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Sleep!

Sparrow

My 11 year old son has ASD, he's never been good at settling at night but over the last few months it's got a lot worse. He suffers badly with anxiety and has several panic attacks while trying to go to sleep. It's taking on average almost 4 hours for him to go to sleep every night. I sit with him, comfort him, limit screen time before bed, I'm not sure what else I can try. I've read about the weighted blankets but have seen mixed reviews.

Any advice would be really appreciated. 

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  • It looks like I do not need that much sleep, unless I am physically tired enough I tend to sleep every other day, or if I try I spend 3 hours in bed staring at the ceiling and have to get up and eat something, because I'm hungry again and then I get angry I wasted 3 hours. It will probably progress the older I get, I heard elderly people sleep very little.

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  • It looks like I do not need that much sleep, unless I am physically tired enough I tend to sleep every other day, or if I try I spend 3 hours in bed staring at the ceiling and have to get up and eat something, because I'm hungry again and then I get angry I wasted 3 hours. It will probably progress the older I get, I heard elderly people sleep very little.

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