How are you dealing with COVID insomnia?

Post date: 2020-10-21 18:03:49

I have never in my life had an issue falling asleep and yet since lockdown I have had to take sleeping pills or risk staying up til 3:30 am. How are you dealing with the well-documented effect this is having on people's sleep?

I guess I am seeking more general insomnia tips too, but what makes this extra awful is it's so linked to COVID lockdowns, which may continue indefinitely for me in the US. I am fairly depressed since lockdown and taking 20 mg Viibryd to manage my GAD, both of which could be keeping me up, but I have had fewer and fewer late night anxiety spirals since March. It's mainly just that I can't sleep. I definitely am not getting outside enough but even on days like today when I biked for 45 minutes I'm just wired with...stress? What are your best strategies for coping and calming down enough to sleep? I am also taking Vitamin D and magnesium, though I haven't seen much effect from the magnesium. Melatonin doesn't seem to work :( While unhealthy, what I'm relying on the sleeping pills for is conking me out even if my brain is still going.

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