What's wrong with my mom mentally? let me explain then comment.
@crysontherocks77 (1273)
United States
July 13, 2009 6:13pm CST
I've been trying to figure out what is wrong with my mom. She's been having problems in the last couple of years because she doesn't get a good amount of sleep in one night where her schedule is so shifty. She works Monday 7-3:30 then she works monday night 9-2 at another job. She does this on Thursday and on Friday where she does 7-3:30 then 9-2. She's off on Teusday night and Wednesday night but still has to work 7-3:30 on Teusdays and wednesday. She doesn't work her day job on Sat and sunday but she works Saturday night 9-6 and sunday night she works 9-2 with getting back on Monday morning going in at 7-3:30 doing the same thing every week. Not that its a bad thing. She doesn't know what to do to get her mind to shut to rest. Sometime through the week she only shuts down like 3-4 hours a night. The longest she sleeps is on SAT and SUN. But it's only like 5-6 hours at most. Then she's still so tired from not getting enough rest. She takes Zoloft and that is not helping her as much as she thought it should. She usually ends up drinking a 4-6 pack of bud ice before she's out enough to lay down when she does go to sleep. I'm just concenerned because she's not using the alcohol to be abusive she's using to go sleep on and I was wondering if there was any one that might have some advice for her to try. She's been taking the Zoloft every day and even taking full pills but that doesn't seem to help. Any one got any suggestions.
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@gelay07 (588)
• Philippines
14 Jul 09
the only thing that could really make a person relax and be able to really have a good sleep is to actually find time to sleep. i mean, no amount of medicines could make someone really fall to sleep. Your mom work schedule speaks for itself. i mean, How could someone be able to find time to sleep at that kind work schedule. Your mom should try to slow down a bit. This is only my opinion.
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@crysontherocks77 (1273)
• United States
14 Jul 09
She's trying to see what she could do to get her most of hours at night on the weekend so that way she can have the hours through week to sleep. She can't leave either job because we have a house payment to make and other bills that she has to keep up with. She refinanced the house so it lowered her payment 200.00 dollars but we are still in some what of a bind. We bought season passes to Dollywood which is a theme park close to us and we've tried doing that but it doesn't seem to relax that much. we even went to Gatlinburg for the weekend of the 4th and all she wanted to do was sleep. So it was almost pointless going cause she can sleep at home.
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@FAIZANABBASI (14)
• Pakistan
14 Jul 09
I think its all because of following such a tight schedule she simply need some rest
I have my own experience of passing such conditions during my yearly examination
when I hardly got 4 or 5 hrs of sleep for 3 months Relaxation pills have there own side effects
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@mzz663 (2772)
• United States
14 Jul 09
I really don't have any good advice on how to get to sleep and get a good nights sleep. One of my friends uses one of those breathing machines. He says it helps him alot for a good nights sleep.
I do know I used to work alot of hours and it does catch up with you. I worked midnights in a factory, worked 12-16 hours a day 6 days a week but on midnights it was like not having a day off at all. At one point I got a break, had a weekend off after 18 mos, came home, slept from friday morning until it was time to go to work sunday night and dont remember anything. my kids offered me food and said when I got up, I would use the bathroom and just go right back to bed, speaking in short sentences, not making much sense at all.
Exhaustion will do that to ya.......
@underdogtoo (9579)
• Philippines
14 Jul 09
I don't really know how to advise anyone about sleep. My experience is that people don't really want advice from anybody. What we all need is more money so that we will not have to work so hard. Maybe your mom would sleep better if she did not have to work so hard.
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@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
14 Jul 09
I have had problems in the past and sometimes it still happens. I can't shut my brain down. I just keep thinking and thinking. I believe she needs to stop with the Zoloft first of all. She should try to read before bedtime. Maybe say a few prays or what also helps me is I put my head to the pillow and think about something I would like to dream about or just think about something nice and I usually fall right to sleep. If not I would try either Aleve PM or Tylenol PM but I wouldn't take it everyday if I were her. Good luck
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@koalapenguin (2707)
• Philippines
14 Jul 09
I think what your mother needs is a break or rest for sometimes. I feel like she's too stressed. Even i would be like her if my schedules are that hectic. Her body clock is ruined i guess. So i suggest she sacrifice one of her work so that she'll have a longer and quality slumber. what do you think? Ü
@lala501 (1532)
• United States
14 Jul 09
I think she shouldn't work that much and that's what's making her not go to sleep. She need's to find a time that she can sleep. Maybe take some sleeping pills. And than maybe she will go to to sleep. Try something either than Zoloft because those pills are maybe not that good of work.
