Guest guest Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 I don't know how old your son is but staying up all night is not healthy. I wish I would have been more proactive with this with one of my sons. He was a bit of a night owl when younger. In college, he did not maintain a normal sleep schedule and this was a major contributor to his bout with psychosis in January. This was the first thing they concentrated on in the hospital. I am not suggesting that your son will have this problem but now I know that kids with sensitive nervous systems must have a normal sleep schedule. Try to figure out what is causing his disruptive schedule (med., activities, sleep environment). It can be a number of things. My son had unusual beliefs and nonstop thinking and that is why he believed he needed to be up all night. Also, two of my boys( both with ADD) wet the bed til third grade. My doc. said some kids take longer to mature so I guess that was it. I hope that helps. > > Another question - son has taken to staying up all night, then going to bed sometime next afternoon, sleeping 16 hours. Problem is he pees out his bed in a major way, meaning all bedding has to be changed and washed. Also yucks up bathroom in middle of night when he uses it, meaning major cleaning before daughters use in morning. How have you handled all this support stuff that is needed to maintain your child's dysfunction? I would like to stop doing it! But in the past he has frozen up and gotten even worse when I have tried to set down limits. > > Thanks! > Rhonda > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 I don't know how old your son is but staying up all night is not healthy. I wish I would have been more proactive with this with one of my sons. He was a bit of a night owl when younger. In college, he did not maintain a normal sleep schedule and this was a major contributor to his bout with psychosis in January. This was the first thing they concentrated on in the hospital. I am not suggesting that your son will have this problem but now I know that kids with sensitive nervous systems must have a normal sleep schedule. Try to figure out what is causing his disruptive schedule (med., activities, sleep environment). It can be a number of things. My son had unusual beliefs and nonstop thinking and that is why he believed he needed to be up all night. Also, two of my boys( both with ADD) wet the bed til third grade. My doc. said some kids take longer to mature so I guess that was it. I hope that helps. > > Another question - son has taken to staying up all night, then going to bed sometime next afternoon, sleeping 16 hours. Problem is he pees out his bed in a major way, meaning all bedding has to be changed and washed. Also yucks up bathroom in middle of night when he uses it, meaning major cleaning before daughters use in morning. How have you handled all this support stuff that is needed to maintain your child's dysfunction? I would like to stop doing it! But in the past he has frozen up and gotten even worse when I have tried to set down limits. > > Thanks! > Rhonda > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Hi Rhonda: Just wanted to let you know I have been in your shoes and know how painful it is. My son also did not leave the house due to rituals and areas of the house would come " unclean " because people walked or coughed there. He was so fearful! He was on medication, but it wasn't working. Pshyciatrist had put him on Celexa, then kept adding different drugs because he was angry and agitated. The other drugs would make him even worse rather than calm. The doctor said he was using all the drugs they gave the kids at the Texas State Hospital where he used to work. Then the doctor refused to treat him anymore because he wouldn't come into his office due to OCD. We called the mental health police to bring to the hospital (mental health). They did an excellent job - very kind and knew how to talk with him. He hated the hospital, but they found the right drug (Zoloft) that he is on today. He is in school (a private one since the public school had a lot of bullying which his sensitive personality could not take) and with the Zoloft and ERP is doing well - though still in therapy even after 3 years. Recently, I read in the paper that the psychatrists at the Texas State Hospital were prescribing adult drugs to kids with horrible side effects and were being made to stop. Texas is the bottom as to mental health services, so I'm sure this is just TX specific. Anyway, if things don't get better and your son can't get to a psychiatrist's office, you might consider hospitalizing so they can find the right drug for him. He was only in for 2 weeks, and I realized how much I needed the break once he was in. The psychiatrist my son now has told us that he has seen parents become physically ill with serious diseases trying to care for a mentally ill child and that we needed to take of ourselves first, so we were there for our son for the long haul. Prairie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 I would suggest melatonin as a sleep aid. I have anxiety-induced insomnia and it runs in my family. I started taking melatonin 1mg every night about six months ago. It has worked wonders for me. No hangover effect like you would get from something like Tylenol PM. It is supposed to be a natural safe sleep-aid. From what I have read, it is impossible to overdose on it. > > > > Another question - son has taken to staying up all night, then going to bed sometime next afternoon, sleeping 16 hours. Problem is he pees out his bed in a major way, meaning all bedding has to be changed and washed. Also yucks up bathroom in middle of night when he uses it, meaning major cleaning before daughters use in morning. How have you handled all this support stuff that is needed to maintain your child's dysfunction? I would like to stop doing it! But in the past he has frozen up and gotten even worse when I have tried to set down limits. > > > > Thanks! > > Rhonda > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 I know what you mean about not being able to talk to people about it at church or school. I had a teacher conference with all my dd's teachers. And one of her teachers had a complete lack of compassion and was just a total jerk. And we actually stopped going to church because my dd was being bullied by girls in her youth group at church and at school. And the youth minister and his wife were no help and even made some things worse. We stopped going about six months ago and they have not once reached out to my dd to tell her they miss her or ask how she is doing. I was very active in the church prior to this and taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible school. Since this, I have no desire to go back to church. > > > > > > Another question - son has taken to staying up all night, then going to bed sometime next afternoon, sleeping 16 hours. Problem is he pees out his bed in a major way, meaning all bedding has to be changed and washed. Also yucks up bathroom in middle of night when he uses it, meaning major cleaning before daughters use in morning. How have you handled all this support stuff that is needed to maintain your child's dysfunction? I would like to stop doing it! But in the past he has frozen up and gotten even worse when I have tried to set down limits. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > Rhonda > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 I know what you mean about not being able to talk to people about it at church or school. I had a teacher conference with all my dd's teachers. And one of her teachers had a complete lack of compassion and was just a total jerk. And we actually stopped going to church because my dd was being bullied by girls in her youth group at church and at school. And the youth minister and his wife were no help and even made some things worse. We stopped going about six months ago and they have not once reached out to my dd to tell her they miss her or ask how she is doing. I was very active in the church prior to this and taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible school. Since this, I have no desire to go back to church. > > > > > > Another question - son has taken to staying up all night, then going to bed sometime next afternoon, sleeping 16 hours. Problem is he pees out his bed in a major way, meaning all bedding has to be changed and washed. Also yucks up bathroom in middle of night when he uses it, meaning major cleaning before daughters use in morning. How have you handled all this support stuff that is needed to maintain your child's dysfunction? I would like to stop doing it! But in the past he has frozen up and gotten even worse when I have tried to set down limits. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > Rhonda > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Mine is in a pill-form, so I am not certain about cutting it in half, but I'll bet if you took it by your pharmacist they could tell you if that would work. Also, I would take it one hour before you plan to be fully asleep. If you start taking it on a daily basis, you will get into a regular routine of sleep. I think it works better if taken daily. > > > > > > Another question - son has taken to staying up all night, then going to bed sometime next afternoon, sleeping 16 hours. Problem is he pees out his bed in a major way, meaning all bedding has to be changed and washed. Also yucks up bathroom in middle of night when he uses it, meaning major cleaning before daughters use in morning. How have you handled all this support stuff that is needed to maintain your child's dysfunction? I would like to stop doing it! But in the past he has frozen up and gotten even worse when I have tried to set down limits. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > Rhonda > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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