Sleep during lockdown

[Bantamzen]

The BBC have published this article on sleep disturbance during lockdown:

Coronavirus: How the UK is sleeping under lockdown

More than half the population has struggled with sleep during the lockdown, especially younger people.

www.bbc.co.uk

All of this will be impacting on people's long term health and wellbeing. I know my sleep patterns are getting more and more random, even though by & large my working from home patterns are pretty regular. And as the article says this could actually have a negative impact on people's ability to deal with any future infections, including covid.

If we don't start getting our lives back on track its not a second wave of covid we need to be worried about, but a tsunami of health problems right through society for years to come.

 

[Jamesrob637]

Having been on furlough since mid-March, sleep has been a little out of sync for me at times. However, even if I've lost an hour or two's sleep one night, I do not nap during the day - if extra caffeine is needed before I go to sleep again the night, so be it.

 

[Islineclear3_1]

Apart from the warm nights and early morning light (even with thick curtains that my wife likes to keep ajar), she seems to be having more nightmares, so I'm waking up at least 3-4 times every night. Fans are generally too noisy (even with ear plugs in). I had to ask wife to drive the 70 miles home today as I was in the early stages of falling asleep at the wheel. Guess I am sleep deprived...

 

[Journeyman]

My sleep has been dreadful for years. I've tried everything to improve it, and finally got a psychology referral from my doctor. I started sessions in late January and they were great, but were of course stopped when the lockdown started, and I'm back to square one.

2 or 3 hours a night if I'm lucky.

 

[Bayum]

To begin with, my sleep was amazing. Sleeping in until 10ish... However, since my other colleagues have returned to work, I’ve been waking up for or five times at minimum.