https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2024/08/21/innovationrx-covid-may-be-causing-mental-illness-and-rewiring-our-brains/
But as two new studies published in the past week show, severe COVID isn’t the only risk faced by those with the disease. New findings in JAMA Psychiatry find that levels of mental illness such as depression, anxiety and self-harm are elevated after a COVID-19 diagnosis. Additionally, a new study published in Scientific Reports found that patients who lost their sense of smell after a COVID infection saw long-term structural changes to their brains as well as a tendency to more impulsive behaviors.
What! Wow. I didn't know that, you're telling me now for the first time.
what side-effects did you get?
Everything tasted like iron/copper, heavy nausea, and a seemingly random alternation between diarrhea and constipation. Would not recommend the experience, but it did get rid of the COVID so it's worth
Any chance you're lactose intolerant? I've heard that's been a thing.
An alternative to paxlovid I've heard is metformin, but you gotta find a doc willing to prescribe it.