[gerbilly]

> This was very different; prior to that I used to do 1-2h of strong cardio or lifting activity a day, was studying at multiple universities and worked multiple consulting gigs.

I'm going to suggest that with this intense pace this might have happened one way or another. Take it from someone who has been there.

When we push too hard for too long, and ignore our bodies and minds pleas for rest, at some point the body is going to put the brakes on us.

I don't think this is necessarily COVID specific, my speculation is that long COVID is the kernel around which the fatigue episode crystallised, and thatif it hadn't been COVID it would have been something else.

[treprinum]

My theory is that as COVID depletes a month-worth of NAD+ in like 3 days, it leads to energetic deficit throughout the body, and the weakest links start failing first. So I assume I had some predisposition coming from my intense lifestyle and COVID just initiated the domino effect. I wish I knew about NAD+ prior to that, I might have skipped it altogether if I resupplied it right away.

[gerbilly]

Interesting theory but I wouldn't be so sure. I've been through healing journeys where the websites suggested all sorts of deficiencies and supplements, but in the end I came to believe I just needed to slow down.