Bengaluru: Since Covid-19 attacks, people struggle to adjust to the lifestyle remains in homes that have never happened before.
Doctors and health specialists report an increase in the number of mental health problems, especially sleep disorders, in adults and children who work.
Doctors say professionals, aged between 25-55 years, are the most affected during the first wave, but late, they see children, adolescents and senior citizens who suffer from insomnia, sleep syndrome, restless leg syndrome and so on.
“The psychiatric condition is closely related to sleep disorders,” said Dr.
Hirennappa Udnur, a pulmonary and sleep specialist.
“After a few months of relief from Covid-19 fear, people have begun to worry about their health, capacity and lifestyle,” he added.
Dr.
Satish, a psychiatrist, said he observed abnormal patterns under psychiatric conditions that affected children since the pandemic.
After reopening the school, a disrupted sleep pattern, the problem of behavior and increase in gadget addiction is seen in children.
“This is a worrying trend , “he said.
The doctor confirmed that there was a sharp increase in a psychiatric case since 2020.
Dr.
Udnur noted that Covid-19 survivors also experienced a hard time for a good night’s rest.
“Because Covid-19 affects the lungs, post-covid patients are visitors to stay at the sleep clinic,” he added.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is also increasingly noticed among Covid-19 survivors.
Anxiety caused by anticipating more restrictions and locking and overall fears to capture the new Omicron variant has pushed a lot of sleep.
“The underlying problem is depression.
Through anxiety has caused sleep disorders among adults.
Insomnia is now more common than before, but there are subset of post-covid patients who suffer from PTSD and emotional difficulties,” said Dr.
Vivek Padegal, Pulmonologist and Specialist Sleep Disorder.
Dr Padegal said he had referred to more patients to the psychiatrist in the last 1.5 years, than he did in the previous five years.
However, Dr.
MJ Thomas, a psychiatrist, argues that there is a need to make the right difference between reactive psychiatric disease and inherited psychiatric disease.
“Many people are affected because external change and pandemics are one of them.
Many people are scared and anxious, but we need controlled studies to confirm whether the current settings really cause people to lose their mental stability,” he said.
According to him, every virus infection such as Covid-19 can trigger psychiatric disease in people who are removed earlier and to establish if Covid-19 disease and mental health have direct causal relationships will require more time and study.