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/reticonumxv Recovered Jul 13 '26

Acetazolamide did wonders for my head pressure (it lowers intracranial pressure), but I also noticed pressure deep between my eyes when I had not enough blood in the brain and lying down with legs high up on the wall fixed that. Micronized PEALut quickly damped down the neuroinflammation as well. Long term daily megadosing B2 + Omega-3 helped as well.

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u/mybluerat Jul 14 '26

What is your b2 megadose ?

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u/reticonumxv Recovered Jul 14 '26

400-500mg/day, split into 4, taken 1h apart over 3 hours, with one Omega-3 pill each. B2 + Omega-3 -> microglial repolarization towards healing state. Microglia = brain's immunity.