Advice Wanted Please .....
My mother takes one Zopiclone sleeping tablet before she goes to bed at night, which is usually enough to give her a good rest and still enable her to be able to get up to go to the loo without being too groggy to know what she's doing.
However, every night for the past 5 nights she's slept through until 12.30am and after visiting the bathroom, won't go back to sleep again. She wants to sit up and chat until 4.30am. This is driving my father and I up the wall.
She's not cold, ill or scared - she just wants to TALK...!!! I've tried hot milk and a biscuit; holding her hand; a fresh water bottle and extra blankets; even reading her a story.
Since my parents rarely sleep during the day, we are all getting extremely tired and a bit cranky now. I don't want to give her extra sleeping tablets on a regular basis in case she becomes over-dependent upon them, although the Doctor has said it would be okay to do so. Last night I gave her two, to absolutely no effect.
Can anyone suggest anything PLEASE....?
Jude
My mother takes one Zopiclone sleeping tablet before she goes to bed at night, which is usually enough to give her a good rest and still enable her to be able to get up to go to the loo without being too groggy to know what she's doing.
However, every night for the past 5 nights she's slept through until 12.30am and after visiting the bathroom, won't go back to sleep again. She wants to sit up and chat until 4.30am. This is driving my father and I up the wall.
She's not cold, ill or scared - she just wants to TALK...!!! I've tried hot milk and a biscuit; holding her hand; a fresh water bottle and extra blankets; even reading her a story.
Since my parents rarely sleep during the day, we are all getting extremely tired and a bit cranky now. I don't want to give her extra sleeping tablets on a regular basis in case she becomes over-dependent upon them, although the Doctor has said it would be okay to do so. Last night I gave her two, to absolutely no effect.
Can anyone suggest anything PLEASE....?
Jude