Published on 12, July, 2020
Dear All,
my daughter struggles getting to sleep. This is always on a school night and never in the holidays. I understand she has anxiety with getting to sleep, the other night she said she felt she needed to read a book on « How to get to sleep » I wonder if anyone knows of anything to help ?
We already have circadin medication, a strict routine of relaxation breathing exercises, relaxing, special meditation stories and a lavender oils diffuser.
However, even with all the above in place, she said she thinks horrid thoughts, nightmarish vivid thoughts about horrible things before she goes to sleep, i need to help her with this.
Any other advice ?
Thanks :)
Hi Mum on a mission,
We have a page here on the NAS site about sleep disorders that you might want to have a look at - https://www.autism.org.uk/about/health/sleep.aspx - some of the advice here it sounds like you've tried, but there's more info about causes of sleep disorders, routine, keeping a diary, diet, medication and links to other resources to help with sleep and ASD. Hope you can find something helpful there.
Best wishes,
Ross - mod
Thank you Ross :)