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nickandbrotoday at 5:18 PM5 repliesview on HN

Is this long Covid or depression or Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)? Because in her earlier videos she talks about becoming bed-bound again due to her emotional state after finding news her friend who had a similar condition died.


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dirck-normantoday at 5:30 PM

As someone who suffers from a complex autoimmune disorder which has caused dysautonomia and suspected mitochondrial dysfunction, stress flares and exacerbates symptoms. This has a physiological basis in the complex way the HPA axis/cortisol affects us at the cellular level. My primary diagnosis is sarcoidosis with small fiber neuropathy, but they don’t fully understand all the mechanisms of auto-immune fatigue and dysregulation.

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nablaxcroissanttoday at 5:21 PM

It was essentially long covid. me/cfs or chronic fatigue syndrome induced by covid infection

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KaiserProtoday at 5:43 PM

Dunno, personally I don't think its that much of my business. Sure I'm curious, but that doesn't mean I have a right, or that its a nice thing™ to publicly speculate

ChrisClarktoday at 5:55 PM

I'm quite sure being that terribly sick could cause depression yeah, but that's not the reason