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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks everyone for the feedback.  The psychiatrist has worked with us on this, but we haven't seen much progress.  He's actually the one who recommended upping the melatonin.  While it's helped with the falling asleep, it hasn't helped with the staying asleep. Occasionally, we'll have a breakthrough.  He'll sleep in his own room for a few weeks, and then he's back in our room for months.  At this point I normally just go in the guest room to sleep and leave my husband, son, and the dog all cozied up together.  For the most part I've been pretty accommodating, but sometimes I worry that I'm setting him up for worse issues in the future.  The problem that I'm experiencing lately is that now I wake almost every morning at 3:00 am whether he wakes me up or not and I'm up for the day.  It's really caused some issues with my health and my emotional well being.  DH keeps saying that he won't be in our bed forever and that we should cherish the time we have with him.  (Easy for him to say, since he sleeps like the dead!)

I appreciate knowing that we're not alone with this.  Most of my son's friends have siblings, so they share a room if there's any nighttime anxiety.  As an only child, we don't have that option.  My husband and I also struggle with anxiety and have had sleep issues in the past.  I know I should be more patient, but sometimes it's difficult when I'm running on a major sleep deficit.

Again, thanks so those of you who have empathized.  I'm trying to be patient and understanding, but there are some days that the exhaustion overrides my compassion.  We'll keep plugging along and will also try the sleeping bag idea.  (again!)[/quote]

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