I can hear an angry shouting voice in my head and I'm scared

[CharCharGabor]

I was just feeding DD upstairs and it just came into my head. I couldn't understand what it was saying but it was angry. It's made me all shaky and panicky Help!

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Oh, found charchar!

OK I was going to bed, but DD woke up AGAIN so I'm back. I will be going soon though.

That's interesting mou. I do get migraines, and I appear to be getting a lot moe stress related headaches recently. I've never had auditory hallucinations with them though. I've had funny smells (olfactory, is it?) though. That's something to look into, thankyou. I might get one of the divided box things, would probably help me.

It sounds to me like you need a good night's undesturbed sleep char!

Tell me about it Avena! DD appears not to agree though. She's not well either and has been teething for ages so she can't get comfortable. She just keeps coughing and coughing in the night. She'll settle down soon and maybe then I'll get some rest

It does get better, honestly it does.

She's so unsettled now, crying in her sleep. I wish I could make it better for her. I can't relax because I know I'll be up and down all evening.

Just try and sleep when she's asleep. There's no need to vaccume or clean up, it gets messy anyway. The most important things are you and her. You need to rest too, exhaustion isn't good for either of you.

I try to, trust me I'm the biggest slattern going! She's unsettled even in naps now though, I have to keep settling her. Which means no rest for me. I struggle to get to sleep early as well, it's like my body won't switch off. I was the same last time as well only I used to be up until 4 or 5 then. At least I can sleep at about 1 or 2 now. It'll all get better soon.

You may sleep but disturbed sleep is worse than no sleep. It can cause a whole number of problems, reduced immune system, poor attention span etc. You're finding it hard to switch off because you are on edge all the time waiting for her to wake up.

Have you tried some things to help her get herself back to sleep when she wakes up?

I'm off to bed. I hope you get to sleep well.

agree about disturbed sleep being worse than staying up.
Oohh flippin eck. Have you tried the co-sleeping thing at all? Bizarrely i appear to sleep (as opposed to erm well stay awake stalking round the house all night) when i have the lo next to me. No clue how that one works because i would have expected pretty much the opposite.
We don't do it all the time, no way , but when they're ill or [down to pnd] i want to keep whichever one near me, it works fine.

Sorry I went to bed. She's quite a good sleeper when there's nothing wrong with her so I'm just playing the waiting game now. She starts the night in her cot and then comes in with us in the early hours. I do sleep a lot better with her tucked up next to me and so does she.