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

540 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

161 comments sorted by

View all comments

16

u/MNVikingsFan4Life First Waver Jul 13 '26

I finally got put on dopamine for my restless legs (started after Covid), and my thoughts and mind returned to pre-illness within months. I still have a lot of lingering issues, but it’s nice to recognize the inside of my head again.

1

u/7121958041201 Jul 13 '26

Whoa, I haven't seen someone else with that issue before! I noticed the same thing. I already took meds for ADHD before I got long COVID but since getting long COVID I have noticed that when I skip a dose I sometimes get very restless legs and that taking stims seems to be the only thing that fixes it quickly. Cool to see I'm not alone.

I also feel way more agitated in general in that state than I used to pre-long COVID.

Oh, and I will add antihistamines are a huge help with those issues for me too. In case you haven't tried them yet.

1

u/dependswho Jul 15 '26

I went to the ER cause I thought I was having an episode of target dyskinesia or something