Colorado Springs doctor sees increase in insomnia, sleep troubles during pandemic
Dr. Robert Glidewell at the Insomnia Clinic in Colorado Springs has seen firsthand the recent rise in insomnia. There are definitely more people coming in seeking help at the Insomnia Clinic, Dr. Glidewell said.
Dr. Glidewell attributes stress surrounding COVID-19 and a change in people s schedules as a main cause for sleep disruption.
He said the rise in patients came a few months following lockdowns and restrictions, and he sees the sleepless trend continuing for years to come. What ends up happening is once you have trouble sleeping over a long period of time, often enough over a long period of time there s a point where the sleep problem takes on a life of its own. Once that happens, unless we do something to really retrain the brain how to sleep again, you re just going to keep having trouble sleeping even once the stress of the pandemic is gone, Dr. Glidewell said.