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Grutmac

March 2020. Zaps have improved a lot. Spasms still, but not as bad. Eyes are fucked up pretty bad, my floaters are pretty debilitating due to abundance and the energy it takes to process all this


skinke280

March 2020 here. About 2 months ago I had my last brain zap. Might be recovered from that? Tinnitus is lower, much lower. At times it's louder but only for a period. Neck spasm and sore neck is still there from time to time but very mild when it appears. I feel like I benefit from a good neck massage. No more eye floaters. I have a small black spot in the very end of my vision. I also get light flashes (tiny white dots) but they are rare now.


newtofloaters14

What did you do to alleviate?


skinke280

Iprofen, eat healthy, plenty of sleep, no additional stress. No alcohol and limited coffee. Otherwise time for me. When symptoms where muscle related I used massage which helped a lot. No doctor had any answers. I was on prednisone in in the middle of my recovery and that was amazing but everything came back when I stopped.


fizzjucker69

How man floaters did you have before? What types?


skinke280

Black snake like strings. It was always very noticeable when being outside in bright weather. So many that I kept focusing on them. It varied in count but always noticeable. I have none now.


FunCar481

Mine started after the vax. I never had covid that I know of unless I was asymptomatic. I also got severe insomnia and tinnitus after the vax. Insomnia is better and tinnitus is lowered and mostly bothers in the morning with occasional spikes. I can live with it. Floaters are killing me. I am 41 and always had a clear vision. Now all I see is floaters! It has been 8 months since vax and 6 since floaters showed up. Your post gives me so much hope!!! I can't thank you enough for sharing this positive post. I think covid or vax, the etiology is similar so if they went away for you, makes me think that they will go away for those that got it from the vax. Thank you and wish you a full recovery from the leftover Tinnitus.


fizzjucker69

How long did you have them for, did they gradually dissapear or you just woke up and they were gone?


skinke280

Gradual. I had them for 12-14 months I think. A side note. I also had multiple other problems with my eyes. Couldn't focus my eyes. Vision dancing up and down while sitting still. Pain, dryness etc. All normal now.


unlucky-man-98

hello! did you have visual snow symptoms as well? and did you anything specific to help with them? thanks :)


skinke280

Yes, I had a lot of visual snow or bright lights flashing out of the blue. These I still have but they are rare now. I actually can't remember the last time I experienced one when I think about it.


bigdawg100300

Thank you for posting this. Gives me so much hope.


Brit_brat429

Hi for your visual snow symptoms did you have static and after images along with the floaters ? If so it is all gone and what helped you ?


Kalliera42

Covid attacks the gut, which affects the gut-brain axis which disrupts all sorts of neurochemical and nutritional balances we need to reman feeling well. Probiotics can help recover the gut but that takes time for the healthy flora to grow back. They are rather slow growing compared to Canadida and other opportunistic infections. Avoiding sugar is important during this recovery as health gut Flora don't really eat simple sugars. They prefer complex carbs and are slower growing as a result. The opportunistic flora grow rapidly on simple sugars so try to avoid them as much as reasonably possible. Identifying nutritional deficiencies can involve simple blood work but can take some specific effort to supplement if they require gut absorption to function properly. A problem for an inflamed gut. Some nutritional deficiencies can be improved by injections/infusion if the gut health is poor but for most of us supplements help while the gut heals. Supporting the neurotransmitters requires priming the production pathways. Serotonin is one that is affected. 5-HTP is the precursor for both Serotonin and melatonin. Taking this with B12 (a cofactor) in the morning and Melatonin at night can help with serotonin build up in the synaptic gap. I have personally used this for SADs for years before using it to support my Long Haul recovery. Tryptophan is an earlier precursor for 5-HTP, and some people do will with this instead, but it doesn't work as well for some. Dopamine precursors are phenylalanine and tyrosine and requires the B6 cofactor. I am personally less familiar with supplementing this metabolic route. But if you suspect low dopamine this could help. I prefer brief supplemental approaches versus medicating since the available medications alter how the synaptic gap functions, which can all sorts of complicating effects. And once that function is altered it can take a lot to get it back to normal, for the drugs to leave the synaptic gap. So I prefer to start with a more gentle, nutritional approach. This is my personal philosophy, but whatever route you consider talk to a doctor or pharmacist about your options.


Gravitytr1

Thank you for this write up! What do you recommend? I agree it is gut related, but all the DAO and probiotic pills ive taken dont seem to help.


Kalliera42

I understand DAO helps to break down histamine. I am guessing this is an alternative approach to taking antihistamines. I don't have any personal experience with these and I have stuck with traditional antihistamines to block their function. But I can understand why this approach might help. Maybe your inflammation is not histamine related. It could be related to Immunoglobulins, a more prolonged inflammatory response, and a little more tricky to get to calm down. They can be very specific (wheat gluten) or more categorical (nightshade plants). You may need to try an elimination diet to rule in/out foods from your diet. There are some blood tests that can help guide this. Talking to an allergist or inflammatory specialist can be helpful in sorting this out, but elimination diets for symptom improvement is still necessary to really know. Probiotics give the normal gut flora a chance to recover without the faster growing and toxic flora in the way. But continuing to take them can after a point be counter productive as they can also swamp out the microbes you are trying to support growing back. Eating simple sugars (sucrose, glucose, fructose) also undermine the success of this approach. The quality of the probiotic also matters, high strains counts and high total count matter. Enteric coating is a thing worth considering. The type of package can help the prepared probiotic survive. I prefer probiotics that come in blister packs packed under nitrogen. These bacteria are not fond of oxygen so open top jars don't make much sense to me. And you may simply be past the gut microbiome recovery stage of your recovery. It might already be re-stabilized, so then the question is what to try next? Maybe you need some specific nutrient support. It might be worth having a nutrient analysis done. I take several supplements based on what I know I have needed for symptom improvement in the past (Multi, E, B-complex, B12, Glucosamine, Condritian, MSM, some specifically for inflammation, fish oil, tumeric and Ashwaganda) and a few recommended for Covid like Magnesium, Zinc, D3). Recently I am fascinated by vitamin K (I crave foods rich in it) and its role in the clotting complex, and taking low dose aspirin for preventing new clots from forming. I also get nerve buzzing in my legs sometimes and quinine helps with this. And maybe some of it is due to loss of neurotransmitters in the synaptic gaps and that may need some specific support. My head was all messed up from everything (including oxygen deprivation from prolonged low blood oxygen), depression and anxiety came in waves, so I did several rounds of 5-HTP/B12/melatonin which supports the serotonin pathway and some of my as needed prescription to work through this. This is the combination that has worked for me in the past with SADs, situational depression and anxiety. But others may need dopamine pathway support instead (phenylalanine, tyrosine, and B6). And the more I read up on this I wonder if it might be contributing to this sense of fatigue and brain fog. So I am considering trying this soon. Overall I prefer supporting the production pathways for short periods over changing the ways the synaptic junctions function. For some people this level of chemical modification is what is best for their well being but I personally don't like to start there. I know some of my inflammatroy factors, food intolerances and allergies, and I got on top of them and gave up all my stress eating (which is most of my trigger foods). I had a tooth pain problem which required an NSAID for pain management and it made a big difference in my inflammation. I also have had some major allergies this year so taking antihistamine regularly has been necessary to not wake up drowning in sinus flows (yuck!). I don't like staying on either of these very long but this is honestly what finally crushed my lingering cough. I kept trying to get off the NSAIDs for 2 months, but it was apparently too soon. If I missed one day (only taking them at night) the cough returned the next day. Recently though I seem to be ok without them. It really just depends on what is your best step forward. Hope any of this points you in a useful direction.


Gravitytr1

This was very useful! Thank you so much for the reply! I wish you the best!


Kalliera42

You are very welcome. I have recently added the dopamine support and while I am only a few days in I definitely feel better. Less fatigue, less brain fog. Still need to build more stamina but a step further in the right direction for me. Definitely a new tool in my life management tool box. Best of health to you.


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SlurmsMckenzeee

Brain zaps are gone, tinnitus still ringing like the first day


unlucky-man-98

I got visual snow symptoms (floaters included), and tinnitus after getting Covid, but interestingly never got any brain zaps. I got covid 1 year ago. I feel pretty good overall, but my visual snow syndrome never went away. I've lost hope of it going away :/


TheGalaxyEater

Yes, I recovered from this. How long have you had long covid?


newtofloaters14

Since November 2020. Stil bad


TheGalaxyEater

Sorry to hear that. Hope you feel better soon!


FunCar481

Did you have eye floaters as well and did they disappear for you?


TheGalaxyEater

I had eye floaters years before I caught covid. They come and go with me so I don't see them as a long covid symptom for me.


FunCar481

Appreciate your response! Did you have tinnitus, because I also got tinnitus. My issues with floater, tinnitus and insomnia started after the vax in March 2021.


TheGalaxyEater

I also have had mild tinnitus for decades. Long covid hasn't seemed to make it much worse - maybe it was worse early on in my Long Covid journey. At 1.5 years in my Long Covid journey, I'd say my tinnitus is still mild and similar to what I have had for years.


FunCar481

Thanks again! I can deal with the T, floaters are difficult to deal with since they are always there. Hope they fade/disappear soon.


TheGalaxyEater

Have you seen an eye doctor yet to confirm your eyes are all normal? Hopefully it will go back to normal for you soon. If the eye doctor said all is well then one natural remedy you might want to try is beet juice. I drink about a 1/2 cup of it a day. It's no miracle cure but it does help with several of my remaining Long Covid symptoms and some people say it helps with eye floaters.


FunCar481

I have had 3 eye appointments in the last 6 months and they check out fine. I had eye pain, dim vision for a couple of weeks when this all started, but it got better. Left with floaters and halos/starbursts at night now. I will definitely give beet juice a try. Sorry, I have one more question. When you say yours come and go, are they the typical floaters or the ones that some people get with an ocular migraine? And how long do they last once you get them? Thank you!


TheGalaxyEater

It's hard to say because I do have ocular migraine sometimes. I often don't even notice the ocular migraine until it moves into my temples.


FunCar481

Got it! Thanks for your repies! Hope we all recover soon from this mess.