I doubt it made you worse. But there are some for whom ivermectin doesn’t work. My husband’s cousin was one. There is also a theory that some blood types get it far worse - O is supposedly the best to kick it with.

There was something about people getting an allergic response to the spike proteins about day 7 and that is the cytokine storm. Benadryl counteracts that.

For kicking pneumonia, breathing therapy is key. Have to expel all that junk. Hot showers, the plastic lung exercise thing with a ball, and Mucinex DM.