Dreading Sundown…

@judimahoney I give my wife a "sleepy time" capsule which is 10 mg Indica THC 5 mg CBD and 5 mg CBN (helps with sleep). She has had no problem sleeping. If she get agitated in the afternoon or evening I'll give her a 5mg Indica gummy. It helps settle her. I've been doing this for two years and it has really helped.

In the last month I can tell my husband is being drawn deeper into the sundown arena. Previously he would sit down and watch tv with me after supper until bedtime, now he is busy…pacing the house, checking the doors and locks, continuously opening doors and looking into rooms, searching through his things. His fear factor has definitely increased. It’s hard enough keeping an eye on him all day long, but now the evenings too…he is wearing me out.

@bill9372 What are these things with the letters ? I would like to know. Thanks.

@dederickve This article might help you. We’ve found that cbn works better than melatonin. If you don’t want the high from thc you can look for products that are just cbn and cbd.
https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/cbd-cbn-what-is-difference

I always love reading your responses. There is always a sweet tone in them. George is fortunate to have you. Thankfully, once my husband goes to bed with CPAP in place, peace and quiet usually reigns through the night. I don’t sleep well and usually get up during the night.. but even a little is better than none as I tend to get a little testy when I lack some sleep.🙄
Steve has lost his wallet, keys and phone so there is nothing to keep up with. He spends hours going through his closet and drawers. It’s like he is continuously cleaning out his things, trying to have fewer and fewer belongings. His limited conversation has drifted back to his family, and friends from yester years. It’s such a sad, and hopeless disease.

In the last month I can tell my husband is being drawn deeper into the sundown arena. Previously he would sit down and watch tv with me after supper until bedtime, now he is busy…pacing the house, checking the doors and locks, continuously opening doors and looking into rooms, searching through his things. His fear factor has definitely increased. It’s hard enough keeping an eye on him all day long, but now the evenings too…he is wearing me out.

@labrown LOCKING doors is all of a sudden “a thing” here, also. We thankfully live in a very safe neighborhood, and during the day (with dogs going in and out frequently) we never locked the back door to our fenced yard. Now, he locks it constantly. I guess it is all part of the disease… and you called it a fear factor. Guess I need to read up on that aspect of this sad disease. Thank you.

@labrown BLESS the inventor of the CPAP! It has made a big difference in how my husband sleeps! Fortunately, for now, we are both able to sleep, and I sympathize with those here who are struggling to get decent rest over night. My husband, also is going through his things lately, and doesn’t have much contact with friends anymore. I worry for him, with the loneliness of HIS friends. We still have OUR friends, and family nearby, thankfully! It is a sad and hopeless disease. Take good care of yourself.

@2me Nearly every time I go outside by the time I head back in he has locked the door locking me out. Needless to say I have a key placed outside so I can get back in.🤦‍♀️

@2me As helpful as the CPAP has proved to be, be aware. We had a first recently. My husband has started having to get up once or twice a night to go to the bathroom and for some reason he will head for the half bath at the back door. This particular night I heard him get up and knew he went out to the bathroom but then I drifted back off to sleep, he came out of the bathroom, made a wrong turn, ended up opening the back door, going outside and walked up our drive way to the road. Thankfully a neighbor was headed to work at that time, saw him, stopped, picked him up and brought him back to the house. That scared me so bad. I purchased motion detectors the next day that I placed just outside the exterior doors and I have the remote next to me. If anything crosses those areas the alarm goes off…and it is loud. It works really well. My biggest challenge now is to remember to turn it off if one of the pups needs to go out during the night. As hard as I try to stay a step ahead, I always seem to end up a step behind…🤦‍♀️