Rajkot: After recovering from Covid-19 in October last year, Nikhil Dodiya (name changed), a teacher, slipping into depression, fearing his daughter will also be infected.
He could not sleep, easily offended and even attacked his wife in anger.
Dodiya was taken to the Department of Psychology (Su) Saurashtra (Su) and was counting every day.
Breaking recovered from Covid, there are hundreds like Dodiya who have begun to suffer from insomnia and anxiety for months.
In fact, a survey by the department also revealed that 75% of patients restored had begun to take sleep pills without consulting doctors and the majority of them had been addicted.
The department conducted a survey of 1,170 of them 54.63% were accepted to suffer from insomnia after covid recovery and they took sleep pills.
About 20% are those who take sleep pills for the first time in their lives after recovering.
According to the survey, 86.7% of people claimed to get used to sleeping pills while 20% said they could not sleep well even after taking these drugs.
About 51% of respondents told the surveyor that they had a very disturbed sleep all night.
Mayurshead Jadeja, President, Rajkot Chemist & Association, said, “We expect a rise in sleeping pills and drugs related to psychological problems as a covid case at the end of this month.
Many doctors prescribe sleeping pills because people recover from Covid complain Insomnia “collector officers provide a number of covid patients to the department for counseling.
People also contact assistance search for department assistance.
The aim of this survey is to understand post-covid psychological complications.