So, somebody who has little to no understanding of COVID, its ability to reinfect, the higher contagiousness of Delta variant, and thinks their Facebook feed has better scientific knowledge than experts in the field? Got it.
I struggled with a very similar situation 2 years ago and my heart goes out to you - it can be brutal.
But I did want to offer a ray of hope. After trying everything under the sun for months (including benzos), someone told me about CBTI (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia). Rather than go into all the details, just Google it. Its really the only proven successful (non-drug) way of dealing with insomnia (notice I did not say 'cure').
My only advice for those looking into CBTI is DO NOT TRY TO DO IT ON YOUR OWN. Its a very rigorous program that should be supervised by a doctor who specializes in CBTI. If you try it on your own, you are likely to fail - it can be a challenging program to follow through on.
Be careful about the benzos. They are extremely habit forming (again Google it) and can be difficult to stop.
One key point that my CBTI doctor talked about. Sleep is generally a combination of 2 factors. Your natural daily rhythm (day = awake; night = sleep) and how long its been since you last slept (ie. nap at 6PM is bad idea). If either one of these gets out of whack, sleep will be difficult. CBTI helps you align these two factors.
Lastly, in my case, I believe the insomnia was a symptom of a depression that I found myself in. Treating the depression along with CBTI was (literally) a lifesaver for me.
I'm a bit confused by this comment. Are you saying that Sweden's coronavirus policy somehow led to all deaths in Sweden lowering?
Looking at the graph, the clear trend is death rate lowering year after year since the 60s. That would mean that each new year, statistically, there will be several months that happen to be the 'lowest' ever. I don't see how this data proves (or disproves) any coronavirus strategy.
I think what some people take from this is the opposite: that Sweden's strategy hasn't been a catastrophe many predicted (aside from poor initial elderly protections).
The opposite of what? I'm not making any claim here. Even in countries like the US, relative deaths from Coronavirus are small in comparison to overall deaths (ex. In US - an extremely hard hit country - between 3/1 and 8/1, 1.34M deaths occurred, only about 150K attributed to covid19).
My point was that one can't draw any CV conclusion from the Sweden death graph in the month of September 2020.
As to the strategy and effectiveness, that is subjective - they had a higher mortality rate than their Nordic neighbors but not a catastrophic level, I guess.
Wasn’t the point that when those neighboring countries eventually open up, then the people that would have died will probably still end up dying and the numbers will look the same?
Bold claim Cotton, let's see if it works out... Joking aside, that is based upon the mostly discredited 'herd immunity' theory. It is not the case that someone who is in a vulnerable population is somehow doomed to die from this disease, and there are many different ways to mitigate the problems as countries respond to the ebb and flow of the different Covid waves. When the neighboring countries open up (and several of them have partially opened at times) they have more medical resources available to mitigate the effects and they are more prepared to revert to lockdown if necessary.
