One of the inherent problems with getting a long covid diagnosis is immediately coming to terms with the fact that most doctors aren't comfortable treating patients with that diagnosis, and if you're lucky enough to find one, very few offer any suggestions. We've been instructed repeatedly to pace ourselves, get a good sleep, drink lots of water, take our omega 3s. But outside of that, we haven't been offered many solutions, certainly not enough for most people to regain any quality of life. After I received a long covid diagnosis here in Spain by two specialists (and here it's called covid persistente), ...

On the morning of February 17, 2024, at approximately 10am in the morning, my brain exploded. I had known it was going to happen, or at least something bad was about to happen, for a few days. On February 15th, two days prior, I woke up feeling extremely confused and agitated. I went to take out the garbage at one point, but was stuggling to figure out what I was doing and where I was. I called a taxi on my phone and got it to take me to the hospital, at which point I got a bit lost. When I finally got to see a doctor, I told her desperately that there was something wrong with my brain. They ...