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Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Hi All

There is a thread operating on the Lived Experience Forum under Night Shift where members who are having trouble sleeping for any reason give a bit of a shout-out, to see if there is anyone else sleepless and looking for company. It's been such a great thing, I thought I would start one over here too.

I have had the odd few nights where I have woken up on and off, and my kids have been having a bit of trouble some nights too, depending on what has happened during the day.

Being a carer can be lonely too, so if you are making an after-midnight cup of something hot, and wonder who else might be doing that too, maybe have a look-in here and see if anyone else is about.

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@YTT are you serious?? 48 degrees!!! OMG!!! Can I ask what state you are in? I am sitting a few centimetres away from my fan atm. I love my fan 🙂

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Hi @Bunniekins .... 👋

Anyone browsing, please feel free to say hi and join in ......

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@Faith-and-Hope Hello beautiful Faith-and-Hope. It is crazy weather isn't it? 48 degrees ... that global warming ...

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@Catcakes oh sleep has been a huge issue for us. She was okay when on an antipsychotic but we got her off that (child specialist psychiatrist wanted her off, general psychiatrist put her on it) it made her sleep and eat, that was a huge issue as well - she stopped eating and lost a heap of weight even though she is tiny.

She was okay with sleep when she came off the antipsychotic but something happened and she relapsed (not as bad as before) and she stopped eating and sleeping properly again. We did a sleep restriction program as melatonin made her groggy during the day (not sure why) and an introduction to the antipsychotic made her groggy all over again and she refused to keep taking it. The sleep restriction program didn't work and as she went on holidays we threw all ideas of sleep training out the window (I was not going to fight her to get her up at 6am every day of my holidays lol).

Since starting lithium she is starting to sleep better and eat better (but not greatly), I did shove some melatonin down her because I wasn't coping with her moods on top of being 15 AND not eating and sleeping properly... hoping when we get her in therapeutic range she will sleep even better and eat more and be that lovely girl again 🙂

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My son is 18 @YTT and has had a mother with MI all his life. I haven’t ever had to push him as he is already too hard on himself. Although I did strongly encourage him to go on an outdoor ed camp once that he really didn’t want to go on. In the end he enjoyed it and made some great friends.

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Ladies my ex has just arrived with my son. Have a nice cool afternoon.

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@Bunniekins semi rural NSW, about an hour and half out of Sydney!!

@Catcakes I've only pushed my daughter to particpate, she wanted to quit everything. Her MI was 'sudden' where bullying sent her into psychosis (and during therapy we learnt she had issues prior to this but hid it). Before the psychosis she participated in everything and anything - she was pretty amazing!

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I’m so sorry that happened to your daughter @YTT. It must have been such a scary time for you all. Sounds like you’re finding your way towards recovery with help.?
I guess it’s just taking each day as it comes.

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It does sound like it was a very hard time @YTT ..... 💐💕

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@Catcakes@Faith-and-Hope yeah it's been a road I'd rather not journey

and whilst right now she is in such a better place it's still hard, but better.

Teenage girls eeekkkk give me boys any day - I can only say that because my 18 year old son has been a breeze lol

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