1. < Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19
Profile picture for CrazyGranny

Sleepiness After Eating

Posted by CrazyGranny @shelleyr, Jan 2 11:05am

Hello all, I am new to this board and I am so grateful I found you all. It's such a relief to realize I am not alone in this battle. I am 70 y/o and have been suffering from long-Covid for nearly two years. I did not get the "jab" and was very healthy and active before getting Covid in February 2024. Now, I struggle through each day. My symptoms are the typical extreme fatigue and shortness of breath after any moderate exertion. So far, nothing has helped, but I am still hopeful and still searching...as we all are. My question today is about the inability to stay awake after eating. No matter how large or small the meal, or what foods I eat, within 30 - 40 minutes after eating...I fall asleep. And it isn't a short 20 minutes or so....it's a solid, deep, 2 hour nap! I start feeling incredibly tired, my eyelids get very heavy and I just cannot stay awake. My body gets a heavy feeling, my arms and legs ache, I get a ringing in my head and I simply fall asleep. I've tried everything I could find online to fight off this effect, but nothing works. Has anyone else had this problem associated with Covid and what are you doing to fight it?

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 Support Group.

Profile picture for law59
law59 | @law59 | 1 day ago
In reply to @kathleen1314 "@law59 Than you so much for the information. So you are working to keep small meals..." + (show)
Profile picture for mcchesney @kathleen1314

@law59
Than you so much for the information. So you are working to keep small meals and protein oriented?
Suggestion on the sleep issues; check your iron levels; seems that even a normal but low iron level can affect sleep. You have to have a certain level to produce the byproducts needed to maintain sleep. I don't have those links close to hand but I found the info with a google search in the past.
Also, would you consider going on the Inspire Covid site and leaving some posts; I think this would be so helpful to many of them.
Thank you so much!
Ok, just got my iron levels back and asked AI to give me the ranges that are needed for good sleep here is what it said:
"For good sleep, especially if you have Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) or fatigue, ideal iron levels often mean a Ferritin above 50-100 ng/mL and Transferrin Saturation (TSAT) above 20%, indicating sufficient iron stores and transport; while standard ranges exist, optimal values for sleep are often higher than basic "normal" and should be discussed with a doctor, as low iron can disrupt sleep, but too much can also be harmful."
A supplement that is tied to deeper sleep is pregnenolone; many women use this as their HRT because pregnenolone pulls some major body levers that affect hormone production. I tried pregnenolone and loved the deeper sleep and the side effect for me of carving away adominal fat, probably because it pulled the testosterone lever. But I could not continue pregnenolone because it caused palpitations and anxiety for me. Still there are lots of people including my husband and my hormone doctor who do well on the supplement.

Jump to this post

Hi @kathleen1314 yes and also significantly lessens my new covid food reactions. So appreciate your iron info and I do watch its intake and supplement as I can with sleep now disruptive middle of night histamine release, sleep apnea, erratic bp heart rate, itching pain…….🙃. I am so thankful you have found my info helpful and made myself reminder to check Inspire Covid platform when up to it in hopes possibly helping others as you are doing here🌈

REPLY
Profile picture for kyrazpollet
kyrazpollet | @kyrazpollet | 10 hours ago

Hi to all you out there that are telling me all these
Different experiences with medical professionals
And symptoms. I can relate to about all. One day is different than the xt. Same with weeks Months.
As far as diet goes, I find I need to eat gobs of protein.
So, in short, I eat Greek yog, that’s Lactose free,
Lactaid cottage cheese. Two TB Peanut butter , fish and chicken, 1 green veg. ( mostly spinach, because I find that the most digestible, cooked “winter squash, or very well cooked carrots. Drinks with electrolytes, no
Sugar. Hot ginger/lemon tea with honey, At night, just started taking a CBD gummy. And Tylenol I have severe
Pain in my arms, can’t lift anything , feel really weak.
Found c BD plus Tylenol brought pain level down .
Finish with all,ofthe above food by 7 pm. Don’t eat again till about 9 AM.. I take lots of vit. C,, D3, Coq10,,Calcium.
Magnesium, vit. b complex , plus ALA for the shooting nerve darts.ARed 2 for eyes. I’m 91 yrs old.

REPLY
View MoreView Less
Please sign in or register to post a reply.