Long COVID can disrupt your body’s natural rhythms that help reinforce a healthy sleep/wake cycle and ensure you get a restful and restorative sleep. People with long COVID can experience a heightened state of alertness within their nervous system, which makes falling asleep, staying asleep, or getting into a deep sleep state more difficult.

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Sleep is often a key factor in progressing your recovery from long COVID. If your sleep patterns have changed significantly as a result of long COVID, it may be helpful to start a sleep journal so you can get a clear understanding of how much sleep you are getting and what kinds of things might be impacting your sleep.
 

To keep a sleep journal, every morning, write a few notes about how much deep sleep you got, how much of the night you were in light or restless sleep, and when you fell asleep and woke up. You can also make a note of how well-rested you felt upon waking. Some activity tracker technology will track this for you, if you wear your activity tracker to bed.