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Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Mar 15 5:02pm | Replies (58)

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@sushicat, there is the possibility of covid lowering IQ, not that it does, or for every person that gets covid. Research papers on the topic (I'm a research scientist) use words such as "indicates may" and "suggests" that are not conclusions. The .com and "health" sites morph those maybes into conclusions that covid lowers IQs. For me, covid just resulted in PEM (mostly gone after a year). I'm 69 and no matter what a person's age it is important to exercise the brain. Our neurons rewire through life. Doctors used to believe that our brains do not heal readily due to absence of stem cells, Even with injury and disease there is neuroplasticity.

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Thank you for that important clarification. My single covid infection at 52 attacked my brain. It was like I had instant dementia. I got lost in my own neighborhood where I’ve lived since 1996. I couldn’t remember what floor I lived on for nearly a year. I have pre-covid memories that seem to be forever erased. I could not tell my left side from my right. I couldn’t tell time. I could not read at all - not even a Tweet. My first instinct was to hide it all, like a dementia patient. This lasted about 16 months. I’m very lucky that I recovered my everyday brain function, although I am told I am not at the level I was before Covid. The brain is fascinating. I love Oliver Sacks’ writings. And the book The Brain That Changes Itself, which I bet you’ve read. I hope I never have to go through those 16 months of instant dementia again. I still get flareups/relapses, but nothing like it was before. And of course, I still have other long Covid symptoms, but they are also slowly improving. Anyhow, thanks again for your clarification. I’ll be more careful choosing my words in the future.