It seems as though the last few days, my mom has been sleeping.. a lot. She claims that she really hasn't been sleeping much, but, from what I see, it's starting to worry me.
Last night she fell assleep at about 7 pm, and was sleeping, when I took my sedative, and went to bed, around 1 am. Today, she slept the majority of the afternoon, and again fell assleep at 7pm tonight. She's still sleeping, nearly four hours later, and hasn't moved a muscle.
I keep asking her: "Do you feel sick? Do you want me to take you to the Dr, or the hospital?". She keeps insisting she feels fine.
Before she was diagnosed with the cancer, mom used to go to bed at 8, wake up when I went to bed around 1, stay up for a few hrs, and go back to sleep until 6 or 7am. Then, she went through a period, right after the diagnosis, where she went to sleep much, much later. Now, all she does is sleep.
A friend of mine suggested that my mom is sleeping so much the past week or so because she's depressed. I've asked her, and she says she's not depressed.
Should the significant increase in my mom's sleeping concern me? Is that a sign that she may be getting sicker, even though she says she's fine?
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Mitch
Last night she fell assleep at about 7 pm, and was sleeping, when I took my sedative, and went to bed, around 1 am. Today, she slept the majority of the afternoon, and again fell assleep at 7pm tonight. She's still sleeping, nearly four hours later, and hasn't moved a muscle.
I keep asking her: "Do you feel sick? Do you want me to take you to the Dr, or the hospital?". She keeps insisting she feels fine.
Before she was diagnosed with the cancer, mom used to go to bed at 8, wake up when I went to bed around 1, stay up for a few hrs, and go back to sleep until 6 or 7am. Then, she went through a period, right after the diagnosis, where she went to sleep much, much later. Now, all she does is sleep.
A friend of mine suggested that my mom is sleeping so much the past week or so because she's depressed. I've asked her, and she says she's not depressed.
Should the significant increase in my mom's sleeping concern me? Is that a sign that she may be getting sicker, even though she says she's fine?
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Mitch
