Depressive symptoms after COVID-19 recovery may be caused by post-viral depression—a phenomenon triggered by inflammatory changes, psychological stress, and other factors
also can happen with the Epstein-Barr virus, which causes mononucleosis, and other non-specific viruses, experts say.found that people who’d been sick with COVID had a 35 percent higher risk of developing an anxiety disorder and a 39 percent higher risk of experiencing a bout of depression a month after their illness; these surges were accompanied by increased use of antidepressants and benzodiazepines.
That’s not to say there aren’t psychological elements at play. Prolonged isolation and feelings of loneliness during the illness may contribute to post-COVID depression, says Pravesh Sharma, a psychiatrist at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Sciences in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. When it comes to post-COVID depression, “sometimes people think why me?” Sharma says. “That creates a lot of negative thought and affects how people function in everyday life.
Others who are at higher risk for post-COVID depression, experts say, include people who had high levels of pre-infection stress,—obesity, asthma, hypertension, diabetes, and the like—and more severe illness with COVID-19.
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