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I generally think that mental illness is on par with physical illness, to the degree that you can differentiate them. If it’s worth our time to worry about one,

• chitowneats 4y ago
  We need to correctly diagnose the issue to "worry" constructively about it. Many in the Long COVID community start from the assumption that their symptoms are caused by a totally novel post-viral syndrome, and are very against exploring the idea that this could be a mental health issue.
  • webnrrd2k 4y ago
    I can't tell if you're claiming that people claim that 1.) post-viral covid is totally novel, of if 2.) Post-viral syndrome is totally novel. However, it reads to me like you're saying that there is no way post-viral syndrome could be a real cause. If they see a competent doctor, I'm pretty dure that they'll investigate depression as a cause, and make an attempt to verify or rule it out. Post-viral syndrome has been recognized since at least the mid-80's, roughly [1]. As far as it goes, if someone gets covid and has horrible symptoms of depression afterwards, then it's certainly plausible that it's caused by post-viral syndrome. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1710789/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1710789/
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