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Mother will not sleep at night!

I am having problems with my mother at night, she is not sleeping, should I say WE are not sleeping..trying sleep medication, nothing seems to work.

Feb 6, 2010
 
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MindingOurElders said
Feb 7, 2010

The doctor may have something for her. It's not unusual for someone with dementia to not sleep at night, but it's draining (as you know) for the caregiver. If you can keep her from napping during the day it may help, but that is hard. I'd check with the doctor - and maybe your own!
Carol

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pamela6148 said
Feb 8, 2010

Ambien is a very good sleep aid. Ask her doctor about it.

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pamela6148 said
Feb 13, 2010

Let me take back the suggestion of Ambien. I saw a news piece on it yesterday and they call people who take it Ambien Zombies. They said people do things while taking it that they have no recolection of doing.

Ask your doctor to suggest something and ask him about the side effects of Ambien.

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