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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 375504" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>jena, it is time to speak to a psychiatrist about this. It isn't good for her, esp with school, to keep this pattern. There are a LOT of sleep medications out there, trust me. I have taken most of them at one time or another, with few side effects that did not go away after a couple of weeks. My kids, esp difficult child, have also taken them, because insomnia goes back as far as I can find in the family history on my dad's side. There are records of a great-great-great gma who slept very rarely more than 2 hours a day (and was a total witch!), and all of her kids, and most of their kids, had sleep issues. My father either sleeps all day or sleeps not at all now that he is retired. Drives my mother crazy because, as an aspie, if he is awake he wants to tell her whatever odd facts are in his head as they occur - whether it is the rain in some country she has never even heard of, or some new whatever in some obscure field of study that she doesn't care about. Youcan't ignore him or just uh huh because he will quiz you later about it - thus the problems with Aspies that spend their careers teaching, lol.</p><p> </p><p>in my humble opinion it is well worth it to try ambien (LOVE this stuff), lunesta (my biggest problem is the nasty taste in my mouth, but it sure makes you want to brush your teeth, LOL), remeron, or any other sleep inducing medication the docs suggest. I have the problem that they only work for a month or so at a time, so I rotate through them. My docs all know about this, and are quite happy to give me an rx for a different one every month. If your daughter stops sleeping on one of the sleep medications, it is likely that you will have to find at least 2 that will work for her and rotate them when they don't work. Generally they will work again after a 1-2 month break. </p><p> </p><p>I know you hate to give her medications. There is NO way she is able to learn to use ANY tool when she is not sleeping. She also isn't going to learn much in school. in my humble opinion you will be shocked at the change in her after a couple of weeks of sleeping normally, or semi-normally.</p><p> </p><p>When you get up with her, what happens? Do you play, read, talk, etc... with her? What would happen if you got up so she didn't bug husband, but then ignored her or sat like a lump of coal and didn't inter-act with her? Maybe read your own book, insisting she not use the tv, anything electronic, etc.... ? It might not make any difference, but would be worth trying. </p><p> </p><p>No matter what you do, until she gets a sleep study and/or some medications to help her sleep she is unlikely to be able to break this pattern. Her reg doctor should be able to order a sleep study - they are quite common these days. They can also be very helpful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 375504, member: 1233"] jena, it is time to speak to a psychiatrist about this. It isn't good for her, esp with school, to keep this pattern. There are a LOT of sleep medications out there, trust me. I have taken most of them at one time or another, with few side effects that did not go away after a couple of weeks. My kids, esp difficult child, have also taken them, because insomnia goes back as far as I can find in the family history on my dad's side. There are records of a great-great-great gma who slept very rarely more than 2 hours a day (and was a total witch!), and all of her kids, and most of their kids, had sleep issues. My father either sleeps all day or sleeps not at all now that he is retired. Drives my mother crazy because, as an aspie, if he is awake he wants to tell her whatever odd facts are in his head as they occur - whether it is the rain in some country she has never even heard of, or some new whatever in some obscure field of study that she doesn't care about. Youcan't ignore him or just uh huh because he will quiz you later about it - thus the problems with Aspies that spend their careers teaching, lol. in my humble opinion it is well worth it to try ambien (LOVE this stuff), lunesta (my biggest problem is the nasty taste in my mouth, but it sure makes you want to brush your teeth, LOL), remeron, or any other sleep inducing medication the docs suggest. I have the problem that they only work for a month or so at a time, so I rotate through them. My docs all know about this, and are quite happy to give me an rx for a different one every month. If your daughter stops sleeping on one of the sleep medications, it is likely that you will have to find at least 2 that will work for her and rotate them when they don't work. Generally they will work again after a 1-2 month break. I know you hate to give her medications. There is NO way she is able to learn to use ANY tool when she is not sleeping. She also isn't going to learn much in school. in my humble opinion you will be shocked at the change in her after a couple of weeks of sleeping normally, or semi-normally. When you get up with her, what happens? Do you play, read, talk, etc... with her? What would happen if you got up so she didn't bug husband, but then ignored her or sat like a lump of coal and didn't inter-act with her? Maybe read your own book, insisting she not use the tv, anything electronic, etc.... ? It might not make any difference, but would be worth trying. No matter what you do, until she gets a sleep study and/or some medications to help her sleep she is unlikely to be able to break this pattern. Her reg doctor should be able to order a sleep study - they are quite common these days. They can also be very helpful. [/QUOTE]
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