![]() And a whole bunch of studies have shown that during the pandemic, especially in the beginning, as many as 60% of people reported worsening insomnia symptoms. ![]() So before the pandemic and sort of in the background of the population, something like 10 to 30% of people report insomnia. You know, I think data is accumulating to show that COVID is definitely playing a role. SOHN: I mean, that is a really tricky question. KELLY: And is there any way to definitively tie this to COVID as opposed to something else that might be going on with their life or health? So the reports are really piling up of just all these different kinds of sleep disturbances that people are having sometimes for months after they've been sick. But there's new onset sleep apnea, wild dreams, vivid nightmares, sleeping up to 18 hours a day, sleeping and sleeping and waking up exhausted. The researcher who conducted it told me that insomnia was the most common one. Reports of sleep disturbances are just all over the place. Is this trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, what? I wondered if you would describe what kind of problem they're experiencing. KELLY: You write about one study that was out this year from the Cleveland Clinic where more than a third of long COVID patients reported sleep disruptions and reported them for up to six months after the initial infection. It's headlined "COVID-19 Can Ruin Your Sleep In Many Different Ways - Here's Why." Emily Sohn, welcome.ĮMILY SOHN: Hi. Science journalist Emily Sohn dug into that in a recent piece for National Geographic. And for some people who've had COVID, the sleep disturbances may last for months, even after they otherwise feel better. Falling asleep, staying asleep can be difficult if you're sick. Well, that is sometimes easier said than done. When you feel under the weather, doctor's orders are often stay home, get some rest, sleep it off.
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