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Trigger Warning: Support pet loss

Hi folks!
It has been a difficult time with sleep, close to a month ago, I lost my support pet tragically and then began panic attacks with terrible sleep! I am struggling to sleep well as I will wake up at 3am with a panic attack and several other times confused and out of it. I am currently in therapy and taking medication, increased dosage recently! Any tips, advice, etc is wonderful

[Martin Reed]

I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your support pet. At times like this, it’s completely understandable (and probably expected) to experience sleep disruption and difficult thoughts, feelings, and emotions.

At the current time, do you have any kind of set bedtime or morning “out of bed” time? Sometimes it can be helpful to maintain a consistent out of bed time in the morning and to ensure we only go to bed when truly sleepy enough for sleep (we are finding it hard to stay awake) since that can build sleep drive and strengthen the body clock, making conditions a bit better for sleep.

I hope this is helpful and, again, my condolences for your loss.

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