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3 nights with NO sleep

Post a new topicby livingwith on Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:05 pm


My son is still in great distress over a sleep disorder. Since puberty he has gone with no more than 2 or 3 hours of sleep and many nights with no sleep at all. Because of this he has made some bad decisions. Three years ago he was sent by a judge to a Youth Boot Camp. We got a call from the psychiatrist of the facility three days after he checked in for his nine weeks stint. The doctor was worried because the staff and he had observed that my son did not sleep at all. He would lay in his ...Read the full article

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Re: 3 nights with NO sleep

Post a new topicby cokeko on Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:45 am

You should take him to a sleep specialist if you haven't done so.
Obviously he has some sort of insomnia. A friend of mine has a sleep disorder, advanced phase sleep delay-he sleeps during the morning and afternoon and is awake all night. There are many sleep disorders out there that they can test for now. Good Luck...

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