The negative impact of Covid on working memory revealed using rapid online quiz
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#2I wonder if all these negative impacts of COVID-19 could also have been associated to seasonal flus in the past, had they been under the same level of scrutiny.
Re: The negative impact of Covid on working memory revealed using rapid online quiz
#3I wonder if all these negative impacts of COVID-19 could also have been associated to seasonal flus in the past, had they been under the same level of scrutiny.
COVID-19 is not the Flu. Also, the Flu has been around for at least 1500 years, so humanity would have observed "Flu Brain" or "Long Flu" a long time ago.
To say that the Flu has not been under the same level of scrutiny as COVID-19 is ignoring 1500 years of human history.
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#4Is there anything that talks about how to "recover" from this? This has been my chief complaint since I got covid back in 2020, my brain became "foggy" and I became increasingly forgetful about minor details. Leaving my keys behind often and forgetting what I walked into the room for. I'm relatively young (35) but I feel like after covid, my brain became different and IDK how to explain it, or what to do about it.
Re: The negative impact of Covid on working memory revealed using rapid online quiz
#5I wonder if all these negative impacts of COVID-19 could also have been associated to seasonal flus in the past, had they been under the same level of scrutiny.
COVID-19 is not the Flu. Also, the Flu has been around for at least 1500 years, so humanity would have observed "Flu Brain" or "Long Flu" a long time ago. To say that the Flu has not been under the same level of scrutiny as COVID-19 is ignoring 1500 years of human history.
We've always had marginal/debatable illness. The existence of Chronic Lime Disease is debated, similar to Fibromyalgia, or perhaps Chronic Fatigue. Havana Syndrome is a more recent example. It's possible that these are actualy manifestations of psychological conditions like depression/anxiety, but people have a hard time accepting that. Doctors debate this, and I'm not a doctor. Who knows, maybe these are lingering conditions brought on by flus or other viruses.
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#6Is this test available to the public?
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#7Interesting. We should compare this to "chemo brain" and "anesthesia brain" also.
Re: The negative impact of Covid on working memory revealed using rapid online quiz
#8I wonder if all these negative impacts of COVID-19 could also have been associated to seasonal flus in the past, had they been under the same level of scrutiny.
COVID-19 is not the Flu. Also, the Flu has been around for at least 1500 years, so humanity would have observed "Flu Brain" or "Long Flu" a long time ago. To say that the Flu has not been under the same level of scrutiny as COVID-19 is ignoring 1500 years of human history.
You never heard of post-viral chronic fatigue?
Re: The negative impact of Covid on working memory revealed using rapid online quiz
#9Is there anything that talks about how to "recover" from this? This has been my chief complaint since I got covid back in 2020, my brain became "foggy" and I became increasingly forgetful about minor details. Leaving my keys behind often and forgetting what I walked into the room for. I'm relatively young (35) but I feel like after covid, my brain became different and IDK how to explain it, or what to do about it.
I found this Atlantic article helped me explain my brain fog to others.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/09/long-covi...
Re: The negative impact of Covid on working memory revealed using rapid online quiz
#10Is there anything that talks about how to "recover" from this? This has been my chief complaint since I got covid back in 2020, my brain became "foggy" and I became increasingly forgetful about minor details. Leaving my keys behind often and forgetting what I walked into the room for. I'm relatively young (35) but I feel like after covid, my brain became different and IDK how to explain it, or what to do about it.
I share your feelings. I’ve had covid 3 times, and have increasingly noticed changes in how my mind works, as alarming as that sounds. Slow, forgetful and sensitive to stress and tiredness, I fear sometimes that my ability to do my work will completely unravel.
Breathing exercises help, but mainly in calming me down if I start becoming distressed when dwelling on it too much. I still work full time and feel like overal my long covid symptoms are subsiding but I can’t shake this nagging feeling that I’m less intelligent than 2 years ago.