To me, the hardest part of LC is the lack of recognition from doctors that it is real. I can understand it in the beginning. I got covid in March 2020 and the symptoms never went away although a few have improved. It really throws me that now, 4 years later, there are still doctors who say the symptoms are stress-related. This is after being diagnosed with POTS, orthostatic intolerance, PEM, ME/CFS, cognitive impairment as well as others. If my symptoms are all stress-related, those diagnoses (which were based on test results) are real or based on the doctor's stress? I have stopped grieving the life I used to have. I very much miss the brain I used to have. I am so thankful for my faith in Jesus Christ, and for my supportive husband. I am trying to focus on figuring out how to live a life that contains only about 4 hours of productive time a day. I think it's hard for doctors to be faced with such a pervasive illness that is all mystery at this point.