{"id":19308,"date":"2021-11-03T09:51:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T14:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepapergown.zocdoc.com\/?p=19308"},"modified":"2023-02-23T10:18:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T15:18:03","slug":"coronasomnia-is-wrecking-our-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zocdoc.com\/blog\/guides\/coronasomnia-is-wrecking-our-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronasomnia Is Wrecking Our Sleep \u2014 But It Doesn\u2019t Have To"},"content":{"rendered":"

As our car pulled out of Cal Expo\u2019s cavernous livestock shed, Sacramento\u2019s mass vaccination site, I felt the effects of my second Moderna jab immediately. Sure, I didn\u2019t feel my cells manufacturing spike proteins, but there was something else: giddy relief, my body softening like a tightly clenched fist I\u2019d finally released. That night, I slept like a baby.<\/span><\/p>\n

For some months after the vaccines rolled out, the end of the pandemic seemed tantalizingly close. But then, like a horror movie\u2019s unwelcome third act, concerns began popping back up: breakthrough infections<\/a>, the Delta variant, renewed mask mandates. My daughter\u2019s daycare was closing regularly because of COVID-19 scares. Fists began to clench again.<\/span><\/p>\n

By the end of the summer, I found myself back where I\u2019d been the year before: stressed and sleep-deprived. I kept busy during the day, but when I climbed into bed, my anxieties took that as their signal to re-emerge.\u00a0<\/span>I wasn\u2019t alone. According to research, <\/span>around 4 in 10 people<\/span><\/a> have reported experiencing sleep disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic, a phenomenon dubbed by experts as \u201ccoronasomnia.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

As more and more research has showed the overwhelming impact of the pandemic on people’s sleep, the term has become widely accepted within the medical community.\u00a0<\/span>Fortunately, there are some key ways to stop coronasomnia and get the sleep you need.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A familiar condition with new twists<\/h3>\n

The pandemic disrupted nearly every aspect of our lives. Sleep is no exception. COVID-19 has both exacerbated insomnia for those already suffering and triggered it for the first time in others. Overall, experts estimate there\u2019s been a <\/span>37 percent increase<\/span><\/a> in clinical insomnia since the pandemic began, often <\/span>accompanied by anxiety and depression<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What makes coronasomnia different from regular insomnia is that it\u2019s been caused by a specific external event: the pandemic. Since we’re still lingering in a public health emergency<\/a>, experts say it’s vital to address sleep issues head-on so they don’t persist and cause more health issues down the road.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The ubiquity of coronasomnia can be attributed to a confluence of these pandemic-related factors.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n