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Sertraline, teenagers and sleep

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GratefulMe · 09/08/2022 08:28

DS2 has had a terrible time recently following his father's death and has been taking Sertraline for about 3 months. He does seem a bit more like the old him, but there's a way to go (difficult to know how much of it is just "teenager" though).

When asked, he tells the doctor he doesn't sleep. At home he goes to bed in the early hours and gets up at lunchtime because he "can't sleep". I've shared a room with him for the last 4 nights, on holiday. He's been going to bed, after a long tiring day, at about 10pm, out like a light and I have to wake him for whatever time breakfast is planned. We have a later start today and he's still soundo, after going to sleep at 10:30 last night.

He's also been much better with food. At home he's always insisting he's not hungry and doesn't really eat meals. Away, where there have been three meals a day and little opportunity for snacks, he's been eating fine.

So, I feel like I've pandered to him and if a proper routine had been maintained, he'd be in much better shape. But he's 19yo, how do I make him eat or sleep if he's not in a place to help himself?

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