Having Trouble Sleeping? Pandemic Could be Causing Insomnia

Video Credit: FOX 47 News Michigan
Published on August 5, 2020 - Duration: 02:30s

Having Trouble Sleeping? Pandemic Could be Causing Insomnia

We've told you about the effects the pandemic has been having on how americans sleep, but some are experiencing another side-effect that's leaving them exhausted.

Ash-Har Quraishi spoke to doctors about what you can do to fight "pandemic-induced insomnia."


Having Trouble Sleeping? Pandemic Could be Causing Insomnia

WE'VE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE EFFECTSTHE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN HAVING ONHOWAMERICANS SLEEP... BUT SOME AREEXPERIENCING ANOTHER SIDE-EFFECTTHAT'SLEAVING THEM EXHAUSTED.ASH-HAR QURAISHI SPOKE TODOCTORS ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TOFIGHT"PANDEMIC-INDUCED INSOMNIA."NATNO MORNING COMMUTE.NOWHERE TO DROP THE KIDS OFF.THE STRESS OF THE PANDEMICCOUPLED WITH A LACK OFSCHEDULING ANCHORS IS LEADING TOSLEEPLESS NIGHTS.1:34 "THEY COULD HAVE DIFFICULTYFALLING ASLEEP OR WHAT I'MSEEING MOST COMMONLY ISDIFFICULTYSTAYING ASLEEP."DR. CATHY GOLDSTEIN IS ANASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF NEUROLOGYSPECIALIZING IN SLEEP DISRUPTIONAT THEUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.UNUSUAL SCHEDULES SHIFT OURINTERNAL BODY CLOCKS - KNOWN ASCARCADIAN RYTHMS - INUNHEALTHY WAYS.SOT DR. CATHY GOLDSTEIN - 03:51"NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO GET UP ANDGO ANYWHERE.

SO, I SEE PEOPLEPUSH THEIR CLOCKS LATER ANDTHEY'RE FALLING ASLEEP LATER ATNIGHT AND THEN THEY'RE SLEEPINGIN.AND SO, THE SUBSEQUENT DAY THEYCAN'T FALL ASLEEP.""PANDEMIC INDUCED INSOMNIA" OR"COVID- SOMNIA" SHE SAYS IS ALSOBEING COMPOUNDED BYOVER CONSUMPTION OF MEDIA ONCELL PHONES AND TABLETS.

03:23"THEY ALSO ALLOW US TO BRINGLITTLE MINIATURE SUNS INTO THESLEEP PERIOD."A RECENT SURVEY FOUND THAT 98%OF AMERICANS DEVELOPED SLEEPPROBLEMS POST LOCKDOWNAND 68% FEEL STRESS OR FIND ITHARD TO SLEEP EVEN AFTER THELOCKDOWN WAS LIFTED.BETWEEN MID FEBRUARY ANDMID-MARCH AS THE OUTBREAK BEGANRAMPING UP PRESCRIPTIONS FORSLEEP MEDICATIONS JUMPED NEARLY15% COMPARED TO THE SAME TIMELAST YEAR.THINGS YOU CAN DO TO COMBAT"COVID-SOMNIA"EXERCISE EARLY IN THE DAYSET AN ALARM TO WAKE UP AT THESAME TIME EACH DAY SEVEN DAYS AWEEK & DISABLE THE SNOOZEBUTTONSTART WINDING DOWN SEVERAL HOURSBEFORE YOUR FIXED BEDTIMEAND PUT PHONES AND TABLETS AWAYAT LEAST TWO HOURS BEFORE YOUHIT THE SACKONE OTHER TIP DR. GOLDSTEINRECOMMENDS IS USING AMBER BLUEBLOCKING LENSES TO HELPWITH SCREENS AND ENERGYEFFICIENT BULBS THAT EMIT BLUESPECTRUM LIGHT.SOT 06:18 "SO BY PUTTING ONTHOSE GLASSES FOUR HOURS BEFOREBEDTIME YOU'RE GETTING RID OFTHAT CIRCADIAN DISRUPTING LIGHT.SO, THAT'S A HUGE HELP."EXPERTS SAY SLEEP IS EVEN MOREESSENTIAL WHILE TRYING TOCONFRONT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.SOT DR. JESSICA NOUHAVANDI -LEAD PHARMACIST/CEO HONEYBEEHEALTH 06:56"THE LACK OF SLEEP.

YOU KNOW ITDIRECTLY AFFECTS NOT ONLY YOURPHYSICAL HEALTH BUT YOUR MENTALHEALTH.

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