Girlfriend about 1 year into recovery for anorexia - her anxiety is through the roof and shes struggling hard with sleep, getting a couple hours night. Anything to try?
She has a very defined sleep routine: She keeps her place dark and quiet an hour or so before going to bed, turns off all electronics, goes to bed really early (9pm), avoids caffeine. Every night she falls asleep for 2-3 hours, wakes up exhausted, and cant fall back to sleep all night.
She's tried a bunch of stuff, including herbal stuff like teas and sleep pills, and nothing works. Im worried, because it has been weeks and doesnt seem to be getting better. She has a full team helping with recovery, including CBT and trauma therapy, a naturopath, and a therapist.
Has anyone else gone through this? Any suggestions?
Posted Feb 19, 2019, 5:05 PM UTC · edited
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Maybe it got deleted because of the word anorexia and didn’t add trigger per the rules? Not sure. I have horrible sleep and nothing has helped except the correct anti anxiety meds. Even though they don’t always help either. I just try to go to bed sooner and give me more time to get sleep. I have to sleep for like 12 hours to get 6 or 7 good hours
Nah, my original post mentioned shes tried CBD, so I think that was it
Gotcha, yeah probably that