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<blockquote data-quote="Josie" data-source="post: 270204" data-attributes="member: 1792"><p>My 11 year old won't sleep alone, either. She has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and has a recurring scary thought that makes her scared to go to sleep by herself.</p><p> </p><p>For her, we are trying to work up to sleeping in her room on her own. </p><p> </p><p>First we are trying to get a medication which will help her sleep. Seroquel put her to sleep pretty quickly, even if I wasn't there, but she still woke up in the night scared, and it made her cry alot during the day. So we are still looking for the right sleep medication.</p><p> </p><p>We are having her stay in her room, trying to go to sleep and we check on her. If she has the light on, we can check every 15 minutes. If the light is off, we have to check every 5 minutes, for now. We should be able to go longer as she gets used to it. When she gets the right sleep medication, she should go to sleep this way. First, I will sleep on the sofa bed outside her room and then gradually make my way downstairs to my own bed.</p><p> </p><p>Right now, she is still so awake after about an hour that we give up and she sleeps with me on the sofa sleeper. I am ready to go to bed then and don't want to have to keep checking on her.</p><p> </p><p>It is not a good situation, but at least I feel that we are working on getting it under control.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Josie, post: 270204, member: 1792"] My 11 year old won't sleep alone, either. She has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and has a recurring scary thought that makes her scared to go to sleep by herself. For her, we are trying to work up to sleeping in her room on her own. First we are trying to get a medication which will help her sleep. Seroquel put her to sleep pretty quickly, even if I wasn't there, but she still woke up in the night scared, and it made her cry alot during the day. So we are still looking for the right sleep medication. We are having her stay in her room, trying to go to sleep and we check on her. If she has the light on, we can check every 15 minutes. If the light is off, we have to check every 5 minutes, for now. We should be able to go longer as she gets used to it. When she gets the right sleep medication, she should go to sleep this way. First, I will sleep on the sofa bed outside her room and then gradually make my way downstairs to my own bed. Right now, she is still so awake after about an hour that we give up and she sleeps with me on the sofa sleeper. I am ready to go to bed then and don't want to have to keep checking on her. It is not a good situation, but at least I feel that we are working on getting it under control. [/QUOTE]
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