Rajkot: After recovering from Covid-19 in October last year, Nikhil Dodiya (name changed), a teacher, slipped into depression, fearing that his daughter too would get infected. He couldn’t sleep, got irritable and once even attacked his wife in anger. Dodiya was taken to Saurashtra University’s (SU) psychology department and is being counselled daily.
Despite recovering from Covid, there are hundreds like Dodiya who have started suffering from insomnia and anxiety for months. In fact, a survey by the department also revealed that 75% recovered patients have started taking sleeping pills without consulting doctors and the majority of them have got addicted.
The department conducted a survey of 1,170 people out of whom 54.63% admitted to suffering from insomnia after Covid recovery and that they are taking sleeping pills. Around 20% were those who took sleeping pills for the first time in their life after recovering.
According to the survey, 86.7% of people confessed that they got habituated to sleeping pills while 20% said they could not sleep well even after taking these medicines.
Around 51% respondents told surveyors that they have an extremely disturbed sleep throughout the night.
Mayursinh Jadeja, president, Rajkot Chemist & Druggist Association, said, “We are expecting a rise in sales of sleeping pills and medicines related to psychological problems as Covid cases peak at the end of this month. Many doctors are prescribing sleeping pills as people recovered from Covid are complaining of insomnia”
The collector officer provides the numbers of Covid patients to the department for counselling. People also contact the department’s helpline seeking help. The aim of the survey was to understand the post-Covid psychological complications.
Despite recovering from Covid, there are hundreds like Dodiya who have started suffering from insomnia and anxiety for months. In fact, a survey by the department also revealed that 75% recovered patients have started taking sleeping pills without consulting doctors and the majority of them have got addicted.
The department conducted a survey of 1,170 people out of whom 54.63% admitted to suffering from insomnia after Covid recovery and that they are taking sleeping pills. Around 20% were those who took sleeping pills for the first time in their life after recovering.
According to the survey, 86.7% of people confessed that they got habituated to sleeping pills while 20% said they could not sleep well even after taking these medicines.
Around 51% respondents told surveyors that they have an extremely disturbed sleep throughout the night.
Mayursinh Jadeja, president, Rajkot Chemist & Druggist Association, said, “We are expecting a rise in sales of sleeping pills and medicines related to psychological problems as Covid cases peak at the end of this month. Many doctors are prescribing sleeping pills as people recovered from Covid are complaining of insomnia”
The collector officer provides the numbers of Covid patients to the department for counselling. People also contact the department’s helpline seeking help. The aim of the survey was to understand the post-Covid psychological complications.
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