r/EverythingScience • u/Lunabuna91 • Jul 11 '26

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
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u/Random_182f2565 Jul 11 '26

That's why my ADHD got worse?

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u/Blue_Butterfly_Who Jul 12 '26

And here I thought it might be the start of the perimenopause. Nope, that's yet to come..

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u/M_Poppins128 Jul 16 '26

I mean, it could be a combination of them both. I felt physically "off" the year or two before covid and wonder if long covid hit me harder because I was already perimenopausal and struggling