569: Surviving & Thriving With Long COVID with James Jackson

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Lucas Rockwood

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🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Millions of people around the world are suffering from long COVID, an umbrella term for chronic symptoms that might include fatigue, vertigo, POTS, and cognitive impairment. While it’s not uncommon for people to have lingering issues after any illness, the scope and scale of the COVID pandemic and the anomalous nature of this particular disease have created a quiet, but concerning crisis. On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet a psychologist whose work has shifted to supporting people struggling through this journey.

Listen to learn:

How long COVID differs from post-acute symptoms from other infections
What a diagnosis of long COVID involves
Support options
What the future holds for chronic conditions

Links
James’s Book
www.JamesCJackson.com

ABOUT OUR GUEST

James C. Jackson is a psychologist and Research Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is an internationally renowned expert on the cognitive and mental health effects of illness, including long COVID. His new book is called Clearing the Fog.

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0:00.0	Ever since the earliest days of the pandemic, I've received a steady stream of emails from
0:06.4	listeners around the world who are struggling with symptoms of long COVID.
0:11.2	In some cases, they had severe infections with COVID initially.
0:14.8	In many cases, they had mild COVID, like most of us got.
0:18.4	And yet their long-term post-COVID symptoms are really messing up their life.
0:23.4	They're looking for books and medical doctors, health professionals, someone to give them
0:27.4	an idea about what's going on.
0:29.4	There's a lot of echoes here with autoimmune conditions, lupus, Lyme's disease.
0:34.5	These kinds of conditions, very often, people are confused and alone in their journey.
0:40.0	Before we jump into the podcast, quick disclaimer, I took the Trump vaccine.
0:43.5	I took the Biden booster.
0:45.3	I am not a member of your political party.
0:47.6	I'm not Republican.
0:48.6	I am not Democrat.
0:50.2	I am really interested in health, private health, public health, all of the above.
0:55.0	I'm open to being wrong.
0:56.5	I am not interested in QAnon or tinfoil hat discussions or conspiracy theories.
1:01.9	If that's your jam, this is not the show for you.
1:04.4	I am open to having my mind change, but I'm really completely uninterested in all the
1:08.6	political rhetoric around this topic.
1:11.3	If you're new here, it's the Lucas Rockwood show.
1:13.1	I'm a yoga teacher and trainer.
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