{"id":1297,"date":"2014-06-13T08:06:11","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T08:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/self-help-4-stroke-plugin-upgrade.local\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2015-05-28T15:26:06","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T15:26:06","slug":"exploring-general-sleep-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/?p=1297","title":{"rendered":"Why aren&#8217;t you sleeping?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There can be many reasons for not sleeping well following your stroke. Limb pain, feeling uncomfortable, continence issues, financial worries and fear of another stroke are just a few of the causes which may disrupt your sleep.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearme\"><\/div>\n<h3>Rajeet: stroke recurrence, not sleeping<\/h3>\n<div class=\"clearme\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/iStock_000017825740.jpg\" alt=\"iStock_000017825740\" width=\"179\" height=\"179\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/iStock_000017825740.jpg 179w, https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/iStock_000017825740-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"speechquote\"><p>\nWhen I came out of hospital at first I was sleeping with the lights on worried about having another stroke. As I live alone I was worried there would be no one to help me. I discussed these worries with my stroke nurse who suggested I could use a relaxation CD and arranged for social work to organise an alert alarm.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearme\"><\/div>\n<h3>Magda: Financial worries, not sleeping<\/h3>\n<div class=\"clearme\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/istock_19921976.jpg\" alt=\"istock_19921976\" width=\"179\" height=\"179\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6214\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"speechquote\"><p>\nWhen I first had my stroke I was worried about money as I was not sure if I could return to work. I kept in touch with my boss who reassured me I would be able to gradually return to work. I also found that the advice and support I had from Citizens Advice Scotland was of great benefit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clearme\"><\/div>\n<p>As we have seen from Magda and Rajeet their sleep has been disturbed because of their stroke. However not all of the reasons for a poor night&#8217;s sleep may be related to your stroke.<\/p>\n<div class=\"reflect\">\n<h3>Something to think about<\/h3>\n<p>Think about how were you sleeping before your stroke. Are some of the difficulties you are experiencing now the same as before your stroke?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at some of the things that people try to help them sleep. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There can be many reasons for not sleeping well following your stroke. Limb pain, feeling uncomfortable, continence issues, financial worries and fear of another stroke are just a few of the causes which may disrupt your sleep. Rajeet: stroke recurrence, not sleeping When I came out of hospital at first I was sleeping with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-good-nights-sleep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1297"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6819,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297\/revisions\/6819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}