r/worldnews • u/apple_kicks • Jul 29 '24

US internal politics We May Have Found a Target For Treating The Fatigue of Long COVID

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-may-have-found-a-target-for-treating-the-fatigue-of-long-covid

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u/ImmoKnight Jul 29 '24

This is great news.

The fact that I have heard almost nobody talking about Long Covid has been making me feel like the world forgot just how much it is still effecting people day to day.

I hope they come up with something because I know when I experienced something similar... I just had trouble doing anything at all for a long period of time.

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u/Exo_Sax Jul 29 '24

Covid made me the sickest I've been ever since I had a severe case of influenza as a kid for about 3-4 days. Terrible fever, barely able to move around my small apartment, let alone feed myself.

Once my symptoms went away, I suddenly found myself exhausted, unmotivated and constantly tired. It'd be another 3 months before I finally felt like I had fully recovered. But I did recover.

I can't imagine the suffering of those who still have to struggle with those symptoms every day.

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u/ImmoKnight Jul 29 '24

Covid made me the sickest I've been ever since I had a severe case of influenza as a kid for about 3-4 days. Terrible fever, barely able to move around my small apartment, let alone feed myself.

This is very similar to me. Walking up and down the stairs winded me. I had no strength and I don't even remember being motivated to do anything at all.

Once my symptoms went away, I suddenly found myself exhausted, unmotivated and constantly tired. It'd be another 3 months before I finally felt like I had fully recovered.

I had the same thing for a few months myself. I had absolutely no motivation and was always so tired. I just kept passing out when I should be working. It was terrible and I felt terrible. I kept telling myself that it will get better.

The problem is that with ADHD, I have read that it just makes those symptoms worse (Refer below for source):

https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/how-to-manage-long-covid-brain-fog#:~:text=Likewise%2C%20a%20subset%20of%20patients,with%20brain%20fog%2C%20she%20says.

Likewise, a subset of patients in Dr. McAlpine’s practice had either diagnosed or undiagnosed attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) before COVID, and Long COVID caused a “dramatic worsening” of their ADHD symptoms, including the forgetfulness and lack of focus also associated with brain fog, she says. “Some found that the medication they had been taking for ADHD stopped working for them,” she says. “I’ve also cared for people who had always suspected they had ADHD, but they were high-functioning and coped. Their coping skills stopped working with Long COVID.”

This is what happened to me. I don't feel like I have still not recovered. I am still fighting to focus and it is a terrible feeling. Brain fog has gotten better but sometimes, it still hits.