A few thoughts:
Insomnia is a typical symptom of PCS, in the begin of my onset I struggled for many month with a similar sleeping pattern.
It is although typical to awaken not refreshed after a night of 8 hours of solid sleep with PCS.
Many of the suggestions you received from the board members and from her physicians are all well intended and may ultimately help your daughter to regain a normal sleep pattern , but after all... healthy sleep may not change the bottom line of PCS symptoms. Your daughter will very likely overcome the PCS with passing time and I would not focus entirely on sleep as the one solution.
Said that, a very low dosages of Remeron (7.5 or 3.25mg) helped me to regain solid REM sleep. It may be the only medication that promotes REM sleep.
Controlled daily exercise was another helpful tool for healthy sleep.
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Originally Posted by nancys
Than you for all the suggestions.
Is the constant battle to get my daughter out of bed normal with PCS? It seems she is never awakens refreshed. If she doesn't get enough sleep it is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to get her out of bed. I am trying to figure out if the fatigue is just 100x worse because of her injury or if I am also dealing with teenage issues. Before her injury - she was able to drag herself out of bed with far less sleep.
I've had a couple of different doctors tell me to put her on a rigid sleep schedule -to bed and up at the same time every night. We try, but my issue is that with the insomnia - it takes sometimes 2-3 hours (sometime more) to fall asleep - so she doesn't get enough sleep and the battle ensues.
Suggestions/recommendations? Is the rest more important than the darn schedule?
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