Thats where I am confused on this. A mild generalized cognitive decline describes the effects of depression and getting covid in this helltime would be enough to make anyone depressed. I would imagine that if you measured your average person been stuck in quarantine these two years they would show some decline from back when they were able to freely socialize and had hope for the future. Diffuse ischemia would show up as more than just mild decline. You'd have balance and motor issues far more noticeable than brain fog.
The severe cases make sense. I just wonder if this isn't a case of trying to biomedically define away an issue with society you know. I know I shouldn't speculate without reading the full paper but paywall
yeah tbh when I hear people complaining about like mild short term memory issues and "brain fog" I think they probably just have depression but are in dental about it..same with that Havana syndrome
I am not trying to be dismissive. I really think over million dead with no end to the terror and the colapse of the world as we knew it has to be causing profound psychic damage to people and I have seen no one talking about taking that seriously.
oh yeah I think its natural for people to feel bad and traumatized now, and yeah its not ever really talked about as a serious issue. people keep reaching for a pre-covid "new normal" but i think they will be disappointed
Personally I never really had the brain fog as a symptom, except for a week in January for some reason
But during that week I basically couldn't do anything whatsoever
I also think that people who lose their sense of smell may be more prone to brain symptoms. I never lost my smell, and never had chronic brain fog
Yeah I think this is something that we won’t fully understand for another several years. I’ve had some brain fog since having COVID but I honestly had noticed being a little less snappy in general over the last couple years and think part of it is probably just aging.
Thats where I am confused on this. A mild generalized cognitive decline describes the effects of depression and getting covid in this helltime would be enough to make anyone depressed. I would imagine that if you measured your average person been stuck in quarantine these two years they would show some decline from back when they were able to freely socialize and had hope for the future. Diffuse ischemia would show up as more than just mild decline. You'd have balance and motor issues far more noticeable than brain fog.
The severe cases make sense. I just wonder if this isn't a case of trying to biomedically define away an issue with society you know. I know I shouldn't speculate without reading the full paper but paywall
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-hidden-long-term-cognitive-effects-of-covid-2020100821133
This is a decent but old write-up on the subject.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7577658/
This one discusses what is causing the brain problems.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(21)00324-2/fulltext
This one shows the cognitive decline associated with COVID. We'll see how persistent this decline is. It may go away with time.
yeah tbh when I hear people complaining about like mild short term memory issues and "brain fog" I think they probably just have depression but are in dental about it..same with that Havana syndrome
I am not trying to be dismissive. I really think over million dead with no end to the terror and the colapse of the world as we knew it has to be causing profound psychic damage to people and I have seen no one talking about taking that seriously.
oh yeah I think its natural for people to feel bad and traumatized now, and yeah its not ever really talked about as a serious issue. people keep reaching for a pre-covid "new normal" but i think they will be disappointed
it's not "mild" lmao
Personally I never really had the brain fog as a symptom, except for a week in January for some reason
But during that week I basically couldn't do anything whatsoever
I also think that people who lose their sense of smell may be more prone to brain symptoms. I never lost my smell, and never had chronic brain fog
That loss of smell is highly correlated with depression so my pseudoscientific speculation is still tracks with that
Yeah I think this is something that we won’t fully understand for another several years. I’ve had some brain fog since having COVID but I honestly had noticed being a little less snappy in general over the last couple years and think part of it is probably just aging.
I guess we’ll see.