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Strugglin' horribly with 11 year old with Conduct Disorder & Personality Disorder
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<blockquote data-quote="Rachielee" data-source="post: 490462" data-attributes="member: 13435"><p>We have brought up the sleep issue more than once. I met Brad just over 7 years ago and even at that point he was not one much for sleep. He is up at the crack of dawn regardless of what time he goes to bed. We have a set bedtime for him, but when we are traveling back and forth from here to Wisconsin or Minnesota, there have been nights where it has been quite late and he is still up at the crack of dawn and maybe even before that. I have tried blacking out his windows, we had even tried Benadryl at one point because he was sick and wouldn't sleep. It seems the stuff that would cause a "normal" person to be sleepy do just the complete opposite to him. I think his psychiatrist is just trying to sort out one thing at a time and I am happy about that, but until this sleep thing is something he does throughout the night, I am going to suffer as well. Our dealings are that he gets up when nobody else is awake and thats when the prowl is on for claiming things as his own....I am not joking when I say he is sneaky....I sleep in the family room, am up a majority of the night because I am going to stop him in his tracks. It's like potty-training a pet....you don't catch em' in the act, consequences really don't/won't accomplish anything and we already deal with that. Tomorrow we have a psychotherapy family appointment and there is going to be a whole lotta lotta brought up since last appointment because I need help to get through the next 2 weeks....and I am going to again bring up the sleep issue, but she is only the psychotherapist and cannot administer drugs; we don't have that appointment until January 21st. I am so thankful I was led to this site today......God has got my back! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> My heart is feeling a little lighter, I don't feel quite as isolated as I did earlier today and have even smiled a couple of times. I am not alone in this fight and sometimes hearing that its okay to feel the way I do from folks who know what its like is the biggest pick me up of all. It's like a group hug but only across the web....thank you to all of you, truly and sincerely thank you!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rachielee, post: 490462, member: 13435"] We have brought up the sleep issue more than once. I met Brad just over 7 years ago and even at that point he was not one much for sleep. He is up at the crack of dawn regardless of what time he goes to bed. We have a set bedtime for him, but when we are traveling back and forth from here to Wisconsin or Minnesota, there have been nights where it has been quite late and he is still up at the crack of dawn and maybe even before that. I have tried blacking out his windows, we had even tried Benadryl at one point because he was sick and wouldn't sleep. It seems the stuff that would cause a "normal" person to be sleepy do just the complete opposite to him. I think his psychiatrist is just trying to sort out one thing at a time and I am happy about that, but until this sleep thing is something he does throughout the night, I am going to suffer as well. Our dealings are that he gets up when nobody else is awake and thats when the prowl is on for claiming things as his own....I am not joking when I say he is sneaky....I sleep in the family room, am up a majority of the night because I am going to stop him in his tracks. It's like potty-training a pet....you don't catch em' in the act, consequences really don't/won't accomplish anything and we already deal with that. Tomorrow we have a psychotherapy family appointment and there is going to be a whole lotta lotta brought up since last appointment because I need help to get through the next 2 weeks....and I am going to again bring up the sleep issue, but she is only the psychotherapist and cannot administer drugs; we don't have that appointment until January 21st. I am so thankful I was led to this site today......God has got my back! :) My heart is feeling a little lighter, I don't feel quite as isolated as I did earlier today and have even smiled a couple of times. I am not alone in this fight and sometimes hearing that its okay to feel the way I do from folks who know what its like is the biggest pick me up of all. It's like a group hug but only across the web....thank you to all of you, truly and sincerely thank you! [/QUOTE]
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