Tldr: Caught COVID and I think it accelerated my motor tics.

Before the pandemic I only had a tic in my left arm and a slight stutter my whole life. I think I got COVID in March of 2020. I was on holiday in DEN and on 03/14 they kicked everyone out of the city because they were about to put in a shelter in place order. It was the end of our trip anyway, but for a week after I felt like ass.

Fast forward a couple months and I started feeling very fatigued and exhausted all the time. This remained like this for almost a year and half. It wasn't until about the start of this year that my motor tics starting getting really bad.

What started in my left arm now impacts my whole left side body. It feels like a jolt of electricity going through my body and where it goes is up to itself. When it goes to my arm, I literally throw things to the left so I try to never be holding anything or driving with my left arm. When it goes to my neck, my head twists to the right. When it goes to my leg, an immediate twitch. It started to impact my confidence in public places like university because I have accidentally thrown my pencil at people :( And when my leg twitches it would usually hit the desk so that can be a nuisance.

In regards to my stutter, that has also gotten worst and I get so caugh up in my words. It can take me several hours to make content for my business and when I talk in convo I end up exhausting the other person because I can't get my point across and I can CLEARLY see it on their face.

I am triple vaccinated and due for my fourth in October but I think I caught COVID again. My immune system is the equivalent to a garbage can lol I noticed about four weeks ago that things started tasting really funny :I Like this just...foul bitterness at the end. And I again was feeling really fatigued, low and behold BA 5 is running around my city. :I Like it's just crazy for me because in this last year and a half my life has been really negativly impacted by COVID. I had to leave my job, my tics are impacting my driving and I now have to think about a plan b because if it keeps getting worst, I will not risk my safety. I dropped out of school first and foremost because as my health declines I feel worst and worst every day but also it's so expensive and I can't work like I used to :/ And not to mention all the other things like the migranes, nerve flare ups etc.

It makes me really mad millions of people took this as a joke and tried to downplay COVID, because I will never be the same person I once was. It is a constant reminder that it is a privilege to be able bodied and people who are need to really look out for others