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Elder friend of mine got the fatigue two weeks after covid. after everything else was ruled out she was given ssris for anxiety, and indeed she could walk again

by seydor 3y ago

Elder friend of mine got the fatigue two weeks after covid. after everything else was ruled out she was given ssris for anxiety, and indeed she could walk again a few weeks later. If this turns out to be as interesting as it sounds, well buy SSRI maker stocks

zero_shift 3y ago
This is interesting to me, I'm recovering from COVID right now and the fatigue hit me - you guessed it - two weeks after the initial infection. I don't take an SSRI but perhaps it could indeed help.
- scns 3y ago
  Be careful, they can seriously impair your ability to feel sexual pleasure long term.
- seydor 3y ago
  dont do it just because. in our case we pretty much did every kind of medical exam possible, she did display multiple anxiety symptoms that seemed like panic attacks and the fatigue was clearly related to it.
hx8 3y ago
> If this turns out to be as interesting as it sounds, well buy SSRI maker stocks Really? SSRIs are outside of patent so there is little moat and thin margins.
Workaccount2 3y ago
Not to deny your friends experience, but just to shed light on an issue common with chronic illnesses: People naturally heal all the time from illnesses like this. They just get better with time. People also get desperate (and sometimes their doctors) and try all manner of remedy. You get a situation where people who naturally recover end up attributing that recovery to whatever random remedy they were trying at the time. This can be compounded by having bands of people who got sick around the same time, tried whatever flavor of the month remedy was talked about at the time, and recovered around the same time. Having long covid myself since summer 2020, I've watched this play out more times than I can count now.
- jackmott42 3y ago
  This happens all the time with sports overuse injuries also. Kinesio tape, acupuncture, chiropractor adjustments, heat, ice. People try all kinds of things, eventually you get better. Whatever you tried last seems like it helped. But who knows.
  - ChrisRR 3y ago
    Especially with physio where musculoskeletal issues can take months to years
- hotdogscout 3y ago
  Desperate person here, has anything worked for you? NAC + Aspirin is the only thing that helps me but it also makes me feel detached and not hyper as my previous brain state.
  - zingababba 3y ago
    Been dealing with LC since 2020. I started nicotine after reading through the (probably shoddy) studies on the topic and reading through the anecdotal reports of others experiencing relief with it. (I was desperate, have tried everything I can get my hands on + every kind of dietary intervention.) The experiences seem to be pretty mixed but at least for my form of LC it has made a substantial positive difference. Out of everything I've tried the only other step I've taken that has made a noticeable difference for me is quitting caffeine. During my acute infection phase it was like a switch flipped that hasn't yet flipped back which completely changed how my body reacts to it. Took me forever to wean off it but doing so has also been a net positive. Some links (forgive me for reddit link): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36650574/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36650574/ https://www.reddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers/comments/13uwtme/surveying_nicotine_use_in_long_covid/ https://www.reddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers/comments/13uwtme/s...
    - hotdogscout 3y ago
      Did you ever feel you got back to your previous brain state? I do but with each reinfection it takes at least 6 months for me to get better again.
BjoernKW 3y ago
I'd be very careful with SSRIs. This might very well turn out to be a case of the cure being worse than the disease. > If this turns out to be as interesting as it sounds, well buy SSRI maker stocks Unfortunately, that suggestion on the other hand might be spot-on. Not because SSRIs truly are the cure-all they're often marketed as, but rather because manufacturers have managed to sell them as such.
guidoism 3y ago
Totally don’t want to pick on you but this kind of thinking makes me really wish we could fork the universe right before giving the meds and compare the results of both universes. Ugh. Stupid physics.

by seydor 3y ago

zero_shift 3y ago

This is interesting to me, I'm recovering from COVID right now and the fatigue hit me - you guessed it - two weeks after the initial infection. I don't take an SSRI but perhaps it could indeed help.

scns 3y ago
Be careful, they can seriously impair your ability to feel sexual pleasure long term.
seydor 3y ago
dont do it just because. in our case we pretty much did every kind of medical exam possible, she did display multiple anxiety symptoms that seemed like panic attacks and the fatigue was clearly related to it.

hx8 3y ago

> If this turns out to be as interesting as it sounds, well buy SSRI maker stocks Really? SSRIs are outside of patent so there is little moat and thin margins.

Workaccount2 3y ago

Not to deny your friends experience, but just to shed light on an issue common with chronic illnesses: People naturally heal all the time from illnesses like this. They just get better with time. People also get desperate (and sometimes their doctors) and try all manner of remedy. You get a situation where people who naturally recover end up attributing that recovery to whatever random remedy they were trying at the time. This can be compounded by having bands of people who got sick around the same time, tried whatever flavor of the month remedy was talked about at the time, and recovered around the same time. Having long covid myself since summer 2020, I've watched this play out more times than I can count now.

jackmott42 3y ago
This happens all the time with sports overuse injuries also. Kinesio tape, acupuncture, chiropractor adjustments, heat, ice. People try all kinds of things, eventually you get better. Whatever you tried last seems like it helped. But who knows.
- ChrisRR 3y ago
  Especially with physio where musculoskeletal issues can take months to years
hotdogscout 3y ago
Desperate person here, has anything worked for you? NAC + Aspirin is the only thing that helps me but it also makes me feel detached and not hyper as my previous brain state.
- zingababba 3y ago
  Been dealing with LC since 2020. I started nicotine after reading through the (probably shoddy) studies on the topic and reading through the anecdotal reports of others experiencing relief with it. (I was desperate, have tried everything I can get my hands on + every kind of dietary intervention.) The experiences seem to be pretty mixed but at least for my form of LC it has made a substantial positive difference. Out of everything I've tried the only other step I've taken that has made a noticeable difference for me is quitting caffeine. During my acute infection phase it was like a switch flipped that hasn't yet flipped back which completely changed how my body reacts to it. Took me forever to wean off it but doing so has also been a net positive. Some links (forgive me for reddit link): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36650574/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36650574/ https://www.reddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers/comments/13uwtme/surveying_nicotine_use_in_long_covid/ https://www.reddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers/comments/13uwtme/s...
  - hotdogscout 3y ago
    Did you ever feel you got back to your previous brain state? I do but with each reinfection it takes at least 6 months for me to get better again.

BjoernKW 3y ago

I'd be very careful with SSRIs. This might very well turn out to be a case of the cure being worse than the disease. > If this turns out to be as interesting as it sounds, well buy SSRI maker stocks Unfortunately, that suggestion on the other hand might be spot-on. Not because SSRIs truly are the cure-all they're often marketed as, but rather because manufacturers have managed to sell them as such.

guidoism 3y ago

Totally don’t want to pick on you but this kind of thinking makes me really wish we could fork the universe right before giving the meds and compare the results of both universes. Ugh. Stupid physics.