Covid

[Alfie2022]

Could I ask if anyone has had covid recently and it's knocked them for six? I never tested positive all over the lock down even though I was working. Had a bilateral subdural haematoma 2.5 years ago and feel totally wiped out with it. Thanks for listening.

[Beachlovingkiwi]

yep have had it 3 times - after head injuries. Knocked me real bad the first time and not so bad the last two. But really bought all the symptoms back with a vengeance 😬 just had to rest and go back to monitoring energy out put for a few months to get back on track. All the best with it all 🤞

[Alibongo60]

Hi Alfie, I had covid twice previously, and yes any illness does aggrevate your brain injury conditions, I also contracted the new strain a few weeks ago and that really floored me, I felt exhausted, my balance was really terrible and brain struggled to combine a sentence, that was apart from the covid symptoms of cough sore throat, short of breath, hope you’ve fully recovered now take care love Alice xx

[Alfie2022 in reply to Alibongo60]

Thanks for your replies. I was terrible with balance problems and speech, cough etc. Hoping to feel better soon. 🥰

[Nemo24]

Not me but have friends who have been flattened by it. Keep resting.

[Painting-girl]

Hello Alfie, sorry to hear to hear you have Covid, I caught it last year for the first time and it wiped me out too, for some while. The 'just a cold' description didn't match up to my experience at all! I notice that any virus seems to take me longer to get over post MTBI though - but I think there definitely seems to be a neural effect from Covid. I lost my sense of smell and taste last year, but I think it's pretty much all back again now. One tip I read was to eat protein while you have Covid, even if you don't feel like it, because broadly your immune response wants amino acids to mount a fight back, and will break down muscle if necessary to do this if you aren't eating enough.

Hope you feel better soon.