I have had 5 bouts with Covid and am in the NIH study at UNMC under Dr Vasey. I found this interesting because I never really equated some of the things I’m going through to depression and anxiety. I just chalked it up to old age. I am 70, went to alcohol recovery 2 years ago, recently stopped sugar intake, and am in otherwise good shape. In fact, with all the NIh tests they tell me I am a remarkable specimen… except for the brain fog, fatigue and depression. I used to be on citalipram for minor depression that was brought on by hip surgery in 1996. Once it took effect, I never had it again until Covid. I stayed on small dosage until a year before Covid and was fine until about a year after Covid. My GP put me on Duloxitine and didn’t have much luck. Now we’re trying Zoloft and am 6 weeks in with nothing . It’s frustrating because I have responded well to Citalipram in the past. Should I ask to get back on that or wait out the seraphim?
Being in such good shape otherwise, this whole thing is frustration and making it very hard to properly enjoy my retirement.
I plan on sharing with my NIH people tomorrow. So far we haven’t discussed depression. They recognize that I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome but say there is no treatment for that.
In all, very frustrating.
Looking for any suggestions.