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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
Did you ever get a prescription for a sleep med, even short term? I also don't have sleep apnea or restless legs and slept fine before Covid. It's been just about a year now and I'm not seeing any improvement. I do all the recommended things for sleep and have had extensive blood work and check ups and Drs never find any physical reason for my insomnia. So frustrating.
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I have had the same experience. I have always slept in a dark room, with no tv, same bedtime routine & now since COVID long haul I often do not get into that REM sleep & then feel nauseous, dizzy ehausted the next day- unable to focus. The doctors do not like to prescribe sleep medications, however there is no other option, even though it is while healing. You have to try many before finding one that works ( and even then they don’t work all the time). The doctors want us using cognitive behavioral therapies rather than medications, but these take time. My whole life has changed in the past 4 months & it creates a lot of anxiety. It is impossible to work after a completely sleepless night.
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