Great ideas, ladies, but I hope you don't mind if I let you recommend them to her.
I've stopped doing that.
We have melatonin and benadryl. "They don't work for me. Just because they work for me doesn't mean they're going to work for me. Nothing that is for sleep works for me!" They have worked for her. But, one time each they didn't so now they don't work. Period.
Warm baths or showers. "They wake me up, not relax me. I've told you this a thousand times. Why don't you ever listen to me?!!!"
Calming, soft music. "I can't have any noise when I'm trying to sleep. I've told you this a thousand times. Why don't you ever listen to me?!!!"
Get the idea?
She was prescribed amitriptyline at least a month ago. She has yet to try it, but she has decided it is not going to work for her. "It's for headaches!" It is for headaches, but it's also for sleep. "Just because it works for you doesn't mean it's going to work for me!" You won't know until you try it. "They aren't trying to find out what's wrong, they're just giving me medicine. I wanted to do a sleep study." No, you didn't. You were offered a sleep study months ago and you said, no. "No, I didn't. I said I didn't know."
I seem to remember her saying, no. But, even if she didn't, she didn't say anything which means, no. She's only using it now because she thinks she can and then she has a "reason" to not try the medications. AND there are only so many things to be done for insomnia. I pity the person who tries to talk to her about sleep hygiene.
And this evening, I was reading something on the computer and she walked in and said something. It takes me a second to switch gears, so I didn't hear what she said and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't hear you. What was that?"
So, that means that I don't care, I never listen to her, I'm always interested in what everyone else has to say, but I don't care about her.
I still don't know what she said. She refused to repeat it. Guess it wasn't that important.
She has no idea how many times easy child has come in here going on and on and on about something stupid - like video games - and after a few minutes he'll say, "You're not hearing a thing I say are you?" Nope.