Weighted Blankets?

Hi @saltandpepper

It was a game changer for my boy to help him sleep. Yes very expensive.

Put the one you want in the shopping basket...walk away and a couple of days later they'll email you with a discount. Ta la, magic. Worked for me 😃😜

Thanks for the tip @Anastasia 👍

Glad it's helped your boy get his rest

Hi @saltandpepper it was worth the expense for me. I started out getting for one kid with ASD, ADHD anxiety and depression, and soon followed with one for myself - I have bipolar and bad anxiety. Then gave them as gifts to two other family members, who love them. So yes, I'm a convert!

thanks for the feedback @frog

doesn't make you feel like you're trapped or anything? Llike claustrophobic?

I bought a weighted blanket over 2 years ago and love it. It feels like I'm really held well and safe and can fully relax and settle myself right down. After a while when I am settled yes it can feel claustrophobic and I have to take it off...but the benefits outweigh this feeling and I just take that feeling as the signal that it's time to take it off now.

@saltandpepper

I've been eyeing them off for ages, to maybe save some money on the power bill. I sleep with the aircon turned down really low so that I can still have a heavy doona over me or I can't settle.

And I'm the neurotypical one!

Interesting @Georgess thanks for the insight. When you start feeling claustrophobic does that override the security you were feeling? Are you just left in that panic like state?

@SJT63 Yeah I'm the same, like having something over me but I also get nightmares where I wake up dripping in sweat--so it's a balancing act.

That's another thing guys, do these blankets make you feel hot?

I 've been getting those adds as well. At first I thought they were automatic-tuck-in blankets (which sounds equally comforting (and frightening(I mean there's such a thing as too heavy or too grabby)).

D.I.Y. person in me thinks, surely you could hand-sew any weight you want.

I keep adding or subtracting layers (doonas and blankets) and avoid latest and greatest ads....works for me.

@saltandpepper