DD is almost 8 yo, just started Y3. We know she's ND but no diagnosis yet. Genwrally a lively, bright child. She's always been a good sleeper, sometimes would struggle to fall asleep but once she fell asleep she would never wake up until morning. The only trouble I've had was that she wanted me to stay with her/sleep with her.
A month ago we were in an Airbnb flat which was a house converted into 3 flats so the walls were very thin and you could hear the neighbours quite a bit. One of the nights the neighbour above us decided to put the washing machine on at around 10pm, just as DD was falling asleep. It was very loud and the walls slightly shaky. It scared DD so much, she had a panic attack, went to the toilet several times saying she's feeling sick and wanted to throw up. She was in total distress and completely anxious that she won't be able to go back to sleep.
The washing machine ended just before 11pm but DD didn't fall asleep until midnight. It was rough, we were both very upset.
Ever since then, she is having regular panic attacks about sleep. At bed time, she starts worrying that she won't sleep, goes to the toilet every 5 mins and even if she falls asleep, I'm not able to leave her side as she wakes up in panic. For the last 2 night she's only slept 6,7 hours and went to school today exhausted. Last night was just so rough. DH stay with her for 1 hour so I could get some stuff done downstairs and then I had to stay go back and stay with her. I'm not able to make the slightest move in bed as that wakes her up. I honestly feel like I want to die. She fell asleep just before 11pm, then woke up to go to the toilet at 12:30 (after going to the toilet 20 times at bed time), then woke up again at 5am and didn't go back to sleep until about 6:30 for another hour.
In desperation, last night I ordered melatonin gummies from the USA. At the moment I am giving her magnesium gummies and Rescue remedy drops but obviously it doesn't work.
Does anyone have any words of advice, we are absolutelt desperate. I can't do any work during the day, DH went to work exhausted and upset by what happened last night.