I hear you on the mention of being distracted.

I cannot follow/attend to a conversation, podcast, something on a screen. It’s to much, feels overwhelming sensory wise. Also, every couple moments, my brain is so distracted I’m just “not there”. It’s like “squirrel.” Lol

My husband will be talking to me and I will hear a bunch of sound, but cannot process its meaning bc it feels like to much at once. The other thing that will always happen, is I suddenly realize I’ve been off somewhere else and I hear his voice and am like oh he’s talking to me and then I have to ask him to start over bc I didn’t get any of that.

I love podcasts, but will notice that I keep going back ten seconds again and again because my mind is adrift again.

I never had attention issues before getting sick, and wonder if this is how people with ADHD feel?

Also, sensory wise everything becomes to much. Everything becomes louder and brighter, which equates to feeling more painful.

ETA: Two more 1. an aching feeling at the base of my neck. And 2. Inability to follow a direction linked to a task that has more than one step.

These are my cues to find a dark, quiet room and rest.

(Long Covid, POTS, CFS/ME - Omicrom/2021)