Do your loved one sleep all night

Twyla

My husband was having some problems sleeping all night. He would wake up about 3 or 4 in the morning and walk around in the house and I lost many hours of sleep trying to watch him. I have an alarm on my door so if he opened the door the alarm would sound off. I also found a door knob cover that he can’t open. It is only on the back door because that is the door we use. He doesn’t try the front door. I talked to the doctor and he prescribed him some medication and since then he has been sleeping through the night. Just wanted to know if anyone else had this problem. I really don’t like him taking a lot of medication.

dvellio

When she could still walk my wife had the same problem sleeping. She actually had trouble going to sleep and then if she woke in the middle of the night she had to get out of bed. She was unsteady enough that I always worried about her falling and in fact she did fall eight times during 2000 and 2001. The other problem she had was she was prone to panic attacks and if she had a panic attack she couldn't sleep at all, sometimes for two or three days.
For some time the sleep problem was solved by prescription drugs that helped her fall asleep but they didn't always help her sleep all night. I put an alarm on the bedroom door so that it would wake me up when she left the room and I put a camera in the computer room where she would go so that I could know if she needed help while she was in there. It would alert me and I could hear what was going on if she said anything.
Eventually the panic attacks became a big enough problem that way now give her medication every night with her sleeping pills to keep the panic attacks from occurring. She's actually reached the point now where she sleeps almost 16 hours a day about 12 to 13 at night and then a nap in the afternoon that's another three to four hours.
It was actually a relief for me when the time came that she could no longer get out of bed without help. Because then I didn't have to worry about her wandering around and falling. I'm not real happy about drugging her but life without the drugs would not be good for either of us.

Bob

I am blessed that, for the most past, my wife sleeps through the night. I say blessed for a couple of reasons. One is it lets me go into high gear doing things that need to be done (meal prep, dishes, laundry, emails, this forum, bill paying, etc.) as soon as she falls asleep (usually around 9-10 pm). I crawl into bed around 1 am. She does get up at times and needs to go to the bathroom and I always seem to wake at the same time so that I can take her, but then she usually goes right back to sleep. On rare occasions, like today, she got up early (8am), was agitated and refused to go back to bed in our bedroom, but went and laid down on the couch in our garden room and slept for two hours. As I've indicated elsewhere, our new normal seems to be there really is no normal. fyi...she is on medication four times a day, and it is known that one or more of them causes the patient to be sleepy, so this is likely part of the scenario regarding her sleep habits.

Kari

My mom takes a sleeping pill. It’s important for her to sleep through the night so my dad can get a good nights rest. I agree that we don’t want my mom taking a lot of medications. But, sleep is critical for everyone’s well being. She occasionally gets up over night to use the bathroom and my dad often doesn’t hear her. But, there are alarms on the exterior doors, so at least we know she won’t get outside.

bettyboop65

My husband has trouble sleeping but his schedule is all over places. Usually he went bed after 4pm then i went to bed maybe around 8pm then he woke up after 2 or 3am... He didn't get out because he sleep on wall side. He awake most morning and I was sleeping until 3 or 4am... I was very tired but I have to accept it.