Can’t sleep? You might have Coronasomnia

The pandemic is causing restless nights for lots of us. Ciara McDonnell goes in search of the solution to a good night's sleep

Scroll through twitter at 3 am and you’ll find us there. The No Sleep Club – die-hard insomniacs – who have long discarded professional advice about sleep hygiene and no screens before bed. Dm’s fly as we swap complaints and queries about herbal remedies, anxiety and more recently, the state of the pandemic.

I have always had trouble staying asleep. I nod off without a problem but wake in the very early hours as though I have been shot with adrenalin. My solution these days is to give into the night, make a hot drink and settle down with something that feels like marshmallow for my brain – right now it’s Real Housewives Of New Jersey.