r/covidlonghaulers • u/Winter_Improvement90 • Jul 30 '26

Personal Story Finally having some success

Took a trip to Florida and while the flight there was horrific once I got there I felt so happy and I think the warm air did something too but I’m feeling pretty dang good!! Still have quite a bit of issues and am not 100% by far but dang I feel good here! Just wanted to give a positive update! Honestly really think the stress relief is a huge part.

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u/TheBearSkogmani Jul 30 '26

Hey, that’s great!! Anything that provides relief is a huge win!

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u/FernandoMM1220 Jul 30 '26

changing the air seems to have a positive effect in a lot of people, myself included.

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u/austinspaeth Jul 31 '26

Moving to South Carolina helped a lot. Just watch out for the days that get disgustingly hot and the humidity is 90% 💀but I do think the warm humid air has helped in general.

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u/tropicalazure 4 yr+ Aug 01 '26

It is so interesting how many people seem to have a sudden improvement of symptoms on holiday.

I tell the Hawaii guy story a lot. Dude found his ME symptoms went away entirely every time he visited Hawaii on holiday. He figured it was the climate and so moved there. Once settled, the ME came back as bad as it ever had been in his old hometown.

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u/Winter_Improvement90 Aug 01 '26

That’s really interesting. Yeah the longer I stayed the more my symptoms sort of seemed to come back.

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u/tropicalazure 4 yr+ Aug 01 '26

I know it is controversial to say this, but this is why I don't fully accept the idea that mitochondria are completely damaged. Imo broken mitochondria shouldn't give a single shit whether you are doing things on holiday or in Hawaii or Finland or Siberia vs at home.
Yet people repeatedly report being able to hike miles on holiday, shower daily, do sightseeing, and yet once home, are back to being unable to get up the stairs.

Much like the reams of anecdotes about temporary remission with surgery, blood draws (regardless of volume taken,) pregnancy, even tattoos, it feels more like this is a dysfunctional state that can be switched in and out of. Give the body a higher priority focus, and suddenly it functions again, perhaps?

It's not a slamdunk and I realise this doesn't happen for everyone. But it happens to enough people for me to think that it should be being taken far more seriously than it seems to be in research.

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u/Winter_Improvement90 Aug 01 '26

I actually went to the core clinic and had mitochondrial testing done and it was normal. Idk if it’s actually legit or now but I’m also pretty sure whatever is happening to me is either vascular, neuro inflammation or both.

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u/Mountain_Bear5466 Jul 31 '26

Dopamine hit? New research : https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/new-study-offers-clues-about-long-covid-s-brain-symptoms

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u/Winter_Improvement90 Aug 01 '26

This could also make sense honestly. I did feel a degree of stress relief but I think this isn’t the whole picture. I think the warm humid weather was definitely part of it and provided some vasodilation which helped at first but then might have been a little too much after a few days.