I still think about the HN commentor who told me confidently, "there is no theoretical basis for long-term consequences of COVID-19." [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23875391
He did his own research
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
#102The main "long covid" symptom I really detest is the loss of smell/taste - after almost 2 years I still cannot smell or taste certain things, the worst being cinnamon in things like cinnamon grahams and cinnamon buns, strangely though I can taste the cinnamon fire jolly ranchers ok. I sound like I'm jesting, but I love food, and I'm a big fan of scent too - things just don't smell or taste right anymore. SSRIs can ca…
Yeah my interest in trying new foods and enjoyment in eating food itself has decreased at lot after getting covid. Had loss of taste during covid and it recovered a lot over a few months but never really came back to what it was before.
Though I guess it's not really a long covid symptom since it's not anything active, just a result of getting covid.
Re: Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes
#103For 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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What fake disease? CDC does not say it's fake.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/long-term-effects/...
Re: Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes
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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.
Been dealing with LC since 2020.
I started nicotine after reading through the (probably shoddy) studies on the topic and reading through the anecdotal reports of others experiencing relief with it. (I was desperate, have tried everything I can get my hands on + every kind of dietary intervention.) The experiences seem to be pretty mixed but at least for my form of LC it has made a substantial positive difference.
Out of everything I've tried the only other step I've taken that has made a noticeable difference for me is quitting caffeine. During my acute infection phase it was like a switch flipped that hasn't yet flipped back which completely changed how my body reacts to it. Took me forever to wean off it but doing so has also been a net positive.
Some links (forgive me for reddit link): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36650574/ https://www.reddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers/comments/13uwtme/s...
Re: Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes
#105I still think about the HN commentor who told me confidently, "there is no theoretical basis for long-term consequences of COVID-19." [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23875391
He did his own research
I just wish they had used more caution.
Proclaiming that there wasn't even a "theoretical basis"... It was just so... obviously wrong. And honestly, dangerous.
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I’m confused why folks think long covid isn’t real? Most disease have long lasting effects. Why not covid?
why folks think long covid isn’t real? Most disease have long lasting effects. Why not covid? Without endorsing this one way or another: that's precisely the argument. There does exist a general "post viral syndrome". Since that is already known, why jump to the conclusion that a separate post-covid syndrome exists, as opposed to this just being another example of the same?
Because there are different pathogens at play…
Re: Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes
#107I still think about the HN commentor who told me confidently, "there is no theoretical basis for long-term consequences of COVID-19." [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23875391
Wow. I hope he doesn't design subs.
Re: Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes
#108I still think about the HN commentor who told me confidently, "there is no theoretical basis for long-term consequences of COVID-19." [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23875391
> You Google well, but you don't really understand.
I'll have to remember that one. Really succinct.
Re: Low serotonin levels might explain some Long Covid symptoms, study proposes
#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
A sample size of 1 does not show a trend
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Vitamin D is preventative in nature. Also there are trials here...look them up on clincialtrials.gov https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05633472 https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05356936 https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05630339 https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04536298
Good to see that there are some studies under way now. How do you mean "preventative in nature"? Are you aware of any studies which a/b tested Vitamin D on active respiratory tract infections which showed that the Vitamin D has no effect in this situation?
Vitamin D is a very inconclusive topic. That is why it is contentious. Go search pubmed or litcovid, there’s plenty of research.
I’m just calling out the fact that your complaint is not rooted in reality.
The studies you refer to are observational tracking people who supplement vitamin D or live in places where they get it naturally more. To say vitamin D is the cure to most things or even long covid is shortsighted and frankly irresponsible. Linus Pauling did that with vitamin C and tainted public opinion on vitamins.