Been not posting for a bit for bad-feeling reasons and now this
Shit just keeps getting worse and worse
One antigen test (all I had/can afford) is negative but I’m almost certain its covid cuz my friend I see all the time is sick and someone they live with has a confirmed case :(
I have never felt more doomer in my life, can’t stop thinking about not living
I don’t want to get worse anymore
At least this time I don’t feel so sick
There’s a lot of viruses going around because everyone is immunosuppressed from covid. You can have multiple infections simultaneously. There was a tweet recently from someone whose nasal PCR in hospital came back as covid, RSV and influenza. Which would suck.
So it’s possible you don’t have covid but caught from them something else that makes you feel dogshit. If that is the case good news you’ll feel better faster and are less likely to have post infection complications.
However you can also test false negative early on. If you can afford to test in a couple days you should. Brand doesn’t matter, whatever is cheapest. You should rest and keep contact with others to a minimum. Even if you don’t have covid don’t spread what you have.
If you do test positive and there’s any chance of antivirals get them, these are expensive privately but many different places have funding/programs for at risk infected, embellish your history if you need to. Antivirals make you recover faster, have less risk of dying or getting long covid.
If not possible and it is covid. Rest as much as possible. Like actual sleep rest, not inertia on a computer or in front of a TV. Don’t exercise either.
Statistically, the odds are you’ll be totally fine in just a week or two, stay strong buddy, and have a good recovery
Hopefully, thank you
Just can’t stop thinking about all those studies about increased risk of strokes, heart attacks, cognitive impairment etc, brain shrinking, etc etc etc
While what you say is true, we should keep in mind that those effects are rare overall, and that COVID being one of the most studied (and most tested) diseases at this point, we’re bound to find more effects than for other illnesses. You’ve beat it before, you can do it again 💪💪 keep us updated, comrade
we should keep in mind that those effects are rare overall
This is untrue. I get that you’re trying to be positive here, but it’s not worth minimizing the dangers.
Around 1/5 Americans (18.3% or 60 million people) have had long COVID in total, and around 5-7% (1/20-1/14 or 16-23 million people) seem to be experiencing it at any given time (the latest CDC survey from June-July says 5.5%). For Trans people, the percentage currently experiencing long COVID is 16%; for people with disabilities, it’s 12.6%. Around a quarter of the total (1.4% or 4.5 million people) reported having long COVID symptoms that caused “significant activity limitations”.
The VA study from 2022 had a 52% increased rate of stroke, and 63% increased rate of cardiovascular issues in general.
These are not “rare”.
When I had COVID last time, I felt similar this way as well, but I think anxiety is normal symptom or side effect of the symptoms.
If you’re scared of COVID, I think the best solution is to get vaccinated regularly. I don’t feel like going through that again and I also have some worries about the long term effects, so I’m planning to get mine soon and having one every year.
Vaccines are useful tools but they are not a perfect solution, and people should still be taking other measures such as masking and avoiding in-person events whenever possible. Additionally, as vaccines lose effectiveness and the most prominent variants tend to change over time, people should be getting a booster every 6 months.
Also just a pet peeve but most people aren’t “scared” of COVID, they’re accurately realizing that we’re in the midst of an ongoing pandemic and mass disabling event and feeling despair.
If it hits different coming from the outside my friend, i fight this feeling also and see you very well. Lets hold hands and keep going, shall we?
Take care, get lots of rest!
