Posting some quotes from people facing post-COVID symptoms for upto 6 months after recovering (from a paper under peer review). If you are facing any cognitive dysfunction/ physical limitation after recovering from COVID, don't let anyone discredit them.
1. “mother has started to help me take the medications I’m on because I can’t remember if I’ve taken them immediately after having the bottle in my hand”
2. “was trying to fill out a mortgage application form and couldn’t remember our rent. I put £3750 a month. My partner said, no it’s £1375. So I put £13750. My partner said no, so I tried several more times - I was just guessing numbers”
3. “sitting on the toilet to pee and had to stop for a second to think if I was really there and not about to pee myself or the bed”
4. “don’t remember what I did in March or April up until the last week of April. I had almost nothing on my schedule. I don’t know what I did”
4. “don’t remember what I did in March or April up until the last week of April. I had almost nothing on my schedule. I don’t know what I did”
5. “put food on the gas stove and walked away for over an hour, only noticing when they were smoking/burning”
6. “forget how to do normal routines like running a meeting at work”
7. “have trouble comprehending new ideas”
6. “forget how to do normal routines like running a meeting at work”
7. “have trouble comprehending new ideas”
8. “felt lost driving and had to stop and find my position in a GPS to be able to drive back home. It’s a route I have done hundreds of times”
9. “can’t hold multiple trains of thought […] If I tell myself I have to water my plants, I must do it before another thought comes into my mind because otherwise I will forget”
10. “can’t follow plots in movies or tv shows, have to write everything down and look at notes”
10. “can’t follow plots in movies or tv shows, have to write everything down and look at notes”
11. “had to terminate many phone calls because I could no longer comprehend the speakers nor communicate clearly with them”
12. “used to do the New York Times crossword puzzle every single day and I can’t even manage the mini ones now”
12. “used to do the New York Times crossword puzzle every single day and I can’t even manage the mini ones now”
13. “can’t focus on reading complex texts, and it makes me feel very tired to do that”
14. “I worked at some point for a few weeks, in June, but had to stop (couldn’t handle a conversation on the phone without brain fog / feeling dizzy / heavy breath trouble because of talking) after a few minutes”
15. “Haven’t been able to work for […] months due to brain fog. Was supposed to go back last week on reduced hours. I resigned instead. I have worked there as Director of […] for just over […] years.”
16. “I went from [being] a workaholic to no workaholic at all. This is the extreme opposite of who I am. […] I do not know the person I have become.”
17. “I went back to work too soon and wish I hadn’t. Finally had to take a 5 week break in July/ August with the support of my employer. This helped a lot. I have now been back at work for 5 weeks and my symptoms have got worse to a degree.”
18. “I had to take two weeks off, had to work from home for four, but had to return for two weeks with fever as my employer would not give me more time […].”
19. “I asked to reduce hours or work more from home to which it was denied.”
19. “I asked to reduce hours or work more from home to which it was denied.”
20."While I’ve been able to keep my job while working from home, I must admit that if it were not so, I would most definitely NOT be able to work at all. I can barely leave my bedroom on most days.”
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