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I had a fall 3 months ago with a brain bleed and concussion and now some permanent brain injury. I am doing fairly well, but have two issues I'm working on. I have dizziness off and on and haven't found PT or OT that seems to reduce that. They tried treating me with vertigo exercises but then when they concluded there was no vertigo there wasn't another solution. I cannot sleep more than 4 or 4-1/2 hours. I tried melatonin but that doesn't work. I am wondering what others have done to secure sounder sleep following TBI. No problem getting to sleep, but wake up after 4 hours and can't get back to sleep. Love to hear ideas about regaining sleep quality! I know healing occurs over 6 months and maybe I am premature in thinking I should have a solution.
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You might try a grounding sheet to help you sleep. You can get more information at http://www.thegrounding.co. I read about this and checked it out. They claim it can do all sorts of things: improve sleep and mood, reduce inflammation, etc. It cost about $100, so I thought I would give it a try. I've been using it about a week now. I can't confirm all they promise, but I do seem to be sleeping better. I also take a tumeric gummy before bedtime which also seems to help.