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[quote=Anonymous]Wow OP, hats off to you.  Dealing with a child with a chronic illness is a full-time job for many of us and you manage to have a C level job on top of it. Before you decide you are depressed, I agree with getting decent sleep first and see if that helps. It is may be trial and error but you have some sleep retraining to do and your age and the waking up is probably partly peri/menopausal which makes it harder.

Here are things that have worked for me and hopefully others will chime in.

Go to bed at 11 pm to sleep past the typical time I wake up 3 am. I sleep right through it and get up refreshed at 5 or 6 am.

Take magnesium malate-1 cap, very gentle or melatonin with same from Costco-1 cap, or 1 Benadryl (especially if allergies are kicking up). All help with sleep.

Listen to a relaxation meditation- youtube has many or the Calm app is good. My sister swears by these youtube videos where someone tells a sleep story in a steady voice.

When I wake up in the middle of the night, I immediately started thinking through things I'm grateful for - usually I fall asleep in 5-10 minutes.

Also, if you aren't able to get regular exercise of some sort, download a 7 minute app and do that each morning to get endorphins/energy going.

Hope these help. If you still feel out of sorts and are getting more sleep, consider depression.[/quote]

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