Is this a COVID crash? Any suggestions on how to stop a crash?

I tried brain games, listening to pod casts, children’s books, reading, along with no patience I don’t comprehend. If I do too much there is a hum? in my brain and I don’t remember things until I sleep. I have a lot of memory lapses. It’s very weird. No one understands.

Wow, Sophia, kudos for your persistence! My friend had an aneurysm and 2 major strokes when we were 47. That was exactly what she did. It was a long haul, but she was ultimately able to go back & finish her Master's Degree when we were in our 50's! You might find someone who understands in a stroke group
Please let me know occasionally how it's going.
Sue

Yes I understand what your experiencing because I suffer from it as well! It's frustrating when others either think that am either seeking some sort of attention or lying!

It’s kind of funny the doctors always preface what they say with this is ‘like a brain injury’ but not ‘this is a brain injury’ so they don’t have to code it that way for insurance I think. That is the most frustrating part of all of this. The government said this wasn’t real and anything about it is experimental and people lose their homes, jobs and insurance. So many people are dead and so many more are suffering after effects. Trying to act normal but can’t because they aren’t. People say you look fine so you must be fine. This is hard. Some days impossible. But we have to keep going and be tough together. Support each other. Love & hugs. Hope ❤️

I! was an FULL time xtrovert and i learned best by using all four learning styles but once covid hit which was at the tail end of grad school it ALL changed!
Post Covid I am a Full time introvert! Memory recall, focus, writing things down but it not being correct (ex. I visualize the number is 7 in my mind but I wrote 4 down on paper). I've taken my licensure exam and unfortunately I failed it. Going for it again but I have to start over because I have retained hardly any of the information!!!

It takes some time but be easy on yourself. You will get it back. You got this.

I understand -"it is so slow & coming up on 2 years. It feels like I’m the only one who is dealing with this & no one understands."

I’m sorry for us. This is dumb. I’m over it. I keep hoping I wake up from this crappy nightmare. I’m tired of being strong and happy to be alive. I wanted it like everyone I know got it. It’s childish and stupid but really what I want to say to people that tell me I’m lucky. It’s always people that tested positive without symptoms. Argh.

Hello everyone. My name is Joel and I am an RN in Minnesota. I don't know if this is a crash or not, but 54 days out from original diagnosis and I feel worse now than I did then. I though I had strep throat so I went to get tested for strep, flu, and COVID. I am positive for COVID. I self tested 1.5 weeks ago and was negative. So now I wonder if this is the same infection or if I am re-infected. Between the sore throat and wheezing, it is really hard to sleep. I'm tired all of the time. And now since I test positive again, I have to wait to see if I can go to work!

I truly believe we are well on the way to calling post-Covid syndrome a brain injury.
Absent specific, quantifiable tests for these things, it takes a long time to define, document & systematize illnesses. The second complication is that long-Covid manifests in thousands of different ways. The third is that there is not a good agreement on how to document that the symptoms were caused by Covid, and were not a coincidence.
I'm sure most people who are just struggling to get through the day don't want to hears this, but agreeing to participate in post-Covid research might help.

Best wishes to each of you for a full recovery.
Sue