• marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
    hexbear
    46
    7 months ago

    Depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses also cause memory problems. And mental illnesses are exacerbated by stress.

    • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
      hexbear
      26
      7 months ago

      stress caused by being sick from a pandemic, which restricts movement and causes depression

      the demiurge mashed "randomize all" on this fucking virus and killed all our brains

  • Tachanka [comrade/them]
    hexbear
    46
    7 months ago

    I might be in a fog, but I haven't forgotten the mysterious "vaping illness" that cropped up in nursing homes around Fort Detrick months before the Covid outbreak in Wuhan soviet-huff

    • hotcouchguy [he/him]
      hexbear
      20
      7 months ago

      Right around the time when Fort Detrick shut down it's virology labs for safety failures?

  • Maaj [he/him]
    hexbear
    43
    7 months ago

    ...is this why Walgreens couldn't fill my Adderall prescription? I'm like 30% joking.

    • The_Walkening [none/use name]
      hexbear
      23
      edit-2
      7 months ago

      I think it might be - people who have normal energy/concentration levels get long COVID brain fog and then start wondering if it's a focus issue. I got dx'd with attention deficit issues a few years back but it really got bad after I got COVID. I definitely want to get back on a stimulant so I can function better but I'm making do with Wellbutrin b/c by the time I went to the doctor the shortage had already happened and it helps with my mild depression anyways.

    • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
      hexbear
      7
      edit-2
      7 months ago

      I've never run into stocking issues for methylphenidate, i wonder what's the difference there

      • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
        hexbear
        9
        edit-2
        7 months ago

        huh, apparently it goes straight from "therapeutic dose" to "feel like shit" dose with no "fun times" dose in between like amphetamines have, probably a factor there

        • Maaj [he/him]
          hexbear
          7
          7 months ago

          I've been on both at one point or another and I feel like you are on the right path.

  • @DigitalNirvana@lemm.ee
    hexbear
    34
    7 months ago

    One of the biggest keys seems to be reduced mitochondrial energy production in various cells/ tissues/ organs, induced by COVID-19. This can happen even with mild cases, alas. There are various ways to induce mitochondrial neobiogenesis, exercise being amongst the most accessible. Basically tell your body it needs more mitochondria by exercising.

  • M68040 [they/them]
    hexbear
    21
    7 months ago

    Lead poisoning 2: fucked up outbreak response edition

  • BodyBySisyphus [he/him]
    hexbear
    17
    7 months ago

    I can't think because increasingly large amounts of my attention are being devoted to all the ways we're screwing ourselves over at the species level, didn't even need to get covid.

  • barrbaric [he/him]M
    hexbear
    12
    7 months ago

    I shall kitty-cri-screm, as I have kitty-cri-screm to every bit of COVID news for the last two years.