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Anyone have insomnia as symptom of COVID-19?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Feb 25, 2023 | Replies (84)Comment receiving replies
Hello,
I’m an 87-year-old man, and a year ago in December I had omicron or something that mimicked it. My recovery was painfully slow and made even slower by a fall and a minor concussion in June. I’m almost recovered, but normal sleep won’t return.
Some nights I sleep wonderfully well as I did as a child. I go to sleep and wake up eight hours later. On other nights I seem to dream all night and wake up unrefreshed. I remember the dreams because it’s the same dream all night. Still, other times, I toss and turn for half the night, but I dream normally when I do fall asleep. Sleeping only a couple of hours, I’m exhausted the next day.
I try marijuana edibles (4 mg) and melatonin. Still, I cannot find a meaningful correlation between taking them and sleep quality. I think maybe the placebo effect taints my tentative conclusions. Has anyone else had these issues and resolved them? Or am I doomed?
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Sorry for your issue, as I have it as well after almost dying from Covid in March 2021.
I am 62 and can’t find anything to improve my sleep pattern after C19.
I have tried unsuccessfully, but might work for you, since everyone responds differently:
Ambien, melatonin, Benadryl, tryptophan amino acid, valeriana tea, chamomile tea, B complex vitamins, hard exercise in mid morning, cut all caffeine and alcohol, dark quiet cool room, white noise recording and anti anxiety Pristiq.
Sleep is hit or miss and never long enough. I have to take afternoon naps to be able to function. This C19 and it side effects of tremors, constant headaches and foggy brain forced my early retirement at 60 years old.
I hope any of these can work for you.
Ronnie, sir I'm not sure if you're actually doomed or anything like that but one thing that I have found is your edibles you might want to bring them up to about a six the other thing is I don't know if you know anything about sleep apnea but having air coming into your face usually helps you sleep also I really hope this helps you in some way I'm so sorry for everything that you're going through God bless you and I hope you get well soon
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LDN (low dose naltrexone) may help. You have a great spirit. I'm 90 with health problems stemming from first Moderna vaccine. Staying in the mental effort to find answers is the only way to survive the Covid health chaos. All the best in your search for answers.