When I caught covid the most standout thing to me was the effect it had on me mentally. On day 3 or 4 I attempted to work from home as I was physically feeling almost completely recovered. I was absolutely shocked the degree to which my thinking was affected: I could not hold my train of thought together, my short term memory was hopeless and I ended up taking another couple of days off because my work output was atrocious.

After 2 weeks I was pretty much back to normal, and I can't imagine how crappy it would be to try and live with that if the condition persisted. I assume that this is what long covid feels like?

I have to wonder though, do we know for sure that this stuff that is getting called "long covid" is strictly covid related?

There's a whole world of poorly defined conditions that could be exacerbated by a covid infection, or get blamed on a covid infection: chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, depression, general physical unwellness and lack of energy.

Sometimes it feels like covid is a great big bogeyman and people feel like shit and just don't know what else to blame it on? Am I making sense or is the science pretty clear cut here?

[–] SenorBolsa@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I don't know what other people have going on, but I can tell you without a doubt I now get tired easier and have some days where I'm feeling wiped out even with adequate sleep and rest. This wasn't something I experienced before, I could pretty tightly tie how I felt on any given day to my diet, activity level, sleep, and relaxation.

It feels like it has improved very gradually. Hopefully my body can even itself out after a few years, which it feels like it will be at this rate, if at all.

[–] Jank@waveform.social 1 points 1 year ago

That's interesting. For me it was very similar initially, but the brain fog issues lasted much longer. It felt like it took multiple months to really recover, though I'm on the pretty high end for ADD so that may have contributed.