Just contacted by a wife whose husband took his own life 2 months after contracting a MILD case of Covid. 41. Two kids. A MILD CASE caused a total psychotic breakdown.
My beautiful angel, Heidi, passed over tonight after a 13 month battle with Long Haul Covid. She was an amazing mother. She fought this insidious disease with the same ferocity she lived with. I love you forever and I'll see you down the road.
Just got off the phone with a wife her lost her husband to suicide from
#LongCovid
- extreme personality change in a couple of weeks. A son and a daughter left behind. How many more of these are we not hearing about? And in case
@potus
is confused, the pandemic is NOT over.
Just got another DM of a
#LongCovid
suicide. Mother of two with both kids under 10. That’s three this week just to me personally. How many else before
@POTUS
@WHCOVIDResponse
and
@CDCDirector
take this seriously? What’s the acceptable amount? Asking for 75 million infected.
Another week, another suicide. Contacted by a husband last night. Lost his wife to
#LongCovid
symptoms similar to
@GirltoMom
. She was a triathlete. 26 years together. So glad
@potus
said “Covid is over”. Tell that to this guy, me and every family suffering from LC.
Talked someone else today off the ledge. From Norway. 28 years old. Male Athlete. Can’t work. Excruciating nerve pain. Every 1st world country needs to band together now to solve this now. But US must lead the way.
Heard of another Long Covid suicide late last night. Healthy father of 4. No mental illness history at all. Caught it in January. Took own life in April. Sleep was destroyed by the virus. When will
@potus
and
@WHCOVIDResponse
start understanding these are increasing? Please RT.
My DMs here and on Facebook are starting to fill with stories of recovery from
#LongCovid
. Got several in last days from people battling 2+years who are turning the corner. And getting more and more stories of different treatments working for different symptoms. HANG ON!
In the last week I’ve heard of two
#LongCovid
sufferers taking their own lives. One from someone I know, one from someone who found me on social media. How many others are we not hearing about?
Just talked a suicidal
#LongCovid
sufferer off the ledge on way to pick up my son at school. Just now. Because it’s Monday and the
@CDCDirector
and
@POTUS
and
@WHCOVIDResponse
apparently feels it’s okay to abandon all these people.
Just got an email from the husband of a mother I talked off the ledge 10 months. She hung on. Tried many therapies. Found the right combo for her. She is doing well. Looking to the future. For anyone out there struggling with
#LongCovid
THERE IS HOPE. HANG ON.
Another
#LongCovid
suicide. I hate to be the one who keeps posting these but we can’t normalize what’s happening. 47 year old father. Wife of decades left behind has LC too. How many more?
@POTUS
@WHCOVIDResponse
Just learned of another
#LongCovid
suicide. A mother in France. Two kids. And got another DM from a woman suffering here. Totally desperate with symptoms. The fact LC patients are turning to me for answers instead of their doctors is unforgivable.
@POTUS
@WHCOVIDResponse
Just learned of another
#LongCovid
suicide on my Facebook page. Same excruciating neuropathy in her feet as my wife. Her sister is devastated. How many is enough before
@POTUS
@WHCOVIDResponse
and
@CDCDirector
start taking this seriously? I’m posting these weekly now!!!!!
In just over two weeks it will be a year since my wife
@GirltoMom
took her own life from
#LongCovid
. Our National suicide hotline operators still have no training into talking to Long Haulers. How much time would it take to train them? A few hours? Seriously?
Just contacted by spouse of another
#LongCovid
suicide. I don’t know how many of these I have to report before
@potus
@WHCOVIDResponse
takes this seriously? How many? Asking for the 200+ infected in the US alone. This is an EMERGENCY!
If you’ve been getting better lately from
#LongCovid
whats been working for you? Let’s get a current list. Please RT so we can reach a broad sample size and hopefully give those suffering some new ideas to try.
Fly safe these holidays! The flu and RSV suck as well as getting
#LongCovid
and stats say there are at least 3 people with Covid on every flight. Travel smart!
Just found out my recommendation that all 988 National
#suicide
call centers be educated about the unique issues of
#LongCovid
has been accepted. Please retweet so anyone struggling knows they will have sympathetic ears on the other end of the phone. We can save a lot of lives.
Another
#LongCovid
#Suicide
reported to me late last night. A sister lost her sister after a long battle with the pain. I hate posting these but we cannot forget those that chose that they simply couldn’t go on. When does
@POTUS
@FLOTUS
@CDCgov
and
@NIH
make this a priority?
Another
#LongCovid
suicide to report. 52 year old male no history of mental illness. Tinnitus, shortness of breath led to 4 weeks of lack of sleep. How many of these do I need to report before our government does anything to this?! Protect yourself!
I really am exhausted from posting about these
#LongCovid
suicides but the reality is everyone of these deaths traumatizes an average of 13 family members or close friends. The circle of damage is huge and reverberates for generations.
Just got off the phone with another
#LongCovid
patient whose doc is gaslighting her at a major LA hospital. How am I as private citizen able to suggest more treatments than her own GP? This is absolutely absurd these options aren’t widely known by now.
Another week, another
#LongCovid
suicide…Mother of two and husband left behind. Winter is coming…the best way to not get Long Covid is not to get Covid. How many of these do I have to post?
@elonmusk
you want to step up and find a cure?
@WHCOVIDResponse
@CDCgov
?? Anyone?
When you see people speaking in the media about
#LongCovid
please remember they are the ones that have the energy, ability, & time to speak to the media & write op-eds. There are many more of us struggling so much with serious health issues, trying to keep jobs & to survive
It feels like Groundhog Day. Another
#LongCovid
suicide: 57 year old mother, married 20 years, leaves behind a daughter and many who loved her. When is enough for
@CDCDirector
and the
@WHCOVIDResponse
to start taking this seriously?! Winter is coming…we are not ready.
And just got off the phone with a guy whose GF is being gaslit by her docs. Telling her tingling, burning and other symptoms are all “anxiety” not
#LongCovid
. How am I, an average citizen the guy people are finding when their docs refuse to just diagnose LC?! System is broken!
Talked another desperate single mom off the ledge this afternoon on the car ride home. Same symptoms as Heidi. We need help now!!! I can’t do this every damn day!!!!
@louiseloveland
I lost mine of 28 years in an instant on May 22nd to
#LongCovid
. I know your pain. I’m a few months ahead of you. Right now it’s unfathomable for you. Don’t hesitate to reach out if I can help you process it.
Honored to have been a part of this excellent piece on why
#LongCovid
suicidal ideation has more than doubled since last year.
@Jamie_Ducharme
did an amazing job. please RT. So important words get out.
I was just contacted by an old friend. She has a 20-year-old son. His father committed suicide from
#LongCovid
a few months ago. The stories are starting to role in. We must wake up when we have 3M people with Long Haul Covid in this country AT A MINIMUM. What if it's 6M?
@edyong209
My wife
@GirltoMom
died from
#LongCovid
. The count in our family is: me, my son, her mother, 3 sisters, 1 brother, 6 cousins. 13 People total who’s lives will never be the same. And I lost my uncle to Covid.
@PostOpinions
@DrLeanaWen
Hi, my wife
@GirltoMom
took her own life after contracting
#LongCovid
from an Asymptotic case. How many of us do you think is appropriate to get Long Covid vs. masking and avoiding high risk gatherings? Asking for 330 million Americans.
I am stunned at how this going viral today. But grateful.
A tipping point is coming. Husband details 'terrifying deterioration' of wife who committed suicide while battling long COVID | Daily Mail Online
@NorpelSam
I fought tooth and nail for my wife’s organs not to be donated after her death. I know she would not have wanted them implanted in anyone without their being given the full picture of what they were getting. I lost that battle.
I lost my uncle who was my 2nd father on Covid, my wife of 20 years
@GirltoMom
to
#longcovid
. Now my best friend in the world, as close as I have to a brother, likely has
#longcovid
. I'm doing my best but this is really turning into next-level fuckery. How many for all of you?
My wife
@GirltoMom
was gaslit by doctors who refused to acknowledge the intense physical pain she was in from
#LongCovid
she took her own life May 22nd.
@PsychToday
retract immediately.
.
@PsychToday
please retract this story immediately.
#LongCovid
patients are already being gaslit. This article just fans the flames.
Delete it.
Is Long COVID a Mind-Body Syndrome? | Psychology Today
The USA TODAY photographer who was assigned to shoot me for an upcoming piece just texted to say he had tested positive for COVID 19. HE WAS VACCINATED. Breakthroughs are here. Wear a mask indoors, act like we can all get it again because we can!
I tried to get the hospital to declare my wife
@GirltoMom
’s suicide due to
#LongCovid
, which is exactly what caused it. The ER doctor looked at me and said “What’s Long Covid?”
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I just got a msg from the sister of a 56 previously healthy (not depressed) man who died by suicide due to
#LongCovid
.
She can't figure out how to get his death recorded as "Due to Covid" rather than "Due to Suicide".
I challenge anyone to find an answer 🤬
This week marks 8 months since my wife
@GirltoMom
took her own life from
#LongCovid
.
Never did I imagine how goddamn worse this country could be handling things today.
@POTUS
@WHCOVIDResponse
get your heads out of your asses. We need help!!!!
I haven’t watched this in a long time.
@RobynCurnowCNN
asked me who I’m angry at? I told her I wasn’t angry. A year later I AM ANGRY at
@POTUS
and the
@CDCgov
for trying ignore what
#LongCovid
is doing to families every day. It’s been a damn year! Start looking for cures!
Long
#covid
is devastating and debilitating - the pain got so bad that Hollywood screenwriter Heidi Ferrer took her own life in May. Her husband
@NickGuthe
joined me to call for more research and investment into supporting covid
#longhaulers
The irony of realizing it’s
#WorldMentalHealthDay
minutes after you post about yet another
#LongCovid
suicide. My wife
@GirltoMom
died almost 18 months ago. I can’t believe I’m still shouting in a rainstorm of loss.
Suicide isn't cowardly.
It's not weakness.
It isn't selfish.
It's born of a hopelessness that can imagine no other way out.
It is a thick, pitch black haze that prevents you from seeing light in the moment.
Everyone who doubts
#LongCovid
needs to read THIS. My wife’s symptoms were not identical but as challenging. If this was a new form of cancer we would be pouring tens of billions into a cure.
It’s been 600 days since I went down with a mild case of
#covid
. In this time I have experienced the most terrifying and relentless illness in
#longcovid
. Thankfully I do feel better these days but in some ways I’m a shadow of the man I used to be. Some highlights from 600 days:
I had hepatitis as a child. I was treated with care. My wife
@GirltoMom
had
#LongCovid
and was treated with such disregard she felt hopeless and took her own life. What is wrong with our medical system?
And the streak ends…first official COVID infection for me. I bobbed and weaved for 3 years. Stay safe out there. Hoping fully boosted and paxlovid and Metformin make this short.
... and my husband
@NickGuthe
just tested positive for Covid.
He was denied both Paxlovid & Metformin.
I was livid and sent the doctor documentation from the CDC and The Lancet.
The doctor finally relented.
Now to find a pharmacy open on New Year's Eve.
Happy 2024 y'all 🤬
@GeorgiParvanov4
I know how bad it is. Please trust me on this: their lives will never be the same if you do this. I just heard from a woman I talked off the ledge last year. She thanked me for saving her life. She got LC two years ago. She has turned the corner. Returning to work. Hang on.
Re-posting this AM. I have been deluged by suicidal DMs overnight. We need help now from
@potus
and
@WHCOVIDResponse
- A national suicide hotline strictly for
#LongCovid
patients! Please RT ASAP.
This is why everyone who tests positive at home needs to report it to their doctor. You need proof you had a positive test if you develop
#LongCovid
from Omicron.
Continuing to say "Omicron is mild" will make it harder for those who develop
#LongCovid
to be believed and to get the support they need from employers, healthcare providers, friends and family
@dianaberrent
@KayeSteinsapir
@AnthemBCBS
I remember getting a bill from the anesthesiologist who performed
@GirltoMom
’s organ donation. One more knife in the heart. Also made me wonder why someone declared legally dead would need anesthesia?
This study is terrifying. 1/3 of Covid patients have neurological issues. You are 5 times more likely to have a stroke with these symptoms and 27% more likely to die. Still on the fence about be vaxxed?
Covid is also a neurological disease 🧠 Covid is also a neurological disease 🧠 Covid is also a neurological disease 🧠 Covid is also a neurological disease 🧠
Counting the neurological cost of COVID-19 | Nature Reviews Neurology
@imchriskelly
@jaketapper
True fact: I directed Jeff in a film once. He said “why don’t we have everyone on the crew wear name tag stickers for the first 3 days so we’ll all learn each other’s names”. We all did. Jeff is the best.
Thrilled that our webinar training session for all 988 suicide hotline operators to learn about
#LongCovid
went so well. I will share the link when available. Amazing systemic change that happened in just a few months. Please RT if you can to reach those suffering.
Thank you
@RobynCurnowCNN
for helping us spread the message that those suffering from
#LongCovid
need the government to put funding behind medical research and mental health support so that other families won't have to go through what we have.
@POTUS
@FLOTUS
@CDCgov
Long
#covid
is devastating and debilitating - the pain got so bad that Hollywood screenwriter Heidi Ferrer took her own life in May. Her husband
@NickGuthe
joined me to call for more research and investment into supporting covid
#longhaulers
Today was
@GirltoMom
's birthday and last official day on this earth as her organs gave life to two men. My thoughts a year later on her loss and how we find a path forward.
@poppy_damon
I lost my wife to suicide May 22nd. This September 15th will be 20 years of marriage and the memorial service for her. I know exactly how you feel. This is really hard.
I met the most incredible, brave, fearless woman who saved me from the most unimaginable loss here on Twitter and breathed life back into me and my son.
@dianaberrent
I love you forever.
If you thought suicidal ideation was on the rise before
#Omicron
wait a few more weeks to the tidal wave when the first infected start getting serious
#LongCovid
.
It's been 6 weeks and two days since it happened. I'm so tired and yet ready to keep fighting. I cry every day and yet feel her strength to get back up. Everyone needs to
#Hangon
I'm not stopping.
#Longcovid
Thanks to New Zealand's Yahoo News for joining the fight in warning the world, there is no mild chase. Interesting studies underway in NZ. Please RT.
Widow's disturbing long Covid warning: 'It started mild' via
@yahoonz
My
#LongCovid
progression from a year ago: people contacting me considering suicide>people contacting me to report suicides>people contacting me now who just got LC to ask if I have any tips on treating it because their doctors have nothing to offer…WTF? A year later…
For the record I’m getting at least email or DM a day from someone with
#longcovid
who is suicidal or a family member worried about them. Every day.
@POTUS
@flotus
please step in and help us. I’m just trying to grieve my wife. Please RT if you care about saving others.
@EnemyInAState
I’ve witnessed it first hand. It was hands down the worst experience of my life. I found my wife and spent 7 minutes doing CPR waiting for the paramedics to arrive. They were able to re-start her heart but the brain damage was permanent.
Two more people emailed me last night concerned for their children’s mental state from affects of
#LongCovid
. This only going to get worse.
#LongCovidKids
need support. Please RT
Oscar-winning actor Jeff Bridges says his lymphoma is in remission, and he is feeling better after battling Covid-19, which made "cancer look like a piece of cake."
7.5 percent of the US population already has
#LongCovid
according to the
@CDCgov
.
#WinterIsComing
how many will have it next spring? 15 percent? What’s an acceptable number? Asking for 330 million.
@GA_born_bred
@PettingerP
I try every two weeks on my NIH meetings to stress how serious things are. I’ll let them tomorrow there have been since our last meeting.
Huge thanks to
@nytimes
for this crucial piece.
@GirltoMom
never wanted her organs donated given how sick she was with
#LongCovid
She Died With Long Covid. Should Her Organs Have Been Donated?
Long COVID is going to severely disable 300+ Million People and affect Billions of others for decades. This ain’t something that should only have grassroots funding... This could alter our entire planet forever if we don’t manage it soon and after two years nothing has changed?!?
It’s been two months since
@GirltoMom
left us. Time itself has changed for me. I miss her so much but the change she is bringing is miraculous to watch for
#LongCovid
Yesterday we said goodbye to
@girltomom
. Her spirit transformed into something eternal. It was the most beautiful service I could have imagined. We left healed and lighter in spirit as we walk into the great unknown together. Her Light and Love with us always.
If anyone out there is suffering from similar
#longcovid
neurological symptoms like Heidi was and would like to get in a study. There is one forming soon with a world-class researcher. DM me if you're interested in being in it.
I'll be on
@CNN
today at 2:45PM EST / 11:45 AM PST talking about
#longcovid
. Please tune and share with anyone out there suffering from
#longcovid
-- We are raising awareness every day. Hang on. We aren't stopping until Washington pays attention.
Thank you to
@CarolineFeraday
and
@KCLU
for this important piece
#LongCovid
-- His wife killed herself after suffering debilitating long COVID symptoms, and now he's bringing awareness to the condition
@joanfair
@MindOverColor
Just because we have the deepest pockets and have hamstrung our best researchers with not providing enough funding to date. Time to lead.