, wheezing, agonizing headache, blurred/smoky vision, vertigo, etc. Unfortunately after taking the 2nd Pf V, things got worse and more symptoms flared up for a few months like left arm/chest numbness and flushed skin from the chest up. The cardiologist ruled out that it was heart related so that was a relief. Fast forward: with plenty of rest, pacing, low histamine diet, vitamins, and occasional fexofenodine, things got easier as months went by. It’s been 11 months now and I can now go on long walks, light jogs, and bike rides without relapsing. I still get symptoms but things are certainly looking better. Thank you for the useful information and I wish all of you a strong recovery.

Thanks Gez, for making such an informative video, I totally agree with your suggestion over delaying intense exercise. I think that's the reason for the onset of my long Long Covid journey. I am almost recovered now after more than a year :)

Great channel. Content is useful and science-based and sometimes more helpful than doctors :) After a mild infection, on the 3rd week I got the full package of symptoms- heart palpitations, irregular heart beat, tachycardia, hair fall, difficulty breathing while talking, insomnia, tinnitus, pins and needles in my legs and some other....And of course my blood tests were okay, as well my organs did not show any real damage. When I accepted that after my initial mild infection, I will need more time to get to my previous self, I started giving my body what it actually needed - time and piece. Our bodies tell us best how to treat them. If you cannot tolerate exercise, it means your body still needs time for recovery. What helped my recovery process: - Less stress, frequent rest pauses, gradually going back to exercises (walking in the park works fine for me, aerobic exercises still not - so take it slowly and surely listen carefully to your body), meditation, breathing exercises, enough sleep (eat at least 3-4 hours before bed), having an air purifier if you live in a polluted area, humidifier - quercetin + serrapeptase + bromelain + vitamin C (you need it for better absorption of the quercetin, and of course it is a potent antioxidant) - vit D, Selenium, Zinc - nattokinase + antihistamines - probiotics - plenty of water - fluticasone-azelastine helped me with my ear infection and overall inflammation in my head (I got sinusitis with all related symptoms) - essential oils to get back your sense of smell ( if you still experience it ) - nutrition - especially walnuts, clementines, oranges, other nuts, fish, avocado and other fresh fruits and vegetables, as the body needs nutritious food to replace what is broken. Supplements are good, but you cannot take many at the same time and there are enough foods, rich in what your body craves during the recovery process. And just remember - it will get better.

I can't tell you how much I agree with this. in particular, no.1. I have been advising people I know who get Covid to take it easy for 2 months. I didn't; 2 weeks after what I call "day 1" (28th March 2020) and I was on one of those strange "Covid highs" - many people who've had Covid will identify with that; a feeling that you can do anything. I thought I was recovered. So I walked up the mountain above my house. Not to the top - but around a 1½ hour, fairly strenuous walk. The next day, I went up again, but not quite so far; I had a bit of chest pain. Then again the following day, again not so far. Then over the next fortnight I felt gradually worse, until at a month after the start, it hit me full on. Fatigue like I have never known. This lasted a few days. Then I was in a cycle, each cycle lasting roughly 2 weeks, of feeling better, then worse. What I now know is called "brain fog" stopped me concentrating on work. Then the tingling started, then the weird nerve things. A doctor locally said that, given my symptoms, this would last about 16 months. A brave prediction, but she was more or less spot on. I call myself 100% recovered now, which to the nearest whole number is right. Normal life has been resumed since the summer. But I still get feelings, particularly in the nerves in my leg, that I have only ever felt post-Covid, so I know where they come from. It doesn't bother me these days though. I'm now approaching 21 months. I tried Vitamin B. Don't do what I did and go for the really high dose, without building up to it! I've also used Vitamin D - I am not sure if this has helped. I wrote a blog through the worst of my Long Covid times. You can find it on angharad.org/covid/ - I hope that helps someone.

Thank you so much dear Run DMC. Because of health stuff, I missed watching some of your recent videos, and been deeply impressed with how much you are achieving through your health challenges. Solidarity and many thanks!!!

I am also starting to wonder if long haulers are represented when they say that there is not enough employees to hire.

in my case of long covid helping therapies were ozon blood therapy, high dose Vit C, restore mitochondrial function (Orthomolecular medicine), long time substitution of a list of supplements (Niacin, Vit D, Omega 3 etc..), and I am totally with your advices in the video, thanks and best wishes :)

Thank you so much for these video’s. Watched them on the edge of crying. Almost 2 years now of struggling with symptoms of long covid. Being a very active person who loves running, cycling, swimming, skating and going to the gym, I considered myself happy and healthy. After covid I stayed tired, but could still manage some what After 10 months unfortunately made it worse with a cycling trip on a frosty sunday morning. Had a total breakdown and had to stop working for 6 months. As a self employed, divorced mom, that is the last thing you want to do. I wish I had known before what we know now, albeit very little. Will discuss medication as mentioned with my GP. Sending you my best wishes from the bottom of my heart. Keep up the good work! Regards Sophie D. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Thank you for gathering these ideas together. I appreciate your generosity and I hope you experience increasing health and wellbeing

Excellent video, the only one like that I have found on RU-vid. I am 69 and am just recovering from my first ever bout with COVID, which was a tough 14-day slog. I was prescribed with Paxlovid which allowed me to recover from the initial infection within 5 days only to get sick again 3 days later with equally bad symptoms - the dreaded Paxlovid rebound. Prior to getting sick I was in the gym every day, and I find it difficult to function well without regular vigorous exercise, so following your advice will be tough. But I don't want anything to do with LC so am really going to try and take it easy for a month. Already taking the baby aspirin and niacin.

Wow. Just got Covid for the first time. I also have EBV and I want to prevent long-haul. This is hands-down the best video I have found on ways to do so. Most of the videos from news channels and doctors say either “don’t get Covid in the first place” or “get vaccinated.” Um yeah not helpful. Your video is AMAZING! Thanks for taking all the time to do the research and explain it to us!! Hands down one of the best videos on RU-vid. Thanks 🙏

So happy to get another video! Thank you so much for all your work in putting these together. Good information!! While I wish I could say that I'm over my Long Covid (going on 8 months now), I never know what tomorrow (or even the next hour) will bring. But I have thankfully continued to improve. For my part, following all your tips on supplements seemed to really help (though I wasn't particularly meticulous in keeping up with them every day). And, as you say, rest has been really, truly important. I also seem to be one of the lucky ones who responded well to getting a booster shot. For what it's worth, I was fully vaccinated when I initially caught Covid. Within days of getting the booster, though, I noticed less mental fog and increasing energy. Was it just psychosomatic or actual, physical change? Whatever it was, I'm so very glad I got it. Again, thank you so much for your work in putting these together and all the very best for continued healing! Oh, any chance we'll be getting an update on Dr Khan? Cheers!

I completely fit the at risk demographic. I'm female, 39, frequent runner, highly active, highly stressed mother of 4. I have mild asthma and a dog fur allergy. My initial illness end Sept 2021 was relatively mild but I returned to work very soon as I didn't think I was that bad. I can usually bulldoze through illness. Stressful and long work days seem to have started off all my long covid symptoms after a week ignoring my increasing struggles.

This all sounds like great advice to me. I do feel like the stress of school might’ve activated mine, or at least made it worse. I wish I’d known then that resting annoyingly often for three months or more might’ve helped prevent this or at least lessen it. But I did the same as you-went right back to the same level of cognitive exertion for school a week later and kept pushing through even though I was losing the ability to focus or sit upright.

Hubby and I have had long covid for nearly 2 years now… I so wish I knew back then what I know now. Your videos are spot on and have been more helpful than anything else. Thankyou. This information is life changing for many!❤️

I have had a lot of friends asking questions about being tired after a COVID infection. I have been directing them here. Good concise information, looking forward to the book.

Your information here and your other videos have GREATLY improved my life ! Thank you a million times !

Thank you so much for all of your videos. I've learned so much since getting long covid. Wish I'd known all of this before rushing back to life post acute covid. I definitely didn't rest, but tried to train for a half marathon within my first month post covid... Then came the crash and I've barely worked since! I have quite a few of the risk factors too and lived life at 200mph pre covid. Wish I could go back in time and rest post covid!

so true! my long covid came when my doctor sent me out for a walk after quarantine although I told her that I still feel sick

Absolutely agree upon straining self physically immediately after infection recovery.

Spot on Gez! I started taking the flushing type of niacin along with other recommended vitamins and minerals once a day before bed. I made this part of my nightly routine so I don't forget. My long haul symptoms mostly improved over six months time. If I stop taking the daily vitamins for a few days I can feel the difference. It's a pain to take the time to swallow all those pills (niacin, thiamine, C, D3, K2-mk7, Mg glycinate, Zn/Cu), but it's given me back my energy and reduced my soft tissue pain. I'm working on increasing my exercise time and distance. From once feeling like this is the end of my exercise life to feeling hopeful! You have been an important source of information along the way. I'm truly grateful ❤️

Thank you again for another great video. I agree with your points that I've experienced. I'm going on two years with LC as well, and it has been a rough ride. The things that help my most frequent symptoms (intense chest pain and tightness, migraines and "ice pick" headaches, dizziness, allergylike reactions to alcohol and sugar, heart palpitations) are raw garlic, pacing, sleep, and lots of raw vegetables, interestingly. Cooked don't work, for some reason. And not having any sugar (including fruit) or alcohol at all. I miss mangoes...

Meditation could be a good tool to help reduce stress. As someone that suffers with anxiety (through the roof since all this started in March 2020) I've found that a simple 10-20 minute guided meditation per day has really improved my anxiety. I just use guided meditations here on RU-vid. They're truly a blessing.

Great video and advice, thank you. I am currently in bed suffering with Covid, this is day 6 since testing positive but day 9 since I first starting feeling ill. I found your video as I am really conscious of LC and trying my best to prevent it so have been doing some research. I lead a fairly active life style and have a pretty pressured and stressful job in aviation so I think for me the most important time will rest, managing my return to work correctly and nutrition. Thanks again and stay well. G

Although I cannot halt the waves of fatigue, I do find that CoQ10 has really good impact in lifting energy levels, both mental and physical. A great video, and interesting to note that I feel like these videos understand the situation at a much higher level of fidelity than my own health services. Not knocking them, but information is taking a long time to trickle down. I suspect the best thing we can do at this moment is help each other. Anyway, many thanks.

really grateful to have this youtuber here! marry christmas gez, lets hope for a better new year!

Thanks Gez. Your work on this is invaluable resource for many. I am 2 years LC in February and like you and others very active before and now dealing with many symptoms daily. It means a lot to know that there is somewhere to educate on the latest ideas for treatment so we can all return to good health. As you say not much fun so far. 👍

Thank you for this information. My 18-month experience with getting Long COVID has been a mystery but this data has helped me to understand better. I was off work for five months and took another two months to build up to be able to work a full day (and this was two days per week!). I was still pretty exhausted and the brain fog would kick in mid-day. I made the decision to retire early and have since then been able to convalesce more intentionally. I also took supplements in the past few months to re-build immunity at cellular level which was recommended by a naturopath based on my symptoms. I am feeling better. now - energy is returning, smell and taste slowly improving. As for my risk factors of these five - I am female (older than the most common age group), stressful work (health care), I have some atopy skin issues, AND hypermobile EDS going on, too.. so I appreciate having that particular inclusion in this data. Most people have never heard of EDS...

“Talk to your doctor” … just lol at ths statement, the entire medical system, and the pharma based paradigm.

I had long covid for nine months in 2020. It wasn't til about the sixth month that I could do anything. I bought some resistance bands and did a few small sets, and would rest most the time after. I actually built up my energy, went to the States for my daughter's wedding, and pretty much recovered. Then I got covid again in March 2022. I did get my two jabs and a booster, so even though I can do about nothing right now, I'm hoping I will recover again. I sure can't see that light at the end of the tunnel at this time. (3 May 2022) P.S. My second round has had almost completely different symptoms.

Thank you again, Gez! You have reminded me how to treat my newest flare-up ... would it go away some day? It's almost 2 years for me, too... and I still have heart and neurologic issues. Be healthy and stay healthy!

Another great video, Gez, hopefully these tips will help those newly infected with Covid (or who might be infected in the future) to avoid a lot of what we long haulers have been through over the last 21 months, though of course the best tip of all you didn’t mention i.e. watch all of your videos (66?) which have shed light and given hope where there has been practically none forthcoming from anywhere else. So many and heartfelt thanks for all your hard work, clarity and determination, we really do appreciate all you have done (IMHO, you should be on the UK’s New Year Honours List). Happy Christmas to you and yours!🎅

Gosh, I was doomed from the start. Female, 45, previous experience w/viral-induced fatigue, seasonal allergy sufferer who's also allergic to cats and was in grad school while working when I got sick. Thank you. I wish I'd rested instead of trying to get back at it all so quickly.

1. Rest for a month at least. No hard exercise. 2. Take low dose aspirin (if you aren't on a blood-thinner.) 3. Niacin, vit B3, the flushing kind. 4 Take antihistamines if you have allergies, hay fever, asthma. 5. Avoid stress until normal energy level returns.

I'm glad I saw this. I had decided myself that low dose asprin might be a good idea and I have just ordered some b3 as this was new information to me, so thanks. I commented a couple days ago about how I was putting myself on an anti-inflammatory diet and supplements. I've been taking some supplements for about a week although I'm still waiting for some to arrive. I began a litre of smoothies with half a cup mix of flax and chia seeds 3 days ago, however, these are just regular smoothies using what fruit I have. I plan to do green smoothies from tomorrow when my shopping arrives. Yesterday and this morning I have had a significant reduction in chest pain. My heart rate is also down an average of 10 bpm (I have an oxy meter to measure). Today I don't even feel the need for my pain meds (although I'm tapering because they are opiate based so I will take some). I've also had swelling from a dental infection finally go down. I'm on the last day of antibiotics and it's been swollen for 9 days. Usually I can shift dental infections by myself without antibiotics but this time I couldn't. I'm awaiting dental surgery and will continue to get dental infections until I have it, however, it's been delayed due to covid. I had covid 5 weeks ago and ended up in hospital for 8 days although the Dr did want to keep me in two more nights. When the paramedics arrived, they said that I probably wouldn't make it and to consider making my final preparations. My oxygen was at 70% whic they said was the worst they had seen so far. I wasn't very reassured, to say the least! I spent 3 and a half days in hospital convinced I was going to die any minute. Obviously, I pulled through! My 'long covid' (I realise I'm not past the 12 weeks yet) symptoms have just been getting worse until yesterday. It's very obvious to me that I personally have a lot of inflammation in my body. I really do feel that addressing that inflammation is going to be incredibly helpful for me. Will it be the 'cure?' Who knows. But a by product of high nutrition is that it helps the body to heal itself and repair cells. There is also natural blood thinning with a whole food plant based diet that includes omega 3's. So may be that will help any micro clotting? I'm happy to keep reporting back because sharing what works is about all we can do now. I would encourage anyone to look at increasing anti inflammatory foods (plants) as much as they can. Also cut out or dramatically reduce animal products, processed foods and alcohol, even if you plan to consume these again in the future. Smoothies are an easy way to get nutrition, and don't forget to add your omegas! Also, try doing some breathwork. I've just starting alternating between the wim hof method and more calming breathing exercises. All of us just have to keep TRYING and sharing. Good luck to anyone reading this. Edit: I've just read a comment about 4 7 8 breathing being the most useful for them in case this helps anyone else. I'd never heard of it.

Just got a second infection here too and researching for the same reason - don’t want to do through that again! I do hope the anecdotes are correct and the second time hits differently. First infection Jan 2022, leapt back to life in a week (oh the regret), within a month I crashed in to LC. Then I picked up influenza A, then RSV, then a cold. Poor immune system had no fight left. I’ve worked hard with supplements, herbs and acupuncture, nature, sunshine and rest. And have felt so much better the last 6 weeks. (So approx 6 months from intial covid infection) This weeks new infection couldn’t have been more of a surprise, I’ve been so careful (Although Australia is currently in it’s winter of covid). I feel like utter crap! And have two sick kids under my wings too. Thanks to your research Gez, & my 20 years as a Naturopath (some great work being done in the Complimentary medicine area), I have an arsenal of supplements and medications and lifestyle habits to work with this time and to rebuild and reset fully. Wish me luck 🍀

Great work. I moved my apartment while having covid and for the month following infection took on the heaviest weight lifting routine of my life. Then it all fell down.

Gez I have been watching your videos from the beginning. Other than the great content, I have noticed you look much healthier than when you started and you have more of a glow to you! Hope you are continuing to recover and thank you for giving us hope.

Female - yes. Between 30 - 50 yes. Pre existing health conditions, yes had ME & asthma!! I always thought I was vulnerable to long covid but only because when I caught a simple cold it could floor me for weeks. For that reason I pretty much shielded away from people to try and stop me catching covid. I did manage to avoid if for 2 years but given how much it’s spread I was bound to catch it despite being so very careful. Still absolutely no idea how I did get it!

My best friend is three months in with long covid , he did everything that’s suggested in this video, because he’d seen me struggling with it since March 2020 , so he knew not to exercise and to rest , but unfortunately he still got it , so I’ve stopped giving myself grief for training like a mad man in the gym after my initial infection 😁👍

Thank you so much in 27 years old and Ben having long covid ! But I also have high stress and anxiety now that I know that’s causing it I’m gonna try to be more relaxed and not over work my body ! Thank you so much !

I have had long covid since March of last year. I am a woman who has multiple allergies and was very active an under much stress from work and family. Have tried everything under the sun , moon, and stars with no avail. Went to a new MD last week who placed me on Colostum-LD to help restore my gi tract. I finally have some relief and feel that I am going to recover and reverse the accumulated damage to my body. Lactoferrin and IgG needs further investigation. Ps. I am a former RN of 20 years. Thank you. Melissa

I have found datalogging very important. I use an app called bearable to log basically everything. When I change something I am able to track how things change. My mood and my step count are often the quickest to be effected. It also helps when when you hear a theory, and you can look back through your own data and see if it might fit, and discuss with my doctor showing my data. Then getting referred to a new specialist. Keep up to date with channels like this, and Dr. Been also has some people discussing LC. Non of my doctors are particularly creative, but willing to listen to creative ideas and test. At least they believe me now, no more it is all in your head. After hearing about the micro-clotting, I was able to look what supplements I had been taking and see what had direct effect of, or a side effect of "blood thinning" or blood flow. Niacin effects blood flow, vitamin E blood thinning, aspirin blood thinning, IVM side-effect of blood thinning. So I added electrolytes, while I wait for the next appointment.

Thanks for this video, as for all of the others. The single best Long COVID resource around. Also really good that links to various sources are included. I don't know how you are able to manage to make these videos while suffering with LC, I certaintly couldn't. A suggestion for a future video, if you are ever running out of ideas!: Can you get LC twice? What happens to LC symptoms following reinfection? Could you go right back to the start of LC and have to go through it all over again? I've thankfully not (yet!) been reinfected but am anxious about it. Anxiety about reinfection can be one barrier to trying to live a more normal life while having LC. I've asked on some LC groups on Facebook and there seem to be a variety of responses, ranging from setbacks, to no difference, to improvement, a bit like with vaccines. Apologies if you have already covered this in a video that I have somehow missed - I thought I had watched all of them. Thanks again and keep up the great work.

The bigger picture coming out of this video speaks very clearly to the cultural "pandemic" our world was living in LONG before Covid arrived. And that's a pandemic of being human "doings" vs human "beings". Spending our days being conditioned to push harder, push longer, add more and more activities to our lives, go at rapid speeds all the time, stress upon stress regarding cultural expectations of what signifies a "successful" life. When COVID arrived, it forced us all to stop and slow down SO THAT we could see how the STRESS pandemic we were already living in had already made so many of us world-wide so very sick. In my opinion this "dis-ease" has been a gift to remind us to slow the hell down. That maybe the way in which we were living our lives before was actually NOT a healthy way to live, no matter how good we looked on the outside.

Once again, Gez, thanks for your hard work and dedication.

After covid I started to feel much worse than when I was sick. I had the worse muscle pains in my life and managed to ease it by taking maximum dosages of naproxen and walking every day. I was walking for an hour or longer daily and after a week or so it started to go away. I believe it was caused by blood clotting, because test showed my blood pellets level was affected by the illness. Unfortunately months later it still hurts sometimes a bit, so I need to try all strategies you recommend at once. Thank you for sharing!

Thank you Gez for your detailed information 😊.. I'm no longer a long hauler i got rid of symptoms finally after a whole year .. took niacin , B complex and vitamin D , fasted as much as I could eat healthy balanced meals avoid junk and sleep well .. results were promising..

This man has done better job than all doctors combined- ---- he is spot on - i was working out extremely hard when i got covid ...and then had stress and yes i did exert after recovering...

Aged 59, self employed cleaner, chronic fatigue and weakness now for months. Cannot afford t reduce work, not good appetite and struggle to sleep. Good advice here but easier said the done

When I first got sick, I was working. I worked through the entire first 4-6 weeks, just getting worse and worse. Then I was hospitalized with pneumonia. It's been all downhill since then. No positive COVID test (first tested a month after symptoms started) but no clue what else it could have been. Timing is right. Symptoms are right. Still trying to get my life back.

Great summary video giving viewers concise data/information on what to do and where to go for references... I too was very active when I caught covid back in Sept 2021...lots of swimming (sun exposure), jumping rope, weights, LCHF diet...but after recovering from the initial mild symptoms I realized something was not quite right...I developed a metabolic issue (difficulty gaining weight) along with heart palpitations...I think the latter is a symptom of the former. Three months in and my situation has gotten moderately better but I'm nowhere near a full recovery. I'll review your references on the metabolic aspect and forward this information along to my doctors. Your videos are, by far, the most informative on the subject of Long Covid...thank you!

Just wanted to say thank you for doing these brilliant videos and research. It's amazing to see patterns and data that chime with my own experience and I hope this info reaches far and wide to help prevent other people getting long covid. I also had chronic fatigue in my twenties after glandular fever; then covid March-December 2020; then covid in Sept 21 and now long covid (again) because in October/November I thought I'd recovered and went back to normal exercise... duh... but I didn't realise until seeing your film how it worked. Won't make that mistake again. Now undecided about when/how soon to get the booster (3rd jab). Hope you are making progress.

At the end it sounded like you said "look out for your cells"...which given the context would make more sense really. Thanks for the video.

Thank you for this! I have just recovered from COVID - so this is very timely information to consider.

I had been suffering from what I think is neuropathy, fatigue, chest pain, muscle pain since I got COVID in June 2021 and nothing had helped and was Stuck taking pain killers. I recently administered a bcomplex injection and to my surprise that same day I felt like a new person. I cried tears of joy. I will keep administering them once a week hoping for the best. I am sharing this in case it can help someone out there, I know the frustration and mental toll it takes not being able to figure out how to return to normal

Interesting correlation of stress in highly active lifestyles, read somewhere that stress affects the immune system

Thank God for good people,that are helping with knowledge,my doctors arent bothered, so I was not getting anywhere ,at last help

That was exactly me. Quite fit, mild infection symptoms - back in January 2020, infected with the Alpha variant. My long Covid lasted 10-12 months but has fully gone now. After the long Covid, I caught the Delta again, in 2021, quite recently, just a month ago. It was very mild symptoms. And I don't seem to have developed long Covid again, yet. Hope it won't come again. I'm not vaccinated at all.

Before I've got long covid i was singing in the theatre professionally, doing short but intensive workout for full body every day and also running 5 miles 2-3 days a week competing with my self for the record. After i got long covid first days after one month agony after i was officially not contagious anymore i could barely walk, or sing or actually do anything. 6 months after i learned the hard way about recovery. My mistake was that i tried to force my self to get back to work which is nothing but stress. Exactly one year ago i can say i am more or less recovered or how we say learned how to deal with the symptoms. What really worked for me was balanced food ,long rest days after workouts like 3 to 4 days. I could recover even my voice this way, being patient and organised. Vitamin B complex helped to deal with the extra stress levels i have on the stage. Also I'm really lucky that the people around me understood my condition and removed me from upcoming performances in the theatre and i could go to rehab-regeneration centre event i was telling them i was ok. Anyway thank You for Your videos it helps a lot because at a time i had covid not even doctors understood what was happening and that was horrible.

As a long hauler from the last pandemic, I thought I was going to be furious at the video 😂 It's really good. I hope it helps people!

That last part really hit hard for me. I've recently gotten pretty big into running and was wondering when to pick it up again (I'm currently still recovering from the initial Covid). Now I've gotten myself some Niacin and will definitely hold off on running for a month. Thanks for making this video!

As a solo guitarist for weddings for my side job of ski instruction my life is active, engaging and some times profitable. I am richer for knowing I can't do either of those things for a while longer as social distancing, stress and physical exertions are unpredictable. My booster jab was a stroll down covid memory lane reminding me of the months of pain, delusion and longing for an end to it.

Worth seeing Dr Shankara Chetty on Oddysee talk about his findings in his own Covid patients, he links it to an allergic/hypersensitive reaction to spike protein. Treats it with steroids and antihistamines.

Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy is a gamechanger for neurocovid! Tried it myself.

Very informative video, thanks Gez, spot on as always. I'm female and was pretty active before covid infection Match 2020. Had serious set backs after both AZ April and July which left me house bound for several months, fatigue and PEM worse than ever after. I've been taking NAC and Ubiquinol for the past year, along side the usual stack.. just about kept me functioning. Recently came across a video on Thiamine deficiency by a guy called Elliot Overton, found it intriguing so decided to give it a go, taking 600mg in the mornings. Fast forward 8 weeks and I'm almost afraid to say.. but honestly I'm feeling better than I have done in nearly two years! Can't say for sure if it's all down to the Thiamine but certainty worth a try. I actually spoke to a couple of people in LC support group that were prescribed it by their consultants. Anyways just thought I'd share my experience with my fellow longhaulers in the hope that it might be useful

Thank you. It’s rough

Excellent point: Why are Public Health units and researchers not on top of how to prevent Long COVID? Speaks to the embedded systemic flaws in the current health care systems and why we need paradigm shift in health care system design if we want to stop the medicalized harm the current system perpetuates through ignorance and incompetence.

I'm struggling to decide if I should get a booster shot as a long covid sufferer. I've had 2 hots of Moderna back in April. I feel I've had covid 3 times. Feb/Mar 2020, Nov/Dec 2020, and Sept 2021. I had an abnormal breathing test after my first vaccine in early April 2021 and was put on an inhaler. They almost didn't give me my 2nd vaccine shot because of that, but they did. I feel like I've been sick more often than not for 2 years. I can't even barely tell when I have a new covid infection because long haul symptoms can be so debilitating. But fever and loss of taste and smell is usually my indicator it's a new infection. Lately I'm just blown up like a balloon with water weight. I've been trying g to work out at the gym and I do go hard...and 2 days later I begin to pay the price with painful water retention that brings headaches, lung issues like shortness of breath, and aches and pains. Just curious if getting a booster is a bad idea for us long haulers. I will say that my Sept infection of covid was so much more mild than my previous 2 infections and maybe that is because I was vaccinated. It's just hard to get these vaccines because they make me sicker than most for longer...with long haul from the shots. Ugh. Any advice?