First off, if you find yourself caring for someone with Dementia 24/7, you can forget about sleep....at least that is how it is for me. See, I am a sleeper. I love to sleep, I love 8 to 10 hours of sleep a night. I'll be happy with 7 and a half, but living with my mom, I haven't been well rested for 8 months now.
So now, with the help of medication along with melatonin, she is getting plenty of sleep, so you would think I can too, but I can't seem to do that. I know it is because of the unknown. Early on, she would have nights where she got up in the middle of the night thinking it was morning. Let me tell you, it was always at the times where we had somewhere to go the next morning.
So guess what, because of that, this sound heavy sleeper, has become a light one, and I find myself checking on her whenever loud cars drive by, or the neighbors playing their music loud, and let's not mention fireworks!! The 4th of July was crazy, and scared my mother so badly, to the point she thought someone was trying to kill her!! 😢 And me, I didn't get much sleep that night either!
I thought about taking a melatonin, but I am afraid I may sleep too soundly and would miss something with her during the night. Then their are those who say, "Just take a nap when she does". Yeah right!! She has never been one to nap, so I can count on one hand how many times that has happened!!
Until I can get real help, someone(s) that are willing to give me a few hours break, I will just be sleep deprived for a long time.
Zzzzzzz...
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