I'm definitely aware of some cognitive impairment since dealing with COVID, with me it seems to center on some fine motor skills leading to trouble with typing faultlessly, which I could do without a problem before and now I need to review what I type three times before I'm confident I didn't mess up.
Besides that, the tiredness is mostly gone now (it had better be after a good 8 months), though every now and then it can still recur and then I'm 'down' for a bit.
As for planning, I updated my will a week ago with all this at the back of my mind.
So while I recognize some of it I am happy that I apparently had a 'mild' case of this, and I feel very sorry for anybody that had it worse (and their families as well).
B vitamins are water soluble, so they are easy to become deficient in under any kind of duress. They are known to be important to neurological function.
A quick google of "b vitamin deficiency fine motor impairment" brings up B 12 repeatedly in references. Some B vitamin or other was one of the supplements medically recommended for children with autism that I gave to one of my sons when he was about eight years old and his handwriting issues improved. (I would have to try to dig up old notes, if they still exist, to say exactly which b vitamin.)
(I am not a doctor. This is not medical advice for anyone, much less for the OP. This is just a general observation for anyone interested.)
Edit:
Yep, my old notes still exist and B 12 is one of the three B vitamins listed (I never found DMG but gave the three B vitamins and magnesium to my son and after a few months saw improvement in social issues and handwriting). Excerpt from an old blog post:
"In 1996, I found some information on the Internet about a vitamin therapy that doctors sometimes prescribe for autistic spectrum children. Recently, I found the crumpled, pathetic slip of paper that I originally wrote my notes on. My original note has the following bullet points written willie-nillie, all over the place:
(DMG) Dimethylglycine
125mg tablets or capsules
take 2 - 3 weeks ("then add"),
vitamins B6, B5 then add B12/magnesium
Okay, I take that to mean that all the doses are supposed to be 125 milligrams. They did suggest you start things either one at a time or in pairs (and I take my notes to mean that the pairs are 'B6 with B5' and 'B12 with Magnesium') and observe if there were behavior changes with the addition of each thing. I think 2-3 weeks is how long you should have the child on each supplement before adding the next one."
Besides that, the tiredness is mostly gone now (it had better be after a good 8 months), though every now and then it can still recur and then I'm 'down' for a bit.
As for planning, I updated my will a week ago with all this at the back of my mind.
So while I recognize some of it I am happy that I apparently had a 'mild' case of this, and I feel very sorry for anybody that had it worse (and their families as well).