Question for #LongCovid & #MedTwitter fam — past 4 years I've never napped w LC, & now past 2 months I nap almost daily for 30-60 min in afternoon (3-6pm) & **seems** to correlate with maybe slight baseline increase. Could napping be helping, or be a stage of recovery/healing?
@loscharlos I take three rests each day. When I'm worse I can't nap at those times. When I'm better i can nap easily and I feel much better after napping too. Some real feedback loops there. For me it seems clear that this is nervous system driven where I get that tired but wired easily. 1/
@loscharlos When I can rest easy and everything feels like it settles down when I want it too, I can fall asleep quickly and only need a few minutes of sleep to feel "refreshed". When "tired but wired", my HR and breathing are elevated, I can hear my heart beat, and my mind is racing.