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Gary Robinson

@lessorfewer.bsky.social

PhD geography: money & finance • Life mostly on hold from Long Covid 03/2021 • 개리말고 가리 ________________ 🇮🇪 | https://linktr.ee/g_a_r_y

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Ahh yes, found some. Didn't think of searching for Fibromyalgia. Thanks 👍

04.11.2025 20:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Looking for real stories about GLP-1 use in Long COVID.

From microdoses to full doses.

If you've tried it (good or bad), slide into my DMs or drop a comment here.

09.10.2025 13:17 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Been trying to avoid joining anything else but Reddit does seem really useful. Thanks again 😊🫵✌️

16.09.2025 15:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ahh, didn't realize I could search subreddits without being a member. There is indeed a ton of info there. Thanks!

16.09.2025 12:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Hello. A question for pw #LongCovid #MECFS taking low-dose Abilify / aripiprazole (LDA): if you had any negative effects from taking it, were they (quickly) reversible after stopping treatment and could you return to baseline? Also, any dosage recommendations? Thanks

16.09.2025 11:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Oh, forgot to say thank you for the wishes ☺️.

We're lucky to have such dedicated researchers trying to fix this crap for us, but it's still so slow and needs moooooooore 💴💵💶💷

15.09.2025 18:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No need for apologies: we know how it is with energy. I've become terrible at messaging. LDN made my brain worse but I'm glad it worked for you! Treatment is a lottery. I've yet to find something that really moves the needle. Hang onto your spoons, looking forward to reading more good updates! ✊💪😊✨

15.09.2025 17:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Plus near constant unpleasant brain sensations and facial pain (new symptom after brain crash a year ago: woo 🥳😄).

Really glad you've improved enough to study again. You were really not doing well for some time 😔. Do you think you're still slowly improving?

12.09.2025 20:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Stuck on FUNCAP23 of around 4.5 with occasional dips lower for a month or so after crashes. I can potter around the house and go for a 20-min walk. Brain is still pretty bad though: can't read much or complex stuff, can only tolerate video or music for a very short time, sometimes not at all...

12.09.2025 20:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Heylo! Yeh, I kinda went off social media. I had a massive brain crash a year ago with very severe sensory sensitivity. I couldn't use screens for a while and then got out of the habit of social media. Plus was finding it a bit depressing. I'd say I'm pretty much the same for a few years now...

12.09.2025 20:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

That's great news, Sarah 🙌. I remember reading your posts from early in your illness - glad you're well enough to be able to return to study. I wish you the best of luck with it 💪🍀

09.09.2025 16:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Hat jemand Erfahrung damit? #MCAS #LongCovid

22.08.2025 18:07 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

And there are plenty of people in far worse shape who would like to have my level of (in)activity 😔

07.07.2025 12:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I hope those other non-cardio exercises are of benefit to you anyway.

06.07.2025 20:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I can do about 4500 steps a day now when not crashed. Had been doing maybe 6000 in the year before crashing.

06.07.2025 17:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Oh I wouldn't be able to do any gym classes! I was able to do some very mild strength training at home in December but overdid it and wrecked my thighs. Since then, I can walk less.

06.07.2025 17:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks Rose. Going to try PR Lotion and a magnesium muscle spray. Hope you're managing the ME as well as possible 💪🍀

05.07.2025 19:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Has anyone with #LongCovid #MECFS got recommendations specifically for muscle pain/weakness/stiffness in PEM? Currently taking Mg, taurine, glycine, creatine (20g), ALA, CoQ10, dichloroacetate, quercetin, l-glutathione, NAC, B1, B2, C, D3, PureGenomics UltraMultivitamin. Thanks

05.07.2025 15:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Hi there. Is this only for people in the US?

04.07.2025 18:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Does anyone know of providers treating CCI non-surgically in or near NYC/Brooklyn?

PT, PRP injections, etc all very welcome. #LongCovid #mespine

25.06.2025 23:16 — 👍 11    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0

I am curious to know if any #pwME or #LongCOVID have tried whole-body red-light therapy, and found it helpful for symptoms? There's a place near me that does it relatively affordably (for sports recovery/beauty) but I have been thinking about giving it a go? #MECFS

15.06.2025 06:58 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

Hi. Is this only open to people living in the UK?

29.05.2025 13:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure Cambridge Core - Finance and Accountancy - The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure

Thrilled to share that the Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure, co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Barbara Brandl, has been published!

You can find all chapters open access: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

22.05.2025 06:01 — 👍 80    🔁 39    💬 5    📌 7
Researcher in Clinical Exercise Science (Long COVID) Exciting opportunity to contribute to impactful Long COVID research.

We’re recruiting a fixed term (3 years) researcher in clinical exercise science and Long COVID. If you want to join a team that is at the forefront of the pathophysiology/lived experience research then please get in touch.

Please share with your network!

www.derby.ac.uk/jobs/current...

18.05.2025 09:27 — 👍 32    🔁 25    💬 0    📌 1

Sorry to read all this 😔. I hope this latest chapter in the neverending saga of medical shiteness passes quickly and as painlessly as possible. Miaow✌️

17.05.2025 09:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Patient and public involvement within epidemiological studies of long COVID in the UK - Nature Medicine Nature Medicine - Patient and public involvement within epidemiological studies of long COVID in the UK

A few links below on involving patients in research, in case they're of use. Cheers

* mh.bmj.com/content/51/1...
* www.nature.com/articles/s41...
* researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
* normalness.com/2023/12/15/t...

30.04.2025 14:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ah, pity.

A 60-min video interview in one go may be too much for some patients (I couldn't do it without symptom exacerbation) and so might limit your pool of respondents. Apologies for that unsolicited advice, especially if you've already considered that. Good luck with the study!

28.04.2025 09:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Have you tried rapamycin for #longcovid or #mecfs? I'm writing a story for The Sick Times. Get in touch Felicity.nelson@frogsandstars.com

25.04.2025 14:37 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Hi. Is your study only open to people in the US? Thanks

26.04.2025 21:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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A Failure to Convalesce An interminable struggle to put on a jumper.

'...it’s like waking up in a suit of medieval armour after a night on the mead'.

Really well written piece on #LongCovid

www.the-fence.com/a-failure-to...

19.04.2025 18:02 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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