Interesting article about increase in ASD symptoms with LC
I'm not diagnosed as having autism and wouldn't say I have it, though I'm about 99% sure my engineer dad does. I had a therapist who specializes in ADHD tell me I have the inattentive type of ADHD, and I would definitely categorize myself as neurodivergent (also likely have hEDS, diagnosed with HATs and POTs).
After my last Covid infection I felt incredibly sensitive to noise, which I hadn't really experienced before. Like I would ride/drive in a completely silent car when I used to always sing or blast music. I would cry from overstimulation, and just didn't understand what was happening to me.
Anyone have increased sensitivity to overstimulation as a symptom? I feel like I've seen it in a few posts.
I also noted their use of colchicine as a treatment, and wonder if anyone else has tried it?
Anyway! Thought this was interesting and wanted to share.
"In summary, the three cases presented indicate that profound, lasting effects of COVID-19 on immune activation can present as marked exacerbation of neuropsychiatric symptoms in ASD subjects, even if the acute symptoms of COVID-19 are mild or asymptomatic. Because of pre-existing difficult-to-treat ASD behaviors and limited expressive language, such late-onset, lasting effects of COVID-19 may be easily overlooked in the ASD population. A better understanding of long COVID syndrome and management options will be required in order to treat ASD patients who suffer from long COVID syndrome."