0 symptoms after the day I wrote this post. I have noticed less distractibility / less creativity in my thinking style. This might be a secondary effect of the episode of having to write an analysis of ONS stats while only being able to think in two word stretches, my brain is keeping its fists closer to the chest for a bit. Or it might be a crisis of confidence sparked by getting a 6 in wordle for “Elder” last week.
I didn't know the symptoms, just the name, "prion", but a quick google ( you should never google your own symptoms, apparently, but they're yours, so it's fine... ahem ):
Prion diseases have very long incubation periods, often on the order of many years. When symptoms develop, they progressively worsen, sometimes rapidly.
Common symptoms of prion disease include:
* difficulties with thinking, memory, and judgment (you: brain fog)
* trouble sleeping (insomnia) (you: confirmed)
*? confusion or disorientation (brain fog?)
? personality changes like apathy, agitation, and depression
I watched a family member die of prion disease, and I do not want to even suggest it to someone. That said, I think (hope) it’s far more likely with the injection than with natural infection. Appreciate your posts, Brian.
"you should never google your own symptoms, apparently, but they're yours, so it's fine"
ahahaha
Coordination is at 100%. No muscle spasms, slurred speech, or blindness. The "depression simulator" symptom mentioned in the first post went away after Day 4, my mood has been quite pleasant; and last night was the 3rd straight of excellent sleep.
People should probably google their own symptoms as much as they like. Apparently every other person in the US has undiagnosed prediabetes (it's some ridiculously high number) and they could all probably start managing it today if they googled why there were thirsty all the time, etc.
I recommend you get your hands on some N-acetyl-cysteine. The virus does a number on the mitochondria, which effects energy levels and everything else downstream. I also recommend you take 325 aspirin just in case.
I understand your point about cutting off long-term immunity with nutraceutical/pharmaceutical interventions. IMO, the spike is nasty and anything you can do to minimize exposure is the right course of action, even if that means you have to maintain vigilance and, perhaps, have another dance with the 'ro.
NAC is hard to find in the US, but this site carries it.
Hope you're feeling better soon. I have a couple autoimmune conditions that started three weeks after my first and only flu and took five years to diagnose. I do occasionally have brain fog but rarely. I call it "circling Pluto". I haven't found the magic trick but sleep deprivation definitely doesn't help. Sometimes I take melatonin, which the FLCCC also recommends for the viral infection.
I took a cocktail of NAC, L-Arginine, D3, Zinc, Quercetine and multi-vitamin for many months before getting the Ro. Upped the does a little plus C after getting it. Had similar symptoms to Brian I think. Chills/low fever for a couple days, sore throat and coughing for a couple days, general stuffiness and head cold type fog for a couple days. I did lose my taste for a couple days too, about 5 days in.
It was basically a robust cold. Funny thing is, I've been fully recovered for a few days now and I've never felt better. I actually sleep longer and more soundly than I have in a long time (usually don't sleep a lot or need a lot of sleep), have energy that feels greater than I did before COVID, and feel very mentally sharp. Like a post-COVID bounce of some kind. It's been great and, of course, I have the reward of robust and durable natural immunity where my immune system knows the whole virus rather than just the S protein from a prior variant.
I got the thing from a New Year's party. I never got the sore throat, although many others reported that symptom. I had three days of mild flu symptoms (headache, 102 fever, dry cough, and terrible muscle/joint aches all the way down to my fingers and toes), which morphed into what is now my third week of mild upper-respiratory cold symptoms (stuffy head, same dry cough, mild fever at 99). My fever finally abated yesterday. I have no doubt it was Omicron.
Nothing except the cough drops. And very little food on Day 2 and 4, nothing on 3 and 5 (1 was half a normal day’s intake). A bit of rum on Night 3 since I didn’t have the drops yet.
Haha I like this, I think you write well and you deal with problems just like Charles Bukowski lol
A true writer !
I heard that curcumin may help with the protein spike especially the ones that get misfolded ... I suppose you know where to find the flcc program and I head that Malone found success with IVM for the brain fog
I can't take pharmaceuticals, but I wanted the benefit of known "cures" for my covid brain-fog. So I reverse-engineered Fluvoxamine, looking for the potential supplements that would help. Lo and behold, what I wanted already existed. It's called Synaquell by Thorne Nutrients. It was developed for athletes who suffer from multiple "assaults to the brain." Works spectacularly, at least for me.
I wish I could take a bow for doing that, but really, all you have to do is read the package insert. I picked apart the diagram. The most important amino acid in fluvaxomine is L-valine (valerian).
I thought the same, mostly because they have stevia in it and stevia tastes like metal to me. However, you can't find NAC easily any more. In the long run, this product was available and complete. Plus it's cheaper than buying everything separately. FWIW :-D
It is day 18 since I had the pleasure of covid-19 fever and body aches set in. That lasted 2 days and then it felt like I would only have gunk in my throat to clear occasionally. I continued to work, felt okay. By Day 5, things turned. I had cold sweats and moments where my heart would race. I told my family that this felt unnatural, like I had been poisoned. I was weak and wanted to sleep it off. My smell and taste were altered, but not gone. By Day 8, I had a mobile IV nurse pushing fluids, antioxidants and vitamins. Thankfully, that turned me around for a slow, but steady, day by day improvement where my senses were restored, as well as my energy. I still can't finish my exercise routine from before infection with feeling winded, but I think of Mathew Crawford's post where his doctor told him that symptoms may linger for 20 days. Thank you for sharing, Brian. I hope your go is over quickly.
I hope you get better soon Brian. I had it a few weeks ago. I only had one real day of brain fog where even simple tasks took three times as long as they normally take. What I found really strange is where I had a lot of pain in an old injury site even though I had not used that limb excessively. It lasted about two days.
Yes and I hope yours does as well. I did take some supplements like turmeric and nigella sativa as well as baby aspirin and various vitamins. Maybe it helped.
I picked up the Lactoferrin and Diphenhydramine combo. There are some recent studies saying each one cuts viral replication 30%, over 90% used together. I purchased Black Cumin Seed, NAC and Lactoferrin online. My triple vaxxed friend (early 40s) took the FLCC protocol on Day 3 and says she got relief overnight. I suggested Resveratrol for spike recovery. Get well soon!
Didn't realize you were in Baja. I'm in La Paz, Baja Sur. Just saved myself almost half on Ivermectin by buying from Farmacias Guadajara instead of Farmacias Especializadas: MXN180/24g compared to MXN329.47. No prescription needed at the former, and the pharmacist used some generic in-house prescription at the latter.
Do you have an update on your COVID experience? Did it last long? Any long-term issues?
0 symptoms after the day I wrote this post. I have noticed less distractibility / less creativity in my thinking style. This might be a secondary effect of the episode of having to write an analysis of ONS stats while only being able to think in two word stretches, my brain is keeping its fists closer to the chest for a bit. Or it might be a crisis of confidence sparked by getting a 6 in wordle for “Elder” last week.
That sounds curious - be interesting to see if it holds long-term.
Get well soon Brian - sending positive energy your way!
I didn't know the symptoms, just the name, "prion", but a quick google ( you should never google your own symptoms, apparently, but they're yours, so it's fine... ahem ):
https://www.healthline.com/health/prion-disease#symptoms
What are the symptoms of prion disease?
Prion diseases have very long incubation periods, often on the order of many years. When symptoms develop, they progressively worsen, sometimes rapidly.
Common symptoms of prion disease include:
* difficulties with thinking, memory, and judgment (you: brain fog)
* trouble sleeping (insomnia) (you: confirmed)
*? confusion or disorientation (brain fog?)
? personality changes like apathy, agitation, and depression
? involuntary muscle spasms (myoclonus)
? loss of coordination (ataxia)
? difficult or slurred speech
? impaired vision or blindness
Curious if you've seen any of the other symptoms?
I watched a family member die of prion disease, and I do not want to even suggest it to someone. That said, I think (hope) it’s far more likely with the injection than with natural infection. Appreciate your posts, Brian.
"you should never google your own symptoms, apparently, but they're yours, so it's fine"
ahahaha
Coordination is at 100%. No muscle spasms, slurred speech, or blindness. The "depression simulator" symptom mentioned in the first post went away after Day 4, my mood has been quite pleasant; and last night was the 3rd straight of excellent sleep.
People should probably google their own symptoms as much as they like. Apparently every other person in the US has undiagnosed prediabetes (it's some ridiculously high number) and they could all probably start managing it today if they googled why there were thirsty all the time, etc.
I found CoQ10 to really help with the fatigue and brain fog. But really anything that help mitochondria seems to help people.
Thank you
I recommend you get your hands on some N-acetyl-cysteine. The virus does a number on the mitochondria, which effects energy levels and everything else downstream. I also recommend you take 325 aspirin just in case.
I understand your point about cutting off long-term immunity with nutraceutical/pharmaceutical interventions. IMO, the spike is nasty and anything you can do to minimize exposure is the right course of action, even if that means you have to maintain vigilance and, perhaps, have another dance with the 'ro.
NAC is hard to find in the US, but this site carries it.
https://www.koshervitamins.com/shop/stores_app/Browse_dept_items.asp?Search_Text=nac&x=0&y=0&search_type=1
Hope you're feeling better soon. I have a couple autoimmune conditions that started three weeks after my first and only flu and took five years to diagnose. I do occasionally have brain fog but rarely. I call it "circling Pluto". I haven't found the magic trick but sleep deprivation definitely doesn't help. Sometimes I take melatonin, which the FLCCC also recommends for the viral infection.
I got NAC from Swanson, no problem. https://www.swansonvitamins.com/swanson-premium-nac-n-acetyl-cysteine-600-mg-100-caps.
I took a cocktail of NAC, L-Arginine, D3, Zinc, Quercetine and multi-vitamin for many months before getting the Ro. Upped the does a little plus C after getting it. Had similar symptoms to Brian I think. Chills/low fever for a couple days, sore throat and coughing for a couple days, general stuffiness and head cold type fog for a couple days. I did lose my taste for a couple days too, about 5 days in.
It was basically a robust cold. Funny thing is, I've been fully recovered for a few days now and I've never felt better. I actually sleep longer and more soundly than I have in a long time (usually don't sleep a lot or need a lot of sleep), have energy that feels greater than I did before COVID, and feel very mentally sharp. Like a post-COVID bounce of some kind. It's been great and, of course, I have the reward of robust and durable natural immunity where my immune system knows the whole virus rather than just the S protein from a prior variant.
I got the thing from a New Year's party. I never got the sore throat, although many others reported that symptom. I had three days of mild flu symptoms (headache, 102 fever, dry cough, and terrible muscle/joint aches all the way down to my fingers and toes), which morphed into what is now my third week of mild upper-respiratory cold symptoms (stuffy head, same dry cough, mild fever at 99). My fever finally abated yesterday. I have no doubt it was Omicron.
Sorry to hear it has been couch surfing your system for three weeks! This is with therapeutics/supplements or no?
I upped my D3, vitamin C and zinc. I didn't have any HCQ or Ivermectin, although there were times I wished I had.
Brother ... can I ask what else, outside water and food, did you take during the first five days and how much ?
I wish you recovery
Nothing except the cough drops. And very little food on Day 2 and 4, nothing on 3 and 5 (1 was half a normal day’s intake). A bit of rum on Night 3 since I didn’t have the drops yet.
Haha I like this, I think you write well and you deal with problems just like Charles Bukowski lol
A true writer !
I heard that curcumin may help with the protein spike especially the ones that get misfolded ... I suppose you know where to find the flcc program and I head that Malone found success with IVM for the brain fog
Thank you - yes, Drbeen also included Turmeric in his apparently fantastic supplement regimen (footnote 2)
https://covid19criticalcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Nutritional%20Therapeutics_final_12102021.pdf
I can't take pharmaceuticals, but I wanted the benefit of known "cures" for my covid brain-fog. So I reverse-engineered Fluvoxamine, looking for the potential supplements that would help. Lo and behold, what I wanted already existed. It's called Synaquell by Thorne Nutrients. It was developed for athletes who suffer from multiple "assaults to the brain." Works spectacularly, at least for me.
Impressive. I'd like to see the reverse engineering process there, that's great.
I wish I could take a bow for doing that, but really, all you have to do is read the package insert. I picked apart the diagram. The most important amino acid in fluvaxomine is L-valine (valerian).
Oops. That's exactly what I did with Synaquell and thought - huh you could source the active ingredients and make this stuff :D
I thought the same, mostly because they have stevia in it and stevia tastes like metal to me. However, you can't find NAC easily any more. In the long run, this product was available and complete. Plus it's cheaper than buying everything separately. FWIW :-D
Stevia is not my cup of tea either - and yes, buying the tub of premixed ingredients is far easier and cheaper.
Brilliant - thank you!
Sore throat? Sounds like you need licorice. Get well soon.
Thank you Guido
Where do you get ivermectin from?
https://nakedemperor.substack.com/
FLCCC has a list of friendlies for those types of prescriptions
I’m in Mexico
ah ok!
We used Push Health and Honeybee Online Pharmacy (in the drop-down).
https://www.pushhealth.com/drugs/ivermectin
Aspirin to assist mitochondrial respiration?
Hope you continue to improve, tbh not liking the sound of this...
"(post cheekbone reconstruction surgery)"
Ok now I need a link to your MMA fight videos please :D
It was a bike vs car accident, with cheekbone (of biker) striking passenger window (of car) at ~28mph.
Ouch
It is day 18 since I had the pleasure of covid-19 fever and body aches set in. That lasted 2 days and then it felt like I would only have gunk in my throat to clear occasionally. I continued to work, felt okay. By Day 5, things turned. I had cold sweats and moments where my heart would race. I told my family that this felt unnatural, like I had been poisoned. I was weak and wanted to sleep it off. My smell and taste were altered, but not gone. By Day 8, I had a mobile IV nurse pushing fluids, antioxidants and vitamins. Thankfully, that turned me around for a slow, but steady, day by day improvement where my senses were restored, as well as my energy. I still can't finish my exercise routine from before infection with feeling winded, but I think of Mathew Crawford's post where his doctor told him that symptoms may linger for 20 days. Thank you for sharing, Brian. I hope your go is over quickly.
Thank you as well - And I hope you are back to 100% soon
I hope you get better soon Brian. I had it a few weeks ago. I only had one real day of brain fog where even simple tasks took three times as long as they normally take. What I found really strange is where I had a lot of pain in an old injury site even though I had not used that limb excessively. It lasted about two days.
So your brain fog self-resolved? Good, I am hopeful mine will as well.
Yes and I hope yours does as well. I did take some supplements like turmeric and nigella sativa as well as baby aspirin and various vitamins. Maybe it helped.
I picked up the Lactoferrin and Diphenhydramine combo. There are some recent studies saying each one cuts viral replication 30%, over 90% used together. I purchased Black Cumin Seed, NAC and Lactoferrin online. My triple vaxxed friend (early 40s) took the FLCC protocol on Day 3 and says she got relief overnight. I suggested Resveratrol for spike recovery. Get well soon!
Didn't realize you were in Baja. I'm in La Paz, Baja Sur. Just saved myself almost half on Ivermectin by buying from Farmacias Guadajara instead of Farmacias Especializadas: MXN180/24g compared to MXN329.47. No prescription needed at the former, and the pharmacist used some generic in-house prescription at the latter.
Interesting, I don’t know if either of those are up here. Maybe in TJ
Try famotidine+cetirizine.
I will look into it - thank you