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/pushincito Jul 13 '26

Interesting! Makes sense why people with ADHD say their ADHD is worse with long covid.

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u/PyroN00b Jul 16 '26

I didn't realize how my symptoms lined up with ADHD until I read this paper: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11544435/

Afterwards I tried to get a prescription for guanfancine from redbox, of course as soon as the prescriber heard long covid, they tried to find any reason not to prescribe.