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Comment by wolfgang42 | Hacker News Reader

I get that loss of smell is a symptom of COVID-19, but what’s so special about 1 AM?

When I had the bug in March my symptoms would be sparse during the day and suddenly get worse from 1AM to 6AM. Similar for my partner. Cough would ramp up, cold sweats, fever, and my throat would turn into a sun bleached garden hose full of glitter. We both also had a loss of smell but it wasn’t the primary symptom that bothered us.

Anecdotal, but possibly related.

Huh. I was the exact opposite; there was no schedule for my symptoms. Some days I woke up great, and was exhausted by noon, other days I woke up feeling terrible, and had tons of energy in the afternoon.

My partner and I both work kind of an inverted schedule so it could be our body clocks. I’d bet the searches just have more to do with laying in bed quietly freaking out into google.

I noticed cough popped up (when it did, because it didn't often) when I was going to sleep or first thing when I woke up. Low-grade fever randomly on and off during afternoon or evenings. Loss of taste/smell the duration of a few weeks. Random diarrhea throughout.

Loss of smell wasn't one of the more noticeable symptoms but it persisted for far longer and when smell suddenly 'turned on' and I could all of a sudden smell cinnamon when I sprinkled it onto morning oatmeal the smell seemed insanely noticeable due to its long absence.

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