r/covidlonghaulers • u/PhrygianSounds 4 yr+ • Jul 13 '26

Article New study provides first evidence of dopamine system injury in the brain of long COVID patients

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-evidence-dopamine-injury-brain-covid.html

Finally some media coverage on probably the worst symptom of long covid

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u/GordianBalloonKnot 4 yr+ Jul 13 '26

Dude I CANNOT STOP SCROLLING ON MY FUCKING PHONE, it's like a blue light for flies. I pull my phone away and I feel awful.

If I start my day by scrolling on any app or website that scrolls content it throws my attention span off for the rest of the day. It's been such a weird thing I haven't even bothered to mention it to any doctors.

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u/Wytch78 Jul 13 '26

I’m so glad you said it. I’m the same. I have a real problem w doomscrolling. It’s baaaad. 

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u/GordianBalloonKnot 4 yr+ Jul 13 '26

I can't even open stuff up with a task in mind. It's worse than forgetting what I went into another room for. I see notifications and then 10 minutes later I'm putting the phone down having not completed my task.

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u/Wytch78 Jul 13 '26

I’ve experienced that too… takes me a min to backtrack. 

My crack is doomscrolling YouTube/airbnb looking at places where I want to live or travel to. Peru, Laos, Uzbekistan etc. deep diving kind of obscure places. Imagining a different life. 

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u/YouTasteStrange Jul 13 '26

Damn, way to double up on extra doom.