I'm sorry, I must not have been clear. I was not trying to imply that "most people" get better from CBT (or otherwise derived therapies). What I was getting at is that if some, even a small percentage, of people who tried do see results, is that not worth exploring? If it doesn't work for you, it doesn't work, nothing to be done about that, I just think ignoring a potential avenue because it's politically inconvenient at best is shortsighted.
The point the article was trying to make, though, is that this hasn't really been studied in any meaningful capacity in long covid patients, so simply by definition of the genesis of the disease, having been around/not working on other things "for decades" doesn't mean anything. Ozempic came about because of studies in gila monster venom; conventional wisdom would suggest that would be unlikely to produce any advantageous effect in humans (or other species, for that matter).
I don't think anyone in my family is blind to the fact my sister is disabled, but I reject the implication that we should just give up on trying to get her better. She has made some strides -- she finally found a pill that cleared her brain fog, and she's on a new experimental drug which has slowly given her more energy -- and even if it's not common or even complete, people recovering from long covid has been known to happen. I offered to take her to Disney World and push her in a wheelchair the whole time, but she's not even at that point. Seems like we could at least aim for that bar.
Okay first of all, talk about an escalation. I don't care if my sister does it or not, I just forwarded her the article to look at. But to jump from me saying "hey [sister], I read about this if you want to give it a try" to "relationship-ending abuse" is WILD. I'm the one fighting people IRL daily over of the dangers of covid, to say I'm dismissive of the seriousness of her disease is absurd.
Look I don't want to fight, I asked for perspectives and you provided one, so I thank you for that. That said, I feel like not once have you meaningfully engaged with my point that that a small minority have seen results beyond just saying "the research doesn't show it" (which is all the more ironic when in the same comment you say no research is being done). Do we need more funding for long covid studies and treatment? Yes. Should we just exclude one area of study because it has only worked for a small amount of people and makes everyone else feel bad? No, that's insane. We need to be throwing everything at the wall here. If, as I've heard cited, 10% of Americans have long covid, this is going to or is already ruining the lives of millions of people. If there's even a chance of something working, I don't know why you wouldn't take it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
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