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Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including with significant drops in IQ scores (theconversation.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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From the article:

"....two new studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine shed further light on the profound toll of COVID-19 on cognitive health." And in other studies cases "with mild to moderate COVID-19 showed significant prolonged inflammation of the brain and changes that are commensurate with seven years of brain aging."

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The loss was between 3 and 9 IQ depending on the severity of your case of COVID. Subjectively I used to feel smarter, that's for damn sure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Same, feels like I became ten times as dumb even though iq score didn't change much. It almost feels like language became harder to understand.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I definitely find it harder to think of words when I'm talking to people and it seems like something that came about after COVID. Also, I have a much shorter fuse now and seem to get annoyed almost randomly.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't think it's a decrease in IQ, but I definitely haven't been able to shake the brain fog from mine.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've had a little fogginess for sure. I might give lions mane a try, I've heard good things

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago

Think a moment on the connection between Gut and Brain. Consider, especially if your case of La 'Rona had GI symptoms and/or alterations in sleep patterns, using Prebiotics, e.g. Inulin, Green Banana Flour, and Probiotics (any live cultured foods that taste good to you, e.g. kimchi), the combination of which Pre + Pro = Synbiotics. Lions mane is also a beneficial nutraceutical / food. Exercise, tho' not of the extreme type, can also benefit cognition.