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Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Sep 2 7:10pm | Replies (32)
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@essiee , I appreciate that input. I do understand that the LC symptoms can be severe and resistant to treatment. And, that they may not be due to depression. I was just wondering if anyone had treated it that way, nonetheless. Sort of like treating the symptoms instead of the cause. And, that because there doesn’t seem to be any known treatment for LC. At least my doctors don’t know of any…..yet.
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Yes, the use of antidepressants to treat LC is something that's being pursued, essentially as an "off-lable" use, particularly with SSRIs.
Quick net search turned this up, for example:
https://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/growing-evidence-potential-use-antidepressants-long-covid/
Yes, I quite agree with the idea of treating symptoms as you say, since a treatment for the cause, per se, doesn't really yet exist!
There's an element here of throwing things at the wall to see what sticks, but given the variability between people perhaps that's the best approach.
At the same time, although LC is definitely not the RESULT of depression, depression certainly can occur as a reaction TO suffering from LC!
Each of us needs to find what can best help maintain our mental/emotional equilibrium, be it via limited social activities, gentle walks near nature, mindfulness/meditation practices, communing with your god(s), etc. etc.
And, yes, appropriate psychiatric medication may well be helpful for many of us, too!
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