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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just get an "old fashioned" plug in alarm clock. Actually, get two, and one goes across the room. [/quote]

In the past, this hasn't worked.  [/quote]

Then you have to hire someone, give them a key, and have them come over and wake him up. [b]Or accept he misses work[/b]. [/quote]

NP with a son who has serious mental illness and takes heavy duty medications including a sleeping medication.  Work is one of the things that keeps my son stable.  So missing work is really detrimental to everything.  I can't emphasize just how important it is.

OP, things that we've tried many things including plug in very loud alarm clocks and vibrating alarm clocks.  Together they work if they get set.  But, really what we have to do is this.  We have to communicate at night to be sure devices are plugged in and set.  Before I go away, I used to have to preset the alarms for the entire time I was away.  If my son didn't answer the phone for our evening call, I'd keep hitting find my phone over and over until he called back (usually irritated, but whatever).  Then in the morning, I would call and if I didn't get an answer I'd keep hitting find my phone until I got a call back.  And, I'd also track on find my phone to be sure he was on the way to work when he should be so I could intervene if he wasn't.  Another thing is that we keep all alcohol out of the house and as a condition for living with us, there is no drug use permitted other than what his doctor prescribes.

Another alternative is getting someone to come in and help out in the mornings to make this happen.  I'm sure there is some sort of home health service she could pay if she didn't have a friend who could help.

It's a lot, but the good news for us is that we've progressed past the point of needing this.  He gets himself up on his own now.  Good luck to your friend.  The medications needed for stability are no joke when it comes to the side effects.  [/quote]

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