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by rogerkirkness 908 days ago
This is sort of half true. It appears to act biologically on serotonin, which affects anxiety, but the mechanism is the nervous system damage (as well as reducing the efficiency of oxygen diffusion in tissue, found recently in Nature study). Given the two, it appears long Covid is 1. Serotonin syndrome and 2. Affects oxygen diffusion, which together cause a variety of vague but real symptoms. Benzos addressing anxiety would give temporary relief from the serotonin dysregulation/depletion.