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WateryTartLivinaLake t1_ivvbl05 wrote

Reply to comment by Bekiala in Half a million UK workers drop out of workforce, citing long-term illness by MagnusAuslander

People like me and unbeknownst future people like me would really appreciate it.🤗

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ArrrGaming t1_ivvhgqs wrote

Long COVID has always sounded miserable enough that we (my family and I) have never stopped wearing masks, social distancing, etc. I read that someone lost their ability to read due to what is being described as "brain fog".

I hope they discover a way to help you during our lifetimes, just like I hope they figure out long COVID.

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HardlyDecent t1_ivw6wy6 wrote

Haven't heard about the loss of reading ability, but for a couple weeks after COVID I would regularly lose pretty common words and spoken sentences would just dissolve into pauses.

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MilfagardVonBangin t1_ivxhch0 wrote

This just gave me a jolt. I’ve been doing this for the last several months and I noticed it not long after I had Covid. I also get a lot of headaches now too which I thought might be Covid related but the losing words thing never occurred to me.

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HardlyDecent t1_ivxqpb2 wrote

Oh, damn. I've had nearly constant headaches too, but that's been happening since COVID started at least (I assume that is heat/stress related).

Just for discussion purposes, my headaches feel like mild to moderate hangover level, sometimes one-sided, and acetaminophen/NSAIDS do almost nothing. And they come on with no apparent cause. Yours?

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MilfagardVonBangin t1_ivxwxey wrote

Mine are like the stress headaches I’d get behind the eyes when I wasn’t studying for upcoming exams. I get them mostly morning and evening time.

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tmuffinsnkitties t1_iw6ipaj wrote

Oh god. Im never sure if i do this more now due tto post covid or ADHD

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lovestobitch- t1_ivy6g47 wrote

Yes go over to the sub r/covidlonghaulers. I was 4 or 5 months and it sucked. Don’t want it again.

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