My husband suffers from extreme Anxiety. He actually has to be tricked almost to sleep because his anxiety makes him afraid to sleep. Like he is actually scared of going to sleep even for a nap. He says he feels he won't wake up or he have a bad dream that will trigger his anxiety more when he wakes up.
So when it is real bad I make him a hot chocolate rub his back or his feet even if it's super bad. Takes about 10 minutes and out like a light. Of course he has no idea that his "hot chocolate" is WHY he falls asleep so quick lol.
I just add an allergy pill that makes him sleepy. It is tiny like a tic tac and pink lol I mix it in with the powder mix and it always works. He actually knows sort of about it. One night LONG ago he told me if I ever wanted to "add" 1 allergy pill to his dinner so he sleep better he has no problem with it. So on hard nights I add it to his hot chocolate lol. Be advised I don't do this more than once a day and I DON'T do this everyday. Just on his worse days.
It is because I know if it was switch he do the same.
When I burned myself to 1st 2nd and 3rd degree burns all on my left side he was there to change my bandeges rub my aching back from being bed ridden for a month and making terrible meals lol (he is not a.good cook but he tried lol) so helping him sleep for 30 minutes is easy.
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· 6 years ago
Jeez. That sounds painful. Also sounds like an unbreakable partnership. I'm envious. Good for you.
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· 6 years ago
I found a natural remedy. I work through the depression 12-14 hours a day, 7 days a week, and it leaves me so broken and exhausted not even anxiety can keep me awake. Plus the wins from closing deals, the income and the constant mental engagement required in my job distract me from the memories that depress me anyway. Win-win.
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Plus I have a boss that makes Hannibal look like a sweetheart, so if I start slipping he slaps me (metaphorically) back into reality.
So when it is real bad I make him a hot chocolate rub his back or his feet even if it's super bad. Takes about 10 minutes and out like a light. Of course he has no idea that his "hot chocolate" is WHY he falls asleep so quick lol.
I just add an allergy pill that makes him sleepy. It is tiny like a tic tac and pink lol I mix it in with the powder mix and it always works. He actually knows sort of about it. One night LONG ago he told me if I ever wanted to "add" 1 allergy pill to his dinner so he sleep better he has no problem with it. So on hard nights I add it to his hot chocolate lol. Be advised I don't do this more than once a day and I DON'T do this everyday. Just on his worse days.
When I burned myself to 1st 2nd and 3rd degree burns all on my left side he was there to change my bandeges rub my aching back from being bed ridden for a month and making terrible meals lol (he is not a.good cook but he tried lol) so helping him sleep for 30 minutes is easy.
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Plus I have a boss that makes Hannibal look like a sweetheart, so if I start slipping he slaps me (metaphorically) back into reality.