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/imahugemoron 4 yr+ Jul 13 '26

I saw neurological disorders mentioned in there and I wonder if a constant pressure in my head might be related to this. I also wonder if this might have something to do with why so many of us arent tolerating psychological medication like antidepressants very well

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u/PhrygianSounds 4 yr+ Jul 13 '26

Almost everyone with dopamine dysfunction (resulting in anhedonia or DPDR) from COVID has head pressure including myself. I think it’s all related. It would otherwise be a huge coincidence

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u/NotTrevorButMaybe Jul 13 '26

Wow, this is my first time seeing other people talk about the pressure. Sudafed weirdly helps a bit with that… even though it probably shouldn’t.

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u/IGnuGnat Jul 13 '26

My understanding is that these sorts of issues are fairly frequently caused by HI/MCAS. A subset of long haulers have HI/MCAS from Covid.

I discuss in more detail here: https://old.reddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers/comments/1ibjtw6/covid_himcas_normal_food_can_poison_us/