General How Well Do You Sleep, As A Supporter

[Bilby]

I *think* my sleep is getting better, but then my psychiatrist is fiddling with my medication with the aim of getting some quality sleep, as well as improving my mood....

I've started having weird dreams though... they're a bit freaky...

 

[Goldie]

Hmmm ......... sleep? Well, I do sleep but it's never unbroken unless I sleep alone. My man suffers from dreadful night terrors - a lot of noise, shouts, cries, whimpers, ragged breathing and so on. He's often rigid and shaking and frequently lashes out. It takes a hell of a lot to rouse him (which I only do when he's really bad) and he never remembers anything even though he's terrified and his pulse is racing - that sort of thing. Some nights there can be one episode and on others it can go on all night and he's absolutely exhausted in the morning. He's a big guy and has a terror of hurting me during the night and so we sleep with a barrier between us, in the form of a bolster. It does help to some extent as the cushion 'gets it' instead of me. I do get tense though and have frequently been frightened out of my skin when he's suddenly done something. On really bad nights, I leave the room and sleep elsewhere. This is normal for us but I can still hear him poor soul. He does have 'normal' dreams where he's fidgeting and mumbling on occasion and if I rouse him he remembers exactly what he's been doing.

Over the past while, as he's been put through so much anguish, his night terrors have worsened considerably and so, for both our sakes, we have deliberately slept separately. We both hate it but at least he's not got the "what if I hurt her" fear sitting in his head which I think made him worse to some extent. Once things calm down and get sorted, we'll be sharing again - can't come soon enough!

There does seem to be a correlation between what's going on in our lives and the intensity and frequency of his night terrors. He's always had them and they did worsen when he started treatment which is to be expected but the past while has been particularly bad.

On a lighter note - we have a water bed and when he's having a 'bouncy' night, it can get very exciting - good job I don't get sea-sickness! :D

 

[amethist]

On a lighter note - we have a water bed and when he's having a 'bouncy' night, it can get very exciting - good job I don't get sea-sickness! :D

Sorry to hear you dont get a full nights sleep Goldie, I know how that feels.

Your piece above about the water bed made me giggle.

 

[Goldie]

Good ............... we all need to giggle sometimes and it is genuinely funny, especially as I'm half his weight! One of these nights I'm going to get bounced right out of the bed!

I hope you have a peaceful night tonight Amethist :hug:

 

[amethist]

Hubby is better today than he has been for about a week, so tonight might be peaceful.

 

[amethist]

2 night on the trot now I have gone to bed tired, only to get up again about an hour later in pain.

My right arm is driving me nuts and I cant get comfy.

So again I have got up and taken pain killers. I will take them before I go tomorrow night.

 

[Toria]

Did the Dr shed any light on your arm? :hug:

 

[amethist]

Have to go for a blood test on Thursday, then we will go from there.

Until then it is suffer and pain killers.

 

[amethist]

After 2 nights of not sleeping properly, I managed an almost full night last night.

 

[Toria]

Ok - gimmie back that fairy!!!! :roflmao:

After weeks of waking up in the middle of the night and not knowing what time it is, Husband woke up at the same time as me so I asked... it was 1:00am and that was it - I was awake. Wow - I could have been surviving on 3 hours sleep a night for weeks!!! :eek: No wonder I look like :poop: :wideeyed:

I hope you blood test goes okay today - I made the mistake of thinking they'd finished mine the other week and I looked down at it.... :sick:

 

[amethist]

Blood test went fine Toria. She took an arm full but it went fine. :D

 

[Toria]

Glad it went well... I find the thinking about it is sometimes worse than having it done!

Guess what time I woke up last night...? :roflmao: