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Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes

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Re: Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes

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I've heard this, that and also blood clots forming in the brain. Maybe much more, we will see in upcoming years. Nasty disease

Why do we now treat it like regular flu then?

Much like victims of other natural disasters, there's an initial "oh shit this is huge" which eventually mellows out to "oh so this is just the new normal, and we're all just going to accept that we're going to be collectively even stupider."

Re: Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes

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While most of the body’s serotonin is indeed in the gut, the serotonin that impacts our mood, sleep, and other cognitive functions is exclusively produced and used in the brain.

Was going to say this. My one gripe with HN is that people say incorrect things with complete confidence pretty regularly and you can only Detect it if you know the subject matter.

My god... WE were the LLMs the whole time.

Re: Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes

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post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While most of the body’s serotonin is indeed in the gut, the serotonin that impacts our mood, sleep, and other cognitive functions is exclusively produced and used in the brain.

Was going to say this. My one gripe with HN is that people say incorrect things with complete confidence pretty regularly and you can only Detect it if you know the subject matter.

And so now, how do we tell if you're the person that we should listen to? You're making your point with complete confidence (as is the parent comment)?

References people. Especially when it comes to anything related to subjects outside of tech.

Re: Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes

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Elder friend of mine got the fatigue two weeks after covid. after everything else was ruled out she was given ssris for anxiety, and indeed she could walk again a few weeks later. If this turns out to be as interesting as it sounds, well buy SSRI maker stocks

Totally don’t want to pick on you but this kind of thinking makes me really wish we could fork the universe right before giving the meds and compare the results of both universes. Ugh. Stupid physics.

Re: Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

While most of the body’s serotonin is indeed in the gut, the serotonin that impacts our mood, sleep, and other cognitive functions is exclusively produced and used in the brain.

Was going to say this. My one gripe with HN is that people say incorrect things with complete confidence pretty regularly and you can only Detect it if you know the subject matter.

HN used to show vote count. In the past, you'd see something like your GP having a vote count of 14, and your parent (the correction) having a vote count of 53. It was super useful and helped to combat misinformation.

Re: Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes

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Elder friend of mine got the fatigue two weeks after covid. after everything else was ruled out she was given ssris for anxiety, and indeed she could walk again a few weeks later. If this turns out to be as interesting as it sounds, well buy SSRI maker stocks

Not to deny your friends experience, but just to shed light on an issue common with chronic illnesses: People naturally heal all the time from illnesses like this. They just get better with time. People also get desperate (and sometimes their doctors) and try all manner of remedy. You get a situation where people who naturally recover end up attributing that recovery to whatever random remedy they were trying at the…

Desperate person here, has anything worked for you?

NAC + Aspirin is the only thing that helps me but it also makes me feel detached and not hyper as my previous brain state.

Re: Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes

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post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While most of the body’s serotonin is indeed in the gut, the serotonin that impacts our mood, sleep, and other cognitive functions is exclusively produced and used in the brain.

Was going to say this. My one gripe with HN is that people say incorrect things with complete confidence pretty regularly and you can only Detect it if you know the subject matter.

One finds the Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect in the strangest of places

Re: Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes

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So basically most long covid is a form of depression. It makes sense given the fact that most self reported long covid was white middle aged females over any other demographic

So are you saying that my wife got depressed 2 weeks after having Covid? That she just all of the sudden started to be breathless with oximeter showing levels below 80% due to a depression? She was in her best moment in life, earning a 6 figures salary, reading 50 books a year, learning a 5th language and studying a 2nd master degree.

After 2 years, she is now unable to leave home and read a single book of course this makes her depressed. But long covid is very real and it starts always a few weeks after the recovery. It impacting mostly women than men has probably something to do with the immune system differences and your comment is offensive to all the people suffering this terrible disease and all the scientist investigating it.

Re: Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes

#59

So basically most long covid is a form of depression. It makes sense given the fact that most self reported long covid was white middle aged females over any other demographic

Like many other "diseases" like CFS or fibromyalgia.

Re: Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes

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For people who are obviously ignorant of long covid in this thread, go read these publications and watch these videos: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3... https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-023-01601-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06651-y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z189Z7tS1w4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYNMzaZk_iU The researchers here have a specific hypothesis…

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