my husband has come home from hospital with a catheter attached as he is waiting for a prostate proceedure. He is on the ‘urgent ‘ list but he could be waiting six weeks.
He is fine during the day but just can’t cope at night. He will not let me sleep, I’ve tried sleeping with him but he wakes me asking to go to toilet (he is hooked up to night bag which I keep in a bucket in case it bursts) he can’t understand he doesn’t need the toilet. If I sleep in my own room he just shouts for me. I unhooked him at 5 am this morning and he came downstairs but still came to seek me out three times coming in my room waking me, I am exhausted
He was given Mirtazapine 15mg two weeks ago but after 5 days I stopped it as it was making him even more confused he didn’t know where he was and was really scared.
I do not know where to go for help, has anyone been given sleeping tablets for their spouses I guess probably not as the way I am feeling today i would probably take the lot myself!!
My husband is 78 fourteen years older than me. Don’t know how I would have coped if I had been 78 too.
He is fine during the day but just can’t cope at night. He will not let me sleep, I’ve tried sleeping with him but he wakes me asking to go to toilet (he is hooked up to night bag which I keep in a bucket in case it bursts) he can’t understand he doesn’t need the toilet. If I sleep in my own room he just shouts for me. I unhooked him at 5 am this morning and he came downstairs but still came to seek me out three times coming in my room waking me, I am exhausted
He was given Mirtazapine 15mg two weeks ago but after 5 days I stopped it as it was making him even more confused he didn’t know where he was and was really scared.
I do not know where to go for help, has anyone been given sleeping tablets for their spouses I guess probably not as the way I am feeling today i would probably take the lot myself!!
My husband is 78 fourteen years older than me. Don’t know how I would have coped if I had been 78 too.