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Has long covid affected your sleep?

Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Jul 17 6:36pm | Replies (9)

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Terrible insomnia since Long Covid started 3 1/2 years ago, which seems to be progressing. I used to take Trazodone for sleep but since LC I seem to metabolize medications differently and it just makes me feel sick. I’ve been taking doxylamine (antihistamine), melatonin, ashwagandha, and herbal mixtures of valerian, passion flower, lemon balm, hops, chamomile, and several others which has helped a lot. But now even that doesn’t always work. Just got prescribed Ambien so we’ll see how that goes. If I metabolize that strangely, I’ll probably try a CBD or marihuana product without hallucinatory effects. What I probably need the most is physical exhaustion but at this point am so afraid of PEM that I under-exercise.

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Yes, that all sounds so familiar. Many meds are affecting me so differently and also make me feel so ill.
I am sorry that you’re going through this too. It’s crazy and doctors are baffled.
Jatamansi used to help me and is good for quieting the mind, but after a while, it started to make me feel bad after taking it.
It appears that Covid or long Covid has changed our physiology somehow and I’m having a tough time convincing my sleep doctor of it.
I’m on clonazepam, but that is hit and miss as well and can make me feel bad.
I tried a regular CBD, but it didn’t help. May try the sleep version.