Kathmandu, June 3 -- A few days into the lockdown, Abhilasha Gurung, 35, who lives in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, started having trouble sleeping. Most nights, she found herself wide awake even after an hour of getting in bed. "Even when I do fall asleep, I wake up at least once through the night," says Gurung. "This worries me because before the lockdown, I never really had sleep problems. I was the kind of person who would fall asleep within minutes of placing the head on the pillow."

According to Dr Milesh Jung Sijapati, a pulmonologist and sleep medicine specialist, Gurung's case is not a one-off case. "Ever since the pandemic and the lockdown started, many people who had previously no sleeping problems have started facing problems," he ...