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📣 pbiggar

Any coders with brain fog from Long Covid?


As new infections and reinfections continue to happen, Long Covid, and in particular brain fog, has been on my mind a lot.

I wonder if folks who suffer from Long Covid would be open to sharing your experience. Can you still code? Are you ok? How has it affected your coding, your career, and your life?

Thanks in advance for sharing!

  👤 girl-in-tech Accepted Answer ✓
While I'm not a coder (I do sales/marketing for a tech startup), I did suffer from long covid. I didn't struggle with brain fog, however I did struggle with the following:

- Shortness of breath for 3 months as a result of increased activity / workouts... got an inhaler to help with this (I basically stopped working out during this period because it was so uncomfortable)

- Fatigue / general tiredness (this was hard, because technically - I was no longer "sick," but I just felt so wiped for 90 days following Covid and work was about all I could do for the day, give or take

I will say (and here's the good news) - post 90 days, I am finally able to resume my normal routine and don't struggle with as much fatigue as I did. TL;DR - feeling better / there's a light at the end of the tunnel :)