ErrolEast
Active Member
Hi Everyone,
Since you were all so incredibly helpful with my last dilemma, I figured I would turn to you again.
Despite my best efforts to keep my daughter on a proper sleep schedule, she is awake multiple times through the night , and occasionally has night terrors and sleep walks. Generally, I put her to bed around 730pm and wake her up at 7am. But I have tracked her sleep for the past two years using a fitbit and she averages about 4-6 hrs of sleep a night, in one-hour blocks. If she is sick or going through a growth spurt, She tends to sleep more, but typically she gets about as much sleep as a college student.
This past week has been completely different and out of the norm. All weekend, she slept in (for literally the first time in her life). On Monday, she fell asleep at the dinner table and stayed asleep all night (and it took a lot of effort to get her up in the morning. On Tuesday, I had to pick her up from school around noon because she fell asleep in her egg chair and her snoring was disrupting the rest of the class. Yesterday, she fell asleep at school twice, and then at home on the living room floor while I was making dinner.
When I tried to get her ready for school this morning (after 15 hours of straight sleep!) she was falling asleep while I put her socks on.
She looks exhausted, has dark circles under her eyes and looks like she hasn't slept in days.
I've never seen her like this before, should I be concerned? I already called her doctor (I'm paranoid that it could be a thyroid issue) but he can't see her until next week.
She normally gets around 35 hrs of sleep a week and this past week it's closer to 90 hrs. But, I am also aware that I panic at the slightest disruptions in her routine because I know how much it can throw her off (I call it my second-hand anxiety) and this is more than just slight.
Since you were all so incredibly helpful with my last dilemma, I figured I would turn to you again.
Despite my best efforts to keep my daughter on a proper sleep schedule, she is awake multiple times through the night , and occasionally has night terrors and sleep walks. Generally, I put her to bed around 730pm and wake her up at 7am. But I have tracked her sleep for the past two years using a fitbit and she averages about 4-6 hrs of sleep a night, in one-hour blocks. If she is sick or going through a growth spurt, She tends to sleep more, but typically she gets about as much sleep as a college student.
This past week has been completely different and out of the norm. All weekend, she slept in (for literally the first time in her life). On Monday, she fell asleep at the dinner table and stayed asleep all night (and it took a lot of effort to get her up in the morning. On Tuesday, I had to pick her up from school around noon because she fell asleep in her egg chair and her snoring was disrupting the rest of the class. Yesterday, she fell asleep at school twice, and then at home on the living room floor while I was making dinner.
When I tried to get her ready for school this morning (after 15 hours of straight sleep!) she was falling asleep while I put her socks on.
She looks exhausted, has dark circles under her eyes and looks like she hasn't slept in days.
I've never seen her like this before, should I be concerned? I already called her doctor (I'm paranoid that it could be a thyroid issue) but he can't see her until next week.
She normally gets around 35 hrs of sleep a week and this past week it's closer to 90 hrs. But, I am also aware that I panic at the slightest disruptions in her routine because I know how much it can throw her off (I call it my second-hand anxiety) and this is more than just slight.
Also sleep paralysis. Your body naturally paralyses you to keep you from sleep walking, and acting out your dreams. But with someone with narcolepsy it can continue right to the edge of waking up. you can barely breath, can't move your body and when you scream nothing comes out. One trick to get out of it that works for me, is to try wiggling my toes.
