How do I help my disabled son? He gets really bad headaches at night and his body jerks all night long. I sleep next to him terrified he’s going to stop breathing so I check him all through the night. Drs won’t give him medication for pain. Says they are addictive. Excessive Panadol works but 6 months of taking 8 a day at night must be hurting his liver imo. Drs say it’s okay. He sleeps for 2 hours with the jerking movement then wakes up for Panadol. I can’t keep doing this. Sleeping 2 hours then being awake for one… sleeping for 2 hours then being awake for one… on repeat. Driving me (and him) mad. He’s 27 and gone from 44kg to 32kg through muscle wastage. Drs seem to think this is ok too. I had a great dr but he died. Then another good one who moved too far away and their clinic do not prescribe pain killers etc. Besides Panadol, I’ve tried magnesium, Valerian, passion flower, caffeine for hypnic headache, (caffeine helped the most with pain) Melatonin, cannabis oil. Maybe I’m not giving enough of each? Advice please.
(P.S. headaches are either from TMJ (grinding teeth) or gerd. Drs have not diagnosed him but he definitely has some type of colic. He can’t eat any foods that gerd patients can’t eat. I give him Eno or quick eze for that. PPI’s are not good as they rob body of magnesium so I don’t want to give those.)