Anyone else experience bad fatigue after getting covid?
At 84 I’m not exactly fleet on my feet, but no fatigue, mental or physical. I manage to do a good bit of walking. Several years ago I had three of the Moderna shots, so no COVID, thankfully.
I hope things clear up for you, mrvmax.
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June 05, 2026, 08:30 PM
Black92LX
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Originally posted by JohnV: Early on in COVID I saw a few doctors who recommended nicotine lozenges or patches to help with Covid. The spike protein likes to bind to the nicotine receptors in your brain but if you give the nicotine receptors their preferred substance (nicotine) they will shed the spike Protein. Sounds crazy I know. But smokers were largely not impacted by covid and I’m still seeing it recommended for long covid all these years later. That being said, I knew of 2 people personally who had long covid symptoms, they tried the nicotine and within a matter of days they felt back 100%.
Isn’t nicotine highly addictive?? Seems like you’d be trading one issue for another.
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June 05, 2026, 08:39 PM
mrvmax
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Originally posted by Black92LX:
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Originally posted by JohnV: Early on in COVID I saw a few doctors who recommended nicotine lozenges or patches to help with Covid. The spike protein likes to bind to the nicotine receptors in your brain but if you give the nicotine receptors their preferred substance (nicotine) they will shed the spike Protein. Sounds crazy I know. But smokers were largely not impacted by covid and I’m still seeing it recommended for long covid all these years later. That being said, I knew of 2 people personally who had long covid symptoms, they tried the nicotine and within a matter of days they felt back 100%.
Isn’t nicotine highly addictive?? Seems like you’d be trading one issue for another.
I heard about nicotine but was thinking the same thing. At this point I will put it on the bottom of the list of things to try.
Thanks everyone for the input.
June 05, 2026, 10:03 PM
reflex/deflex 64
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Originally posted by MikeinNC: Sounds like when I got mono when I was 29-I’d get so tired from walking around the ship I’d lay down and just pass out…
At least that got better. Good luck
Mono, is exactly where my mind went. I was about useless for 4 months laboring jobs were strictly out.
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June 06, 2026, 09:23 PM
Scooter123
Nope, I ALWAYS get my Covid Booster and have never had Covid. Fellow I shoot Skeet with fell for the Anti Vaccination myth and has had Covid 3 times and the last one turned into Long Covid. That took him 18 months before he got to feeling sort of normal and had most of his sense of taste back. He does claim that he cannot smell farts anymore but with his sense of humor I do not know if that is true. There are days when he is an encyclopedia of Fart Jokes. Typically on station 6, the most back stabbing station in Skeet.
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June 07, 2026, 05:15 AM
irreverent
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Originally posted by JohnV: Early on in COVID I saw a few doctors who recommended nicotine lozenges or patches to help with Covid. The spike protein likes to bind to the nicotine receptors in your brain but if you give the nicotine receptors their preferred substance (nicotine) they will shed the spike Protein. Sounds crazy I know. But smokers were largely not impacted by covid and I’m still seeing it recommended for long covid all these years later. That being said, I knew of 2 people personally who had long covid symptoms, they tried the nicotine and within a matter of days they felt back 100%.
This is very interesting and I’d never heard of it! As a longtime previous smoker (I quit decades ago, but I also smoked for years) I might be hesitant to try, but by gosh, if I hadn’t already smoked I wouldn’t be worried about a few days of nicotine. It’s not just the drug itself that’s addictive. It’s part of the process of the habit - whether it be putting the cigarette to your lips or putting a dip in.
Question is: is it the jangle that the nicotine gives you that brings you back up to speed or the receptor swap? I’ll have to look this information up. Thanks for the info.
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June 07, 2026, 09:52 AM
Fly-Sig
Low Dose Naltrexone, LDN, apparently shows positive results in smoking cessation. Perhaps it is another possible spike receptor disruptor? LDN is Rx, which imho tilts towards nicotine unless there's a reason to avoid nicotene.
June 07, 2026, 12:08 PM
Timdogg6
My wife had long covid first time around. This was complicated by extreme brain fog and fatigue. We thought she had early Alzheimer's or somethign, she was 44 then.
Long story short, donating blood reduced her symptoms by 80% within 48 hours. Donated about a month later and she was 95% cured with no side effects.
Any follow up docs assumed that the blood reduction reduced the amount of virus in her body and then she was able to "beat" what was left.
It was astonishingly effective so I see little downside to trying it. Just do it when you have a driver and can go home and rest to build back up the blood in your system.
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June 07, 2026, 04:32 PM
Pipe Smoker
^^^^ I would’ve guessed that a person with Covid wouldn’t be accepted as a blood donor.
Serious about crackers.
June 07, 2026, 09:16 PM
mrvmax
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Originally posted by Timdogg6: My wife had long covid first time around. This was complicated by extreme brain fog and fatigue. We thought she had early Alzheimer's or somethign, she was 44 then.
Long story short, donating blood reduced her symptoms by 80% within 48 hours. Donated about a month later and she was 95% cured with no side effects.
Any follow up docs assumed that the blood reduction reduced the amount of virus in her body and then she was able to "beat" what was left.
It was astonishingly effective so I see little downside to trying it. Just do it when you have a driver and can go home and rest to build back up the blood in your system.
Something I never heard of but makes sense and it is worth trying, thanks.
Edited to add: It worked out well, my employer was having a blood drive today so I donated. Having long covid was not on the list of reasons why they do not take blood. I will see if this does any good, if so, I will give again the next time they’re here.This message has been edited. Last edited by: mrvmax,
June 09, 2026, 10:45 AM
Pipe Smoker
^^^^^ Donating blood reduces long COVID symptoms? That implies that something in your blood is the source of those symptoms.
Yet having long COVID doesn’t prohibit blood donation? Hm…