I was sick at the end of June with what I thought was a bacterial infection that I got from a bad teeth cleaning at the dentist. Three days later, I had a fever of 102 and all over body aches but no respiratory symptoms, or cough. The fever continued for about 4-5 days and I received Cipro from the doctor which I only took twice since it made me dizzy. The fever went away but I still felt extremely tired and my sense of smell has disappeared. I decided to get a Covid antibody test last week, and it came out positive. I’m still tired, have joint pain, no sense of smell, I’m lightheaded a lot, can’t sleep, and sometimes my chest feels tight. I joined an on-line Covid long haulers group and those seem to be a lot of their symptoms also.
So I’ve finally got some Ivermectin from India, and was going to try the long-hauler protocol of taking one 12 mg (for my weight) for two days. Since I have weird reactions to almost everything, I started to read more about Ivermectin itself last night. I read to take it on an empty stomach, but then I read that you can take it with food if medicine upsets your stomach (it does for me) so I’m not sure what to do there. I also read that you can take half a pill and then the other half three hours later?
But what is scaring me is I read that it can affect your eyes, which I already have a ton of issues with. “Ocular side effects have included eyelid
edema, anterior
uveitis, blurred vision,
conjunctivitis, limbitis, punctate opacity,
keratitis, abnormal sensation in the eyes, and chorioretinitis/choroiditis” Also, “nervous system side effects have included dizziness, headache, somnolence,
vertigo, and tremor.” I already have dizziness and tremors in my hands and don’t need to make them worse! Also, my blood pressure is very low, and I also read that Ivermectin can lower your blood pressure.
So I’m wondering, and maybe
@Gaby can help, should I still take the Ivermectin to see if it resolves some of my “long haul” issues without having any doctor supervision on my end? Or are all those warnings just to keep people away from it? I know it’s considered generally “safe” but as I’ve had weird reactions to just about everything, I’m just a bit nervous. I was fine with trying it until last night when I read all the side effect stuff!
The remote was sitting over on the coffee table! The TV has never, ever, come on by itself. To top it off, Ancient Aliens was on!!
