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People who had severe covid-19 show cognitive decline years later
(www.newscientist.com)
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I'm pretty sure I caught a very mild, if not asymptomatic case very early on, because ever since late-2020 I've caught myself occasionally struggling to think of words while speaking, and sometimes just completely forgetting the last minute or two of a conversation for a few moments before it comes back to me. I hate that feeling, when somebody you've been talking to face-to-face for the last fifteen minutes looks at you waiting for you to add something, and you just completely blank out. That fog sucks.
Word retrieval issues are really irritating
I had a full run of vaccinations and got COVID about 6 months later. Nothing serious, in bed for a few days, cold and flu tablets kept everything under control, a perfect case of the effectiveness of the vaccines in taking the edge off.
But for about two weeks after "recovery" I was constantly forgetting keys, or my wallet. Drove halfway to the airport for a week away for work one morning and went, "oh shit, where's my wallet?" and I'd placed it on a bench behind my car when I put my suitcase in the back and didn't pick it up again. I'm 50 years old, I can count on one hand the number of times I'd forgotten my wallet before that.
That brain fog eased off after that but I wonder sometimes if there are still long term effects that I'm not aware of.
Do you take omega 3 (fish oil)? I know that's helped me with word retrieval type things before (in general).
Edit: you want one with high amounts of EPA and DHA, should be listed on the bottle. I like the Costco "Super Concentrate" ones but any should help. Don't bother with ones that are Omega 3-6-9.
I am damned sure I got it at some point. My main issue is separating fog from my adhd
btw, Lion's Mane, supposed to promote new neuron growth. It might be placebo, but a bottle of that helped my mind clear up some, and it stuck after I stopped