What about the mental health effects of Covid19?
What's more, experts know that being in the intensive care unit impacts mental health. Patients and their families often developed something called“For people who are in the ICU for a long time, for other reasons, or people who have chronic illnesses have higher occurrences of mental health conditions,” Ely said.
Marcus Tomoff became sick with COVID-19 in the beginning of June and his symptoms — including constant headaches, dizziness, pain surging from his lower back to neck, numbness, chest pains, nausea, weight loss and struggling to breathe — continue to linger. While trying to manage the pain requires a lot of effort and exhausts him, he's also dealing with guilt. He believes he gave COVID-19 to his mom and stepfather. Dropping them off at the hospital for treatment felt just awful. “I had to drive myself home, crying, and dealing with my pain alone,” the 28-year-old who started the clothing brand Lyfe Thryver to raise money for COVID-19 survivors in Tampa, Florida, told TODAY. “That is what actually affected me, that guilt.” Some of Marcuss Tomoff's friends don't want to see him. He says they're afraid of an illness that still has so many unknowns.Tomoff also faces isolation. Some of his friends shunned him after learning of his diagnosis. “People say they never want to see me again,” he explained. “You feel very alone. You feel very depressed and anxious.” Tomoff finds support through Survivor Corps, an online support group of more than 90,000 COVID-19 survivors. Having a community helps him and others cope with their lingering symptoms and mental health challenges. "Survivor Corps saved me in so many ways," Andréa Ceresa, 46, an office manager and singer in Branchburg, New Jersey, told TODAY."Seeing people in the group who have gotten better and gotten treatment has given me hope." Andréa Ceresa remembers when she'd perform as a singer, she often ran around the stage. After having COVID-19 symptoms since April 17, she wonders if she'll ever have the energy she once had.Since becoming sick more than 130 days ago, she's had tinnitus, nausea and neuropathy among other symptoms. “I’ve had some suicidal thoughts. I’ve been at the lowest place in my life,” Ceresa explained. “I have severe panic attacks, maybe every other day. I’ve never had a panic attack before in my life.” She feels nervous about going to the grocery store, when she sees people without masks, but her biggest worry is about whether she’ll ever feel good enough to perform again.Other long haulers share that worry. Jennica Harris had a positive COVID-19 test on April 13 and has had symptoms since, including racing heartbeat, back pain, cold intolerance and exhaustion. She now has anxiety, depression, PTSD and some obsessive compulsive behaviors. “I don't leave our house,” the 33-year-old from San Marcos, California, told TODAY. “We went to the car wash and I panicked because I was thinking who went through this car wash without a mask on … It just plays out over and over.” Jennica Harris wants to share her experience as a long hauler with COVID-19 and its impact on mental health to raise awareness of what surviving COVID-19 can look like.Kayleen Alfaro has been sick since early March and thinks she has at least 40 different symptoms, including unrelenting headaches and constant nausea. Feeling ill all the time impacts her mental health. “There are days, I don’t even know how I do it,” the 36-year old from Sacramento, California told TODAY. “I just feel like I’m in a nightmare. I’m just not myself.” Like Harris, Alfaro often experiences a racing heart beat and she panics that she’s having a heart attack. That causes her anxiety to spike, but overall she feels blue. “This is leading to depression for me because of just feeling so down about being sick,” she said. “I don't know what's going on with my body. I don't know if there's damage. I don't know if this is going to last forever. Nobody has helped me … I just honestly think nobody is educated enough on this yet.” Along with COVID-19 symptoms that cause a racing heartbeat, Kayleen Alfaro now experiences panic attacks where she worries she's dying. She's sharing her story so others understand how serious COVID-19 and how it impacts people both physically and mentally.While they are all undergoing treatment for their mental health, they agree that having support and sharing their stories help. “It’s imperative that we bring awareness,” Harris said. “That recovered number that you see — well, it's great. But you don't know what recovered looks like and this is what I'm showing you. It's a challenge every day. It's hard to get out of bed.”
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