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Long Covid is associated with cognitive slowing

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Re: Long Covid is associated with cognitive slowing

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hef19898 wrote: post #19
rubicon33 wrote: post #12

Since 2019 I've been: - Vaccinated for COVID once - Infected with COVID 3 times - Infected with RSV once - Infected with unknown ?? upper respiratory, two times. I am absolutely less "sharp". It feels like both my cognitive and physical ability have taken a serious blow. I'm far less creative, less excited about work, less interested in challenging topics, and less capable of solving complex problems. I will sometime…

Vaccinated three times, had it twice. The first time, no long term effects. The second time, well... I think it is getting better, but I feel you. Stuff I know I know the solution to, I know I can do in the blonk of an eye just seems to be hidden behind some wall of fog. Takes sheer willpower to get through that, then it is done in a heart beat. After that, my energy seems to be gone. Wasn't a problem at work, for no…

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Re: Long Covid is associated with cognitive slowing

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Post by password54321 »

rubicon33 wrote: post #12

Since 2019 I've been: - Vaccinated for COVID once - Infected with COVID 3 times - Infected with RSV once - Infected with unknown ?? upper respiratory, two times. I am absolutely less "sharp". It feels like both my cognitive and physical ability have taken a serious blow. I'm far less creative, less excited about work, less interested in challenging topics, and less capable of solving complex problems. I will sometime…

Could be the vaccination: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9833629/

Re: Long Covid is associated with cognitive slowing

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Post by NoblePublius »

rubicon33 wrote: post #12

Since 2019 I've been: - Vaccinated for COVID once - Infected with COVID 3 times - Infected with RSV once - Infected with unknown ?? upper respiratory, two times. I am absolutely less "sharp". It feels like both my cognitive and physical ability have taken a serious blow. I'm far less creative, less excited about work, less interested in challenging topics, and less capable of solving complex problems. I will sometime…

How do you distinguish the feeling of being less sharp from the psychological impact of lockdown?

Re: Long Covid is associated with cognitive slowing

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Post by thegrim33 »

AnthonBerg wrote: post #10
gitfan86 wrote: post #3

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There is no evidence that your claims are worth anything. There are tons of known mechanisms, biomarkers, documented physiological alterations and on and on and on. Do take note that “there is no evidence for x” is an absolutely gargantuan claim. If you intend to carve swathes of epistemological foundations into the void you better have something a little sharper and a little more substantial.

Ironically, the claim you've made in your comment carries exactly as much weight as the claim of the person you're replying to does, which is zero, as both of you have just typed out some generic wide-sweeping opinion about a topic without linking to a single piece of data to support your claim.

Re: Long Covid is associated with cognitive slowing

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Post by acdha »

belltaco wrote: post #8
gitfan86 wrote: post #3

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> just that there is no real evidence of this being a real disease What does this even mean? How do you define a 'real' disease? Sounds like a god of the gaps fallacy to me. Just because we don't understand and can't treat it yet doesn't mean it's not a real disease. At the very least it looks like a cluster of various kinds of diseases.

Looking at the history of things like fibromyalgia and CFS (remember when that was called “Incline Village Yuppie Syndrome” to dismiss it?), I think your god of the gaps comparison is quite apt and it seems like it’s especially used to minimize diseases which affect people unlike the speaker. It’s no coincidence that all three of these are associated with women, for example.

Re: Long Covid is associated with cognitive slowing

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Post by SamoyedFurFluff »

NoblePublius wrote: post #23
rubicon33 wrote: post #12

Since 2019 I've been: - Vaccinated for COVID once - Infected with COVID 3 times - Infected with RSV once - Infected with unknown ?? upper respiratory, two times. I am absolutely less "sharp". It feels like both my cognitive and physical ability have taken a serious blow. I'm far less creative, less excited about work, less interested in challenging topics, and less capable of solving complex problems. I will sometime…

How do you distinguish the feeling of being less sharp from the psychological impact of lockdown?

Are there any studies that locking down has long term cognitive decline? Generally most of the time when I’m locked down I’m chill energy but as soon as I’m regularly out and about I’m back to normal within weeks. I’ve never heard of being unable to do extremely basic exercises after the lockdowns (which were maybe 2 weeks actual isolation if you were exposed, every other time you could still spend time outside, get groceries etc). I’ve never heard of being unable to think of words or program a single line months after a 2 week isolation.

Re: Long Covid is associated with cognitive slowing

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Post by AnthonBerg »

thegrim33 wrote: post #25
AnthonBerg wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is no evidence that your claims are worth anything. There are tons of known mechanisms, biomarkers, documented physiological alterations and on and on and on. Do take note that “there is no evidence for x” is an absolutely gargantuan claim. If you intend to carve swathes of epistemological foundations into the void you better have something a little sharper and a little more substantial.

Ironically, the claim you've made in your comment carries exactly as much weight as the claim of the person you're replying to does, which is zero, as both of you have just typed out some generic wide-sweeping opinion about a topic without linking to a single piece of data to support your claim.

Not quite.

I am armed and ready with sources as part of the game, and the statement on epistemology hardly needs qualification.

Re: Long Covid is associated with cognitive slowing

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Post by SamoyedFurFluff »

sunshine_reggae wrote: post #15
thenerdhead wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Over 14,000 published articles suggest otherwise: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/docsum?fil...

Don't forget the use of bots, AI-generated articles, etc.

Are you implying there are 14k articles produced by bots just about fibromyalgia? ChatGPT isn’t even 2 years old!

Re: Long Covid is associated with cognitive slowing

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Post by tenderfault »

rubicon33 wrote: post #12

Since 2019 I've been: - Vaccinated for COVID once - Infected with COVID 3 times - Infected with RSV once - Infected with unknown ?? upper respiratory, two times. I am absolutely less "sharp". It feels like both my cognitive and physical ability have taken a serious blow. I'm far less creative, less excited about work, less interested in challenging topics, and less capable of solving complex problems. I will sometime…

fine. I believe you because I am experiencing the same things.

did you eliminate depression as a possible cause? I don't know how. there is no "expert help" in my country. I believe everyone around me is faking whatever they are doing, including therapy.

another thing to note: isolation. i think my isolation level just kept increasing. i entered a hole with the lockdown and i never got out, contrary. isolation could be a cause of cognitive impairment, yes? we are social animals?

can you make any sense of what i'm saying?

p.s. also my short term memory is broken.

p.s. I am also becoming increasingly paranoid because of this apparent cognitive impairment.

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