My mother is 70 and is waiting for hip replacement surgery. Her main problem right now is that she can hardly sleep at all because of the pain. If she gets 2 hours of sleep a day, she's lucky. Painkillers don't work on the pain anymore and she can't get comfortable anywhere. She spends the night going from her bed to a recliner downstairs and back again but nothing helps. A friend who had hip surgery had the same problem and was prescribed zoplicone (a sleeping pill). It worked wonderfully for her so my mom got a prescription. It didn't help at all. She actually took 2 pills one night instead of the regular dose of one pill and still nothing changed.
Has anyone on this forum experienced this type of problem with sleeping? If so, I'm open to suggestions of other sleeping medications or supplements that might help. My mom has no trouble going to sleep but she can only stay asleep for about an hour and then she's awake and never really goes back to sleep.
Any help would be appreciated. Dealing with the pain would be a lot easier if only she could get some rest. Thanks.
Has anyone on this forum experienced this type of problem with sleeping? If so, I'm open to suggestions of other sleeping medications or supplements that might help. My mom has no trouble going to sleep but she can only stay asleep for about an hour and then she's awake and never really goes back to sleep.
Any help would be appreciated. Dealing with the pain would be a lot easier if only she could get some rest. Thanks.